Monthly roundup · Entertainment · October 2026

Entertainment startup funding, October 2026: Eloelo's $80M Series C leads 24 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026

We read 24 equity rounds in Entertainment announced in October 2026, raising $176M between them: 3% of all the rounds we read that month and 0% of the money. The largest was Eloelo's $80M Series C, led by NBCUniversal and Hornbill Capital. The median seed round was $2.4M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $9.5M. Bridford Group led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds24in Entertainment, 16 with an amount
Raised$176Macross those rounds
Lead named50%of rounds say who led
Share of the month3%of rounds; 0% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1EloeloSeries C · India · led by NBCUniversal, Hornbill Capital$80M
  2. 2Gardens InteractiveSeries B · United States · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners$35M
  3. 3IInternational Dance League (IDL)Series A · United States · led by Elysian Park Ventures$15M
  4. 4CluesoSeries A · United States · led by Dharana Capital$10M
  5. 5AAudio Chateau RecordsSeries A · United States$9.0M
  6. 6NNationASeries A · South Korea$6.5M
  7. 7RRound Group LimitedGrowth · United Kingdom · led by Foresight Group$5.3M
  8. 8NoteySeed · United States · led by Tivoli Ventures, Malta Venture Capital$3.0M
  9. 9VVatarPre-seed · Nigeria$2.5M
  10. 10ArtMasterSeed · Czechia$2.4M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Entertainment announced each day of October. The busiest day was 21 October, with 5.

1 October31 October

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed6$1.2Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed4$2.4Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A11$9.5Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors
Series B1$35Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Series C1$80Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Growth1$5.3Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in Entertainment.

Where

South Korea had the most Entertainment rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Entertainment24
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Entertainment$176M
  • Raised, all sectors$59B

The whole of October 2026

Other sectors in October

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