Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.
Here is the full list of the media/entertainment Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.
Alltroo
What it does: Helps celebrities manage their charity giveaways and fan engagement awards.
Why it’s noteworthy: Alltroo manages the sweepstakes processes that involve a celebrity, be it an event with the celeb or a donation to charity giveaway, from promotion to managing entries to picking the winner.
METAPYXL
What it does: Metapyxl protects digital media with content management tools.
Why it’s noteworthy: This platform provides artists and content creators with tools for watermarking, tracking usage, licensing terms, and analytics.
Nebula
What it does: A music gallery where fans get to support their favorite artists and earn royalties on them as they help them succeed.
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Why it’s noteworthy: Fans buy tokens in music tracks at a price the artists set and can earn royalties as that track is streamed.
Oriane
What it does: Oriane offers a search tool that can find brands and trends in videos using natural language search.
Why it’s noteworthy: From tracking a brand’s mentions to tracking content creators, searching for videos has remained difficult. This platform offers AI-powered text, image, and video clip searching.
Othelia Technologies
What it does: AI-powered storytelling platform that helps humans create.
Why it’s noteworthy: Othelia is designed to map a story’s structure, find connections, and offer overviews so storytellers can build, edit, and work with complex worlds.
Transitional Forms
What it does: Transitional Forms runs live simulations from prompts.
Why it’s noteworthy: This patent-pending framework lets anyone create, remix, and export instant video simulations from a mobile device. The startup says it’s building SocialTV, the future of entertainment.
