Synaptic report highlights 15 High-Growth Companies driving the Creator Economy in 2022.
Synaptic identifies 15 high-growth companies in the Creator Economy space based on the Synaptic Growth Index, a composite score derived from multiple alternative data signals. Companies covered include Pepper Content, Guardian Link, Contentfly, Substack, Beacons AI, Scalenut, Spotter, Pod People and others.
Mumbai, June, 2022: The Creator Economy is driven by rapid growth in content creation, distribution, and platforms. While the human element of the creator economy is clear — producers, consumers, supporters, and collectors — there are multiple technologies and business models that define the interactions and interface between them. Powered by these software-driven tools and active communities, the sector has witnessed multiple technological advancements and trends — such as Web3, NFTs, new avenues for audience creation and expansion, and cutting-edge services for creators.
Synaptic, a leading alternative data insights platform focused on providing actionable insights to global financial firms and investors, published its “15 high-growth companies in the Creator Economy” report. The report highlights 15 global companies that ranked high on the Synaptic Growth Index — a proprietary algorithm that ranks companies’ performance based on multiple alternative data points.
Sectors covered in the report include:
NFT marketplaces and platforms: NFT marketplaces allow creators to store and display their NFTs, and consumers to buy and auction them for crypto or cash.
Popular companies - Rarible, Guardian Link
Tools enabling content creators: These are tools that support creation and distribution of text content, video and music, and other associated services. Apart from creation tools, they also help creators with monetization and publishing across platforms.
Popular companies - Pepper Content, Contentfly, Substack, Beacons AI, Scalenut, Spotter, Pod People, Groover, Statusphere
Influencer marketing platforms: Online influencer marketing platforms are designed to assist brands in their marketing campaigns. While these platforms primarily provide tools to find product promoters and agencies, additional features include relationship management, campaign management, influencer markets, external company statistics, and content enhancement.
Popular companies - Invideo, Woomio, Insense, Influencity
Commenting on the report, Rohit Razdan, Co-Founder, Synaptic, said, “Looking at the growth trajectory of the Creator Economy industry, we looked at companies on Synaptic and handpicked 15 that ranked high on the Synaptic Growth Index, our proprietary index that captures the growth momentum of a company in the last 12 months. At Synaptic, our aim is to empower investors to make better investment decisions by leveraging various alternative datasets.”
Below is the list of high-performing Creator Economy companies, both growth-stage and early-stage, identified by Synaptic:
Company
Description
HQ
Last Funding Round
Total Funding
($ in millions)
Synaptic Growth Index
Rarible
Rarible is an operator of a community-owned NFT marketplace that allows users to buy and auction off digital collectibles.
USA
Series A
16
Fast Growth
Guardian Link
Guardian Link enables blockchain commerce through its Omni Blockchain legitimacy protocol.
India
Series A
12
Fast Growth
Pepper Content
Pepper Content is a content-mediation platform that connects writers to organizations that require content.
India
Series A
18.7
Fast Growth
Contentfly
On-demand content marketing, for a monthly fee
Canada
-
36.4
Fast Growth
Substack
Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform for independent writers
USA
Series B
82.4
Fast Growth
Beacons AI
Beacons is a link-in-bio website builder for creators
USA
Seed
6.2
Fast Growth
Scalenut
Scalenut is an all-encompassing content management SaaS platform
India
Seed
0.4
Fast Growth
Spotter
Spotter provides a financial solution for independent content creators across digital platforms
USA
Series D
231
Fast Growth
Groover
Groover is an innovative platform reinventing music promotion by guaranteeing feedbacks to musicians from relevant music influencers.
France
Venture
8.5
Steady Growth
Pod People
Pod People is the only on-demand workforce for audio production, with a vast network of hand-picked audio professionals across the globe
USA
Pre Seed
0.025
Fast Growth
Invideo
Invideo is re-inventing video creation and making it accessible to the world
Singapore
Series B
52.5
Fast Growth
Statusphere
Connects Brands with Micro-Influencers
USA
Seed
0.125
Steady Growth
Woomio
Woomio enables brands, agencies, retailers, and online influencers to find each other and measure on their collaborations.
Denmark
Seed
3.6
Steady Growth
Insense
Insense is a data-driven creative platform helping brands to get mobile-first video content from a network of 35,000 video creators
USA
Seed
1.5
Steady Growth
Influencity
The most completed AI-powered influencer marketing platform for worldwide brands and agencies.
Spain
Convertible Note
1.1
Steady Growth
Note: Data in the table is as of April 2022
About Synaptic:
Synaptic helps investors and decision-makers get company insights from a wide spectrum of alternative data on a no-code platform. By unifying data from proprietary and custom sources and layering them with a rich analytics toolkit, Synaptic makes investment research more efficient — from sourcing and tracking to due diligence.
Synaptic is based out of India and USA, and is trusted by top Venture Capital and Private Equity firms, Asset Managers, and Hedge Funds across the globe.
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