50 Best EBooks Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent ebooks companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 751 companies tracked on Fsome.

751
Total Companies
$4.3B
Total Funding
$5.7M
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
SkillSoft
Skillsoft provides online learning and e-learning solutions for global enterpris…
Nashua 1K - 5K $555.0M Post Ipo Debt 2022-03-15
2
Epic
Epic is a digital media brand for kids that encourages kids to explore their int…
Palo Alto 101 - 250 $51.5M Series D 2020-06-01
3
Scribd, Inc.
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobo…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $106.8M Series E 2019-11-25
4
Realm
Realm is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for rea…
New York 11 - 50 $11.3M Series A 2020-01-29
5
Perlego
Perlego is an online library that provides students with unlimited access to aca…
London 101 - 250 $79.1M Series Unknown 2024-10-08
6
Peekapak
Award-winning social-emotional learning platform and digital games
Toronto 11 - 50 $1.5M Non Equity Assistance 2025-01-29
7
Bookclubs
Bookclubs is an application that allows users to create clubs, schedule meetings…
Richmond 1 - 10 $5.7M Undisclosed 2025-07-02
8
Omoi
Read the latest Japanese comics in English as soon as they come out in Japan
San Francisco 1 - 10 $758K Pre Seed 2022-03-10
9
Spines
Publishing your book has never been easier. A one-stop shop for all your publish…
Boynton Beach 51 - 100 $23.6M Series A 2024-11-19
10
RIDI
RIDI Corporation is South Korea’s leading content platform specialized in Web Co…
Seoul 101 - 250 $181.3M Private Equity 2022-02-28
11
Educative
Educative provides interactive and adaptive courses for software developers with…
Bellevue 251 - 500 $14.6M Series A 2021-05-19
12
PublishDrive
PublishDrive is the most intelligent self-publishing platform for business-drive…
Redwood City 11 - 50 $2.0M Non Equity Assistance 2022-06-15
13
Odilo
Odilo allows any library, school, university, corporation or municipality to off…
Madrid 101 - 250 $84.5M Series C 2022-06-01
14
Alexandria Labs
The infrastructure layer for web3 e-books.
New York 1 - 10 $1.3M Angel 2022-07-01
15
Spark Education Group
Spark Education Group is a global online education company specializing in inter…
Singapore 5K - 10K $593.0M Series E 2021-01-25
16
Readmio
Readmio is a digital publisher of children's literature enhanced by a captivatin…
Prague 11 - 50 $3.5M Seed 2026-02-05
17
Ridibooks
Ridibooks provide excellent quality services developed based on our superior tec…
Adygeysk 51 - 100 $28.0M Series C 2017-06-13
18
RedShelf
RedShelf is a distributor of digital learning materials for the higher education…
Chicago 51 - 100 $58.1M Series Unknown 2023-03-07
19
Elefantia
Elefantia is a digital service that helps users write and preserve their life st…
Saint-malo 1 - 10 $1.2M Seed 2025-11-17
20
FABA
FABA is a startup dedicated to the development of products that stimulate childr…
Treviso 11 - 50 $8.5M Series Unknown 2025-01-23
21
Novelpia
Novelpia is an art and entertainment platform that offers web novels and web com…
Seoul 101 - 250 $10.2M Series B 2022-05-04
22
Kinoo
Kinoo develops tools to help in the development of children.
Mountain View 11 - 50 $10.0M Seed 2021-02-01
23
BOOKR Kids
BOOKR Kids inspires a love of reading whilst boosting literacy, social-emotional…
Budapest 11 - 50 $3.6M Seed 2021-09-24
24
Reedsy
Reedsy connects authors and publishers with the world's best editors, designers,…
London 11 - 50 $1.2M Grant 2016-08-01
25
Nextory
Nextory is an online collection of e-books in pdf and audio formats.
Kista 1 - 10 $49.1M Series Unknown 2022-06-20
26
Encantos
Encantos is a web3 platform empowering creators to help kids love learning
Culver City 11 - 50 $8.5M Seed 2021-09-14
27
Grupo A
Grupo A is a Brazilian digital media platform that publishes e-books and periodi…
Porto Alegre 501 - 1K $22.7M Series B 2020-07-30
28
Selz
Selz is the Ecommerce Platform for growing businesses. A fully featured ecommerc…
Portland 11 - 50 $11.0M Series A 2019-01-10
29
Storytel
Storytel is a provider of a phone-based audiobook and e-book streaming services.
Stockholm 501 - 1K $311.9M Post Ipo Equity 2022-11-09
30
Sesamy
Liberate yourself from zombie subscriptions. Pay only for the content you want. …
Stockholm 11 - 50 $8.7M Seed 2022-11-15
31
Libraro
Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing secto…
London 1 - 10 $3.8M Seed 2025-04-07
32
Hongshu.com
Hongshu.com is an online reading platform that combines creation, reading, work …
Nanjing 51 - 100 $25.0M Private Equity 2019-01-24
33
Knihobot
Knihobot is an online seller of books.
Prague 1K - 5K $5.2M Series A 2024-08-20
34
Sybel
Sybel is an audio platform offering the best UX to listen to podcast and audiobo…
Paris 11 - 50 $5.8M Pre Seed 2020-06-17
35
Hello Customer
AI-powered CX-platform. We help you collect and convert unstructured open feedba…
Gent 11 - 50 $9.4M Series A 2020-05-15
36
iFlipd
iFlipd enables users to rent e-books, share them with others, and get rewarded i…
Portland 1 - 10 $4.0M Series Unknown 2018-11-05
37
Abjjad
SaaS, Mobile App, eBooks, Arabic Language, Digital Publishing, Subscription Mode…
Amman 11 - 50 $1.0M Series A 2020-12-22
38
My Expert Midwife
My Expert Midwife offers skincare products.
Knaresborough 11 - 50 $4.6M Undisclosed 2025-07-08
39
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University’s mission is to discover and disseminate knowledge, and pr…
St Louis c 10001 max $24.6M Grant 2024-09-13
40
Jianshu
Jianshu is a website and mobile application that allows users to read and write …
Shanghai 51 - 100 $6.9M Series Unknown 2022-01-20
41
Instaread
Instaread gives key insights of books in text & audio!
San Francisco 11 - 50 $1.7M Seed 2016-05-06
42
Lianshang Literature
Lianshang Literature is a online novel reading platform.
Shanghai $20.0M Series A 2018-12-26
43
iNTENT Manifesto
iNTENT Manifesto provides various storytelling and educational services.
New York 1 - 10 $500K Grant 2018-07-03
44
Better World Books
Better World Books is a social enterprise that collects and sells books online t…
Mishawaka 251 - 500 $22.5M Debt Financing 2016-05-10
45
Nuon Media
Nuon Media is an Internet e-book store that sells famous domestic romance martia…
Ilsandong $2.8M Series A 2022-10-12
46
Dudiangushi
Dudiangushi is a online novel reading platform.
Haidian 1 - 10 $9.7M Series C 2018-05-04
47
Ojje
Ojje provides AI curated storytelling. Providing an immersive library of persona…
Boulder 1 - 10 $175K Pre Seed 2023-06-13
48
W
Whale small class
Whale small class is a youth online English education service provider
Beijing 11 - 50 $10.0M Series A 2018-07-23
49
LAUNCH MATH
LAUNCH MATH provides toddlers to tweens with inspiring math instruction and STEM…
New York 11 - 50 $22.0M Series Unknown 2021-05-27
50
Youshu.cc
Youshu.cc is a book sharing platform.
Beijing 11 - 50 $24.1M Angel 2018-07-31