Industry Dive Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Inshorts is a mobile news application delivering stories in 60-word summaries for quick consumption. Noida-headquartered since 2013, it covers politics, business, sports, entertainment, and technology using AI-curated feeds personalized by user interests. The app reaches millions daily in India and beyond, partnering with publishers for real-time updates. Inshorts expanded into vernacular languages like Hindi and offers video shorts, establishing dominance in the bite-sized news format.

iQiyi Sports is a Beijing-based streaming service under iQiyi providing live and on-demand sports content including football, basketball, and esports events. It covers Chinese Super League matches and international tournaments via its dedicated platform. Launched as part of iQiyi's diversification, it integrates with the parent company's video ecosystem.

Weathernews Inc is engaged in the provision of weather information content services in Japan. It offers services for logistics, transportation, distribution and theme parks. Its services include mobile content service, aviation industry content service, voyage planning content service, and ocean and off-shore content service, among others.

Wirtualna Polska Holding SA is a holding company based in Poland. It owns and runs internet portals. Its core operations comprise the sale of advertising services on the Internet and operating Internet portals such as . o2, Pudelek, Money.pl, domodi.pl, wakacje.pl, nocowanie.pl, Extradom.pl, totalmoney.pl as well as providing electronic services. Its segment include: Advertising and Subscriptions, Tourism and Consumer finance.

Medium is a San Francisco-headquartered online publishing platform launched in 2012 where users share articles on diverse topics. The service curates personalized feeds based on followed writers and publications, incorporating features like audio narration and paywalled content via Medium Partner Program. Medium hosts millions of monthly readers engaging through claps, highlights, and responses across technology, culture, and science verticals.

Health IQ is a life insurance brokerage using health knowledge quizzes to match policies for active, health-conscious individuals. The Raleigh-based company partners with 25 carriers like Prudential and Lincoln Financial for term and whole life coverage with preferred rates. Health IQ assesses fitness via 20-question online quizzes on exercise, nutrition, and wellness. Founded in 2014, it has placed billions in coverage for cyclists, runners, and vegans.

Pear Video is a Shanghai-based short-video platform founded in 2016 by media veteran Qiu Bing, producing informational video content on business, society, science and technology, entertainment, and daily life for Chinese audiences. Operated by Beijing Weiran Network Technology, the platform built a network of more than 30,000 video creators and drew over 1 billion daily clicks at its peak. It originally launched with short news clips before shifting to general-interest 'informative video clips' after regulatory scrutiny over its lack of a news-dissemination license.

LiveScore Group is a London-headquartered sports media company reaching over 56 million monthly active users across 200 territories in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. It delivers real-time scores, news, and video highlights for football, tennis, cricket, ice hockey, and basketball through apps and websites. As the Official Global Scoring Partner of LaLiga Santander since 2019, LiveScore Group enhances fan engagement with personalized content and betting integrations.

Better Collective AS is a developer of educational platforms within the iGaming industry. The company's segment includes Publishing, Paid Media and Esports. It generates maximum revenue from the Publishing segment. The publishing business segment includes revenue from Collective's proprietary online platforms and media partnerships, where online traffic comes either directly or through organic search results.

Sichuan Newsnet Media (Group) Co Ltd operates as an internet media. It is primarily involved in the new media integrated marketing, mobile information services and others.

Value Line Inc is a U.S based company. It produces investment periodicals based on underlying research and making available copyright data, including ranking system and other information, to third parties under written agreements for use in third-party managed and marketed investment products and for other purposes. The company markets under brands including Value Line, the Value Line logo, The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Research, Smarter Investing and a trusted name in Investment Research. Its only operating segment being Publishing.

Pocket FM is an India-based audio entertainment platform, founded in 2018, offering short- and long-form audio series and podcasts in regional languages including Bengali, Tamil, and Hindi. The platform hosts more than 100,000 hours of content and 400,000 episodes across genres such as romance, self-help, and motivation, monetizing through microtransactions and subscriptions on a freemium, pay-as-you-go model. Pocket FM has expanded from India into the United States and other international markets, reaching over 200 million users and processing tens of millions of paid transactions.

m-up holdings Inc is engaged in Content business, e-commerce business, electronic ticket business, other businesses. It is involved in the official fan site management; entertainment website management; management of music/video distribution site; e-book label management; production of digital contents; and application creation for smartphones. The company also engages in fan club Website operation; YouTube channel construction; and Website creation.

Panda TV was a Shanghai-based online video streaming platform founded in 2015 that focused on live broadcasting of video games and esports content, letting users stream and watch live gameplay. Backed by investors including LeCloud and Qihoo 360, it grew rapidly to claim over 80 million monthly active users and 150,000 active presenters at its peak. The platform ceased operations around 2019 after failing to secure further financing amid intense competition in China's live-streaming market.

Sohu.com Ltd provides online media, games, and search products and services on PCs and mobile devices in China. The company operates in Sohu and Changyou segments. Sohu is an online media content and services provider. Through its social features, Sohu also enables users to generate and distribute content, as well as interact with each other on a platform. Changyou is an online game developer and operator. It generates maximum revenue from the Changyou segment.

Future PLC is a platform for specialist media underpinned by proprietary technology and enabled by data, with diversified revenue streams. It focuses on various areas which include technology, games, films, music, and photography under brands such as Louder, Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, Digital Camera World, Marie Claire, and others. The company functions through the following divisions; the Media division which generates maximum revenue includes income from digital advertising, affiliate revenue for products, rewards, price comparison and events; and the Magazine division includes revenue associated with digital or printed magazines or bookazines from advertising, to subscriptions, to newstrade. Its reportable segments include the United Kingdom which derives key revenue, and the United States.