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Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
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Appendix
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
3
Feed Summary
Investment Trend Summary
Exit Outlook Summary
BlueBox
Summary of Key Markets
Notable Companies in the Sector
Recent News
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Note: Mega Companies includes IPO’d companies, Mega Acquisitions and Unicorn. Data is taken from Tracxn Platform as on May 20, 2019.
Online Photos Feed Summary
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Online Photos > Feed Summary
Online platforms that provide digital photo-related products and services for both personal and professional use; and
companies that provide devices for digital photography using breakthrough technology
• Inclusions: Online platforms that assist users in
photo capture, scanning, editing, storage, and printing.
Also included are social photo messengers and sharing
platforms; stock photo platforms, photo-related
enterprise services, and breakthrough tech devices.
• Exclusions: Offline companies that provide photo
captures, scanning, editing, storage and printing
services. Non-digital photo related services and
products, photography and photographer websites.
• Excludes funding information of Chinese companies Feed in Numbers
Overview
$7.5B
Funding
19
Mega
Companies
5582327
FundedCovered on
Tracxn
5
Unicorns
18
Soonicorns
22
Minicorns
11
IPO’d Cos
138
Late Stage Cos
25
127
Acquisitions
547
DeadPooled
8
Acquihired
Series A+ Cos
Instagram
(2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Pinterest
(2010, San Francisco, $1.47B)
Snapchat
(2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Top Companies
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Investment Trend Summary
Summary of Funding Activity in Online Photos
5
$550M - PE
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
$40M - Series B
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$150M - Series G
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
$18M - Series A
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
$121M - Series D
Light (2013, Palo Alto, $186M)
$17M - Series B
Tenor (2014, San Francisco, $32M)
$60M - Series B
Lightricks (2013, Jerusalem, $70M)
$11.5M - Series A
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
$45M - Series B
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
$11M - Series A
Loom (2011, San Francisco, $13.8M)
Top Geos of InvestmentEntrepreneurial Activity Global Funding Trend
*YTD *YTD
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Investment Trend Summary
Seed
Upfront Ventures (#2), Eniac Ventures (#2), Extreme Venture
Partners (#2)
Series A/B
Sequoia Capital (#3), Bessemer Venture Partners (#2), Kleiner
Perkins (#2)
Series C+ Kleiner Perkins (#1), Sequoia Capital (#1), DFJ (#1)
Incubators 500 Startups (#10), Plug and Play Tech Center (#6), Y Combinator
(#4)
Other Notable
Investors
Kima Ventures (#5), BDC (#3), New York Angels (#3)
Debt Investors
Silicon Valley Bank (#1), Idinvest Partners (#1), Providence
Equity Partners (#1)
Most Active InvestorsRecent Investments
342 330
241
104
31
2
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
Y-o-Y # of Companies Founded 91 91 51 36 33 11
$6.8B
$293M
$120M
$83.3M
$77.5M
US
Europe
Israel
Australia
Canada
$ Funding
$596M
$933M
$1.1B
$2.1B
$279M $305M
$1.4B
26
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding # Rounds
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Summary of exit outlook in Online Photos
Exit Outlook Summary
66
Most Active AcquirersTop Investors in Exits
Sequoia Capital 3
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
SV Angel 3
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
Darwin Ventures 3
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
Andreessen
Horowitz
2
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Benchmark 2
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Oct 2018 Photobox Acq by Lexington Partners for $128M
Jul 2016 Olapic Acq by Monotype for $130M
Dec 2014 Fotolia Acq by Adobe for $800M
Aug 2012 Getty Images Acq by The Carlyle Group for $3.3B
Apr 2012 Instagram Acq by Facebook for $736M
Aug 2010 Like Acq by Google for $100M
Sep 1997 PhotoDisc Acq by Getty Images for $150M
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Exit Outlook Summary
Google 9
Like (Aug 2010, $100M), Tenor (Mar 2018), Cloudburst
Research (May 2015)
Shutterfly 6
ThisLife (Jan 2013, $25M), GrooveBook (Nov 2014, $14.5M),
PhotoWorks (Dec 2011)
Getty Images 5
PhotoDisc (Sep 1997, $150M), iStockphoto (Feb 2006, $50M),
PicScout (Apr 2011, $20M)
Facebook 4
Instagram (Apr 2012, $736M), Lightbox (May 2012), Face (Jun
2012)
Dropbox 3 Bubbli (May 2014) Loom (Apr 2014)
Recent IPOs Top Acquisitions
GoPro Jun 2014
HD camera manufacturer for extreme action…
IPO MCap: $3B
Shutterstock Oct 2012
Curated Marketplace for Royalty-free Stoc…
IPO MCap: $558M
Ipernity Jul 2009
Online storage and group photo sharing se…
IPO MCap: $10.7M
Shutterfly Sep 2006
Personalized photo-based products provide…
IPO MCap: $354M
Pinterest Apr 2019
Visual social bookmarking service
IPO MCap: $10.1B
Snapchat Mar 2017
Multimedia messaging application
IPO MCap: -
Pixta Sep 2015
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
IPO MCap: -
Slyce Apr 2015
Mobile shopping with visual search platfo…
IPO MCap: -
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FACTSHEET
Funding data excludes Debt, Grants & Post-IPO rounds.
Excludes all details for Chinese companies.
Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Marketmap: Online Photos
INNOVATIVE CAMERAS
SHARING
MESSENGERS
GIFTS & MEMES
PRINTING
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITING & MANAGEMENT
AMATEUR
PROFESSIONAL
APPLICATIONS
PRODUCT DISCOVERY
MARKETING
VISUAL SEARCH
COLLABORATIVE ALBUMS
Overview
Companies 2327
Funded 558 Series A+ 138
Funding $7.5B Last 2 yrs $1.1B
Most Active Investors
Seed Upfront Ventures (2)
Series A/B Sequoia Capital (3)
Series C+ Kleiner Perkins (1)
Others Kima Ventures (5)
Incubators 500 Startups (10)
Top Cities
Los Angeles 39 Cos $2.7B
Bay Area 275 Cos $2.4B
Feed in Numbers
Unicorns 5 Soonicorns 18
Minicorns 22 Editor Picks 76
Acquihired 8 Deadpooled 547
Top Companies
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.47B)
Exits
IPOs 11 Pinterest, GoPro
Acquisitions 127 Getty Images, Fotolia
Top Acquirers Google, Shutterfly
Online Photos > Feed Summary > BlueBox
7
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Key Sub Sectors in Online Photos Sector
Summary of Key Markets
8
Top Markets of Investment Activity
# Cos on
Platform
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round
Stock Photography
204 $555M 7
Photographer Booking Platforms >
Marketplace 34 $66.8M 5
Editing >
Professional 54 $52.5M 4
Stock Photography >
On-Demand 19 $10.7M 4
Sub Sectors
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Sharing
Companies providing online platforms for social photo
sharing and messaging
684 197 $4.5B
Stock Photography
Companies selling or facilitating the sale of stock
photos online
233 62 $920M
Digital Equipment
Companies developing innovative digital photo-
related equipment
45 25 $604M
Photo Management
Companies providing solutions for the storage and
management of photos
238 55 $321M
Editing
Companies providing solutions to edit, modify and
transform the photos
486 69 $299M
Printing
Companies providing online platforms and solutions
to design and print photo products
385 77 $254M
GIFs & Memes
Companies providing platforms for searching and
sharing of GIFs and memes
25 12 $245M
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Summary of Key Markets
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List of Notable Companies in Online Photos
Notable Companies in the Sector
9
Note: *(Founded Year, Location, Total Funding)
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector
Public
Pinterest
(2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)*
GoPro
(2003, San Mateo, $288M)
Shutterstock
(2003, New York City)
Shutterfly
(1999, Redwood City, $28M)
Ipernity
(2007, Mougins)
Snapchat
(2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Pixta
(2005, Shibuya, $1.6M)
PhotoAmigo
(2008, Santa Barbara)
Acquired
Getty Images
(1995, Seattle, $550M)
Fotolia
(2004, New York City, $225M)
Instagram
(2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
PhotoDisc
(1991, Seattle, $7M)
Olapic
(2010, New York City, $21.6M)
Photobox
(2000, London, $13.8M)
Like
(2005, San Mateo, $47.3M)
Unicorns
Canva
(2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Deadpooled
Thwapr (2007, New York City,
$2M)
Capital Art (2007, Las Vegas)
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (1/6)
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Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Editing
Professional
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Online photo editing and graphics creation tool for
professionals
Unicorn. Stage: Series B
Sequoia Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Felicis
Ventures and 18 Other Investors
Amateur
Lightricks (2013, Jerusalem, $70M)
Photo editing apps provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Insight Venture Partners, Claltech, Viola Group
PicsArt (2011, San Francisco, $45M)
Mobile photo editor and collage maker
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
DCM Ventures, Siguler Guff & Company, Insight
Venture Partners and 2 Other Investors
PicMonkey (2012, Seattle, $41M)
Online Photo Editor
Soonicorn. Stage: Funded
Spectrum Equity
Sharing
Sharing
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Social photo and video sharing application
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Greylock Partners
and 8 Other Investors
PhotoAmigo (2008, Santa Barbara)
Photo sharing website
Stage: Public
Thwapr (2007, New York City, $2M)
Mobile video & photo sharing
Stage: Deadpooled
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (2/6)
12
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Sharing
Messengers
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B)
Multimedia messaging application
Unicorn. Stage: Public
Al-Waleed Talal, Tencent, CapitalG and 43 Other
Investors
Story telling
Flipagram (2013, Los Angeles, $72.5M)
Photo-video stories creation and sharing app
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
and 3 Other Investors
Visual Discovery
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
Visual social bookmarking service
Unicorn. Stage: Public
You & Mr Jones, Coffin Capital and Ventures,
Emerson Collective and 42 Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (3/6)
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Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Sharing
Collaborative Albums
Ipernity (2007, Mougins)
Online storage and group photo sharing service
Stage: Public
Printing
Tech-Enabled Service
Snapfish (1999, San Francisco, $43.5M)
Photo hosting and customized photo-based
products provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Audax Group, CMGI, Mayfield and 2 Other Investors
Shutterfly (1999, Redwood City, $28M)
Personalized photo-based products provider
Minicorn. Stage: Public
Silicon Valley Bank, Mohr Davidow Ventures, LNK
Partners and 6 Other Investors
ZoomIn (2007, Mumbai, $20.1M)
Online platform enabling to store, share,
personalize and print digital photos
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Lightbox Ventures, First Round Capital, InnoVen
Capital and 7 Other Investors
Tech-Enabled Service
Photobox (2000, London, $13.8M)
Personalized photo-based products provider
Minicorn. Stage: Acquired
Insight Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates,
Highland Capital Partners and 5 Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (4/6)
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Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Applications
Visual Search
Like (2005, San Mateo, $47.3M)
Visual Search engine for products
Minicorn. Stage: Acquired
Menlo Ventures, Crosslink Capital, BlueRun
Ventures and 7 Other Investors
Slyce (2012, Toronto, $28.7M)
Mobile shopping with visual search platform
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Canaccord Genuity Group, Salman Partners,
Cormark Securities and 6 Other Investors
Marketing
Curalate (2012, Philadelphia, $39.9M)
Cloud-based software tool to create shoppable
content
Soonicorn. Stage: Series C
New Enterprise Associates, First Round Capital,
MentorTech Ventures and 2 Other Investors
Olapic (2010, New York City, $21.6M)
User generated image platform for marketing and
advertising
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Longworth Venture Partners, Unilever Ventures,
Felix Capital and 12 Other Investors
GIFs & Memes
GIFs & Memes
Giphy (2012, New York City, $152M)
GIF search engine; GIF creation and sharing app
Soonicorn. Stage: Series D
DFJ, IVP, China Media Capital and 9 Other Investors
Imgur (2009, San Francisco, $40M)
Online viral image hosting and sharing service
Soonicorn. Stage: Series A
Andreessen Horowitz, Reddit, Saints Capital
Tenor (2014, San Francisco, $32M)
Online GIF sharing platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Tenaya Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures
and 5 Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (5/6)
15
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Stock Photography
Stock Photography
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
Online stock photo, video and music provider
Unicorn. Stage: Acquired
Koch Equity Development, Venture Partners do
Brasil, Hellman & Friedman and 1 Other Investors
Fotolia (2004, New York City, $225M)
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Mosaic Ventures, KKR, TA Associates Management
EyeEm (2010, Berlin, $24M)
Online stock photo marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Passion
Capital, Valar Ventures and 3 Other Investors
PhotoDisc (1991, Seattle, $7M)
Royalty-free stock photo provider
Stage: Acquired
TA Associates Management
Stock Photography
Pixta (2005, Shibuya, $1.6M)
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
Stage: Public
Globis Capital Partners, PE & HR
Shutterstock (2003, New York City)
Curated Marketplace for Royalty-free Stock Imagery
Stage: Public
Insight Venture Partners, Apparatus Capital
Capital Art (2007, Las Vegas)
Stock photography company that offers vintage
Hollywood photos
Stage: Deadpooled
Photographer Booking Platforms
Marketplace
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
Online marketplace for booking photographers
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Idinvest Partners, Alven, Global Founders Capital
and 3 Other Investors
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
Photo-based products provider and photo
marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Info Edge, Footprint Ventures, DFJ and 2 Other
Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Photos
Notable Companies by Market (6/6)
16
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Dev Tools
Image Recognition
Clarifai (2013, New York City, $41.3M)
Deep learning based image & video recognition API
provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Lux
Capital and 7 Other Investors
Digital Equipment
Innovative Cameras
GoPro (2003, San Mateo, $288M)
HD camera manufacturer for extreme action video
photography
Unicorn. Stage: Public
Foxconn Electronics, Riverwood Capital, Steamboat
Ventures and 8 Other Investors
Light (2013, Palo Alto, $186M)
Multi-aperture computational camera provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series D
Leica Camera AG, SoftBank Vision Fund, GV and 9
Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies in Online Photos in China
Notable Companies in the Sector in China
17
Online Photos > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector in China
Public
Meitu
(2008, Xiamen, $360M)
Visual China Group
(2000, Tianjin)
Unicorns
Face++
(2011, Beijing)
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Recent News in Online Photos Sector
Recent News
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Online Photos > Feed Summary > Recent News
May 2019
Snapchat down in Europe and some part of US as users unable to
refresh app, The Indian Wire
May 2019 Pinterest still learning the sell-side game, Seeking Alpha
May 2019 Aussie unicorn Canva makes 2 acquisitions, Tech in Asia
May 2019
Instagram pulls plug on its Direct standalone messaging app,
Business of Apps
May 2019 Shutterfly +3.5% on new M&A chatter, Seeking Alpha
May 2019
Pinterest CEO after earnings report tumble: We’re in the growth
phase of our business, CNBC
May 2019 Analysts shrug off Pinterest print, Seeking Alpha
May 2019 Instagram to kill Direct in June, Devdiscourse
May 2019 Instagram adds shopping and IGTV to Explore, CNET
May 2019
Pinterest delivers first earnings report as a public company,
TechCrunch
May 2019
Netflix Now Allows Android Users to Share Movies, TV Shows to
Instagram Stories, New Delhi Television
May 2019 Facebook says removes 265 'fake accounts' linked to Israel, Reuters
May 2019 SOCi Launches Ads PLUS for Facebook and Instagram, Business Wire
May 2019
Instagram’s @Shop Account to Facilitate Buyers & Sellers,
PhoneWorld
May 2019 DJI Takes On GoPro With ‘Osmo Action Cam, ChannelNews
Key Recent News Key Recent News
May 2019
Snapchat's new baby and gender swap filters: Memes flood internet
as users left amazed, Google
May 2019 Pinterest Targeting Massive Advertising Opportunity, Seeking Alpha
May 2019
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel alleges EU regulators helping Google,
Facebook, financialexpress.com
May 2019 GoPro presses on with Mexican manufacture plan, MobileWorldLive
May 2019
Hands on: New Pixelmator Pro update adds drag-and-drop color
matching with Machine Learning, AppleInsider
May 2019
SteelHouse Integrates Shutterstock API to Provide Brands with
Millions of Images & Videos for Free, PR Newswire
May 2019
Delhi Startup GIFkaro Raises $250K in Angel Funding for its
Product Portfolio Expansion, IndianWeb2
May 2019
Instagram Stories testing 'lyrics stickers' as the feature hits 50 crore
daily users, Business Today
May 2019
Shutterstock Launches Self-Service API Subscription Plans,
ProgrammableWeb
May 2019
Instagram Creates @shop Account To Promote SMB Products,
pymnts.com
May 2019 Snapchat Bans Users Of Jailbroken iPhones, iPads, ValueWalk
May 2019
GoPro is finally shaking off the pain of quitting the drone business,
The Verge
May 2019 Samsung Returns As Vivid Sponsor For Second Year, ChannelNews
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
19
Funding Trends
Median Deal Size and Trend
New Entrants in Funding Club
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
Funding Funnel of the Sector
Top Investments and Investors
Investors in Unicorn club
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Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Photos; 2012-2019
Global Funding Trends (1/2)
21
Note: Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
#Rounds
$Funding
3 Year CAGR
6 Year CAGR 29% # of Rounds11% $ Funding
16% # of Rounds
36% $ Funding
$596M
$621M $604M
$933M
$1.1B
$2.1B
$279M $305M
$1.4B
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
$0k
$500M
$1.B
$1.5B
$2.B
$2.5B
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding Predicted $ Funding # Rounds Predicted # Rounds
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$39M $49M $25M $27M
$29M
$22M $12M $4M
$312M
$125M $153M $307M
$96M
$102M
$171M
$42M
$270M $430M $755M $808M $2B $155M $122M $550M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
$621M
$596M
Total $ Invested
81 80 61 52 32 23 21 5
12 18
23 31
12
11 10
5
3 3 7 8 7 2 2 1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
96
11
Total # of Rounds
22
Note: Mega Rounds = rounds with size > $20M. Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Stage-wise Number of RoundsStage-wise $ Invested
New Entrants in Funded Club
Global Funding Trends (2/2)
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Photos; 2012-2019
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
138
50
43
24
20
17 2
294
$0.8M $1.5M
$0.0M
$0.5M
$1.0M
$1.5M
$2.0M
$2.5M
$3.0M
$3.5M
$4.0M
$4.5M
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD Total
Entrants in Funding Club Avg. Ticket Size
$0.8M $1.4M $1.5M $1.5M $4.3M $0.6M $0.6M $1.5M
$550M
$520M $485M
$780M
$911M
$2B
$175M $266M
$1.3B
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
500000000
1E+09
1.5E+09
2E+09
2.5E+09
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
$ Funding Predicted $ Funding # of Rounds Predicted # Rounds
Mega Rounds
5 3 4 7 7 2 4 1
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Funding Trends by Geography
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Photos
Funding Trends by Geography
Funding Trends by Geography Top Cities of Funding
City $ Funding # Rounds
Los Angeles 2.7B 20
Bay Area 2.4B 149
Seattle 638M 16
New York City 549M 67
Paris 126M 23
Austin 107M 13
Sydney 82.6M 6
Jerusalem 70.4M 3
Toronto 55.5M 13
Tel Aviv 48.1M 15
Total Funding
443
153
24
9
24
35
11
12
# Rounds
$6.8B
$293M
$120M
$83.3M
$77.5M
$50.3M
$13.5M
$6.6M
US
Europe
Israel
Australia
Canada
India
Japan
SEA
Note: Excludes funding information of China companies
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Trend of Average Deal Size ($M)
$0.6 $0.8
$0.5
$0.7
$1.3 $1.1
$0.7
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Median Deal Size and Trend
Median and Average Deal Size in $M (per Stage) in Online Photos; 2012-2018
Median Deal Size and Trend
Note: Excludes funding information of Chinese companies. *Graph not to scale
Median Deal Size and Range
$5K* $6M
$280K $40M
$225K $200M
$200K $1.8B
$54.5M
$8.6M
$5.8M
$447K
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed
Stage
$52.8
$30.4
$6.7
$16.3 $13.8 $9.9
$48.3
$90.0
$143.3 $107.8 $101.0
$396.9
$77.5 $61.0
$8.0
$4.9
$7.1 $8.0
$4.5
$9.0
$4.3
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25
<$1M
$1-10M
$10-50M
$50-100M
$100M+
Funding Range
165
123
47
7
7
No. of Companies
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Distribution of companies by Funding Range
No. of companies by funding range in Online Photos; as of May 2019
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
$41M
$451M
$1B
$485M
$5.5B
$ Investment
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Stage No. of Companies
Funding
Funnel
100%
24%
6%
3%
1%
26
Note: Numbers in the brackets show the count of companies
Time to raise
next round
25
63
138
558
2327
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Funded
Founded
Next
Round
100M+
Valuation
Exits
Acqui-
Hired
Dead
Pooled
Others
24% 1%
(32)
1%
(20)
0%
(8)
23%
(530)
53%
(1231)
25% 5%
(30)
3%
(17)
1%
(6)
27%
(150)
47%
(264)
46% 21%
(29)
11%
(15)
2%
(3)
12%
(17)
40%
(55)
40% 43%
(27)
21%
(13)
- 10%
(6)
51%
(32)
- 44%
(11)
32%
(8)
- 12%
(3)
8%
(2)
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Funding Funnel
Number of companies progressing to subsequent funding stages in Online Photos
Funding Funnel
16 Months
19 Months
25 Months
Investment backedBootstrapped
18
5
87
8
40
3
Soonicorns
Unicorns
Acquisitions
IPOs
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Photos; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (1/2)
LATE STAGE
$550M - PE Feb 2019
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
Online stock photo, video and music provider
Koch Equity Development
$150M - Series G Jun 2017
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco, $1.5B)
Visual social bookmarking service
You & Mr Jones, Coffin Capital and Ventures,
Emerson Collective, SharesPost, Sinai Ventures
$121M - Series D Jul 2018
Light (2013, Palo Alto, $186M)
Multi-aperture computational camera provider
Leica Camera AG, SoftBank Vision Fund
$1M - Series D Jan 2018
Giphy (2012, New York City, $152M)
GIF search engine; GIF creation and sharing app
EARLY STAGE
$60M - Series B Nov 2018
Lightricks (2013, Jerusalem, $70M)
Photo editing apps provider
Insight Venture Partners, Claltech
$45M - Series B Jul 2018
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
Online marketplace for booking photographers
Idinvest Partners, Alven, Global Founders Capital,
Aglae Ventures, White Star Capital
$40M - Series B Jan 2018
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Online photo editing and graphics creation tool for
professionals
Sequoia Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Felicis Ventures
$18M - Series A Sep 2017
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
Online marketplace for booking photographers
Alven, White Star Capital, GF Capital Management
and Advisors, Aglae Ventures
EARLY STAGE
$17M - Series B Jun 2017
Tenor (2014, San Francisco, $32M)
Online GIF sharing platform
Tenaya Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures,
Cowboy Ventures
$11.5M - Series A Mar 2019
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
AI based photo editor
Threshold Ventures, Pear Ventures, Cota Capital
$11M - Series A Feb 2019
Loom (2011, San Francisco, $13.8M)
Cloud storage for photos and videos
Kleiner Perkins
$8M - Series B Mar 2019
PhotoShelter (2005, New York City, $12.2M)
Photography website development tools and photo
marketplace
Level Equity
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Photos; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (2/2)
EARLY STAGE
$6M - Series A Apr 2019
Prisma (2016, San Francisco, $6M)
Graphic photo transformation app using AI
Haxus
$5.8M - Series A Feb 2018
Unsplash (2013, Montreal, $15.8M)
Online platform for royalty-free stock photos
OST, Mark Bonchek, Roger Dickey, Clark Valberg,
Rahul Vohra, Accomplice, Real Ventures, Betaworks
Ventures
$5.5M - Series A Jun 2017
Aura Frame (2012, New York City, $14.9M)
Smart digital photo frames maker
$5M - Series A Jun 2018
Photomyne (2014, Tel Aviv, $7.6M)
Photo scanning and digitization app
Philippe Guez, Eric Elalouf
$5M - Series A Mar 2019
GuruShots (2013, Tel Aviv, $6.5M)
Online photography contests and challenges
Altair Capital, Buran Venture Capital
EARLY STAGE
$2.3M - Series A Jul 2018
AGORA (2016, Barcelona, $2.3M)
App based photo contest platform
Gerard Piqué, Apiumhub
$1.3M - Series B Aug 2017
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
Photo-based products provider and photo
marketplace
Info Edge
SEED STAGE
$4M - Seed Dec 2018
Waldo (2015, Austin, $9M)
Photo delivery platform based on facial recognition
Lewis & Clark Ventures
$1M - Seed Jun 2017
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
AI based photo editor
$175k - Seed Feb 2019
Shuttersong (2012, Boston, $3.3M)
Audio enabled photo-based storytelling platform
$50k - Seed Sep 2017
Shuttersong (2012, Boston, $3.3M)
Audio enabled photo-based storytelling platform
Seed Jun 2017
AGORA (2016, Barcelona, $2.3M)
App based photo contest platform
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Photos; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
EARLY STAGE
$51.8M - Series B Jan 2019
WutaCam (2017, Shanghai, $51.8M)
Photo editing platform for skin makeup
Weibo
$25M - Series A Oct 2017
Perfect (2015, Shanghai, $25M)
AI-based photo editing app developer
China Creation Ventures, Yuanta Investment, Extol
Capital, CyberLink
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Most Active Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Online Photos; Last 5 years (May 2014-May 2019)
Most Active VC & PE Investors
30
Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Photos > Investment Trends > Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Upfront Ventures(2 Investments)
Waldo, Waldo
1
Eniac Ventures(2 Investments)
Hypno, Sneeky
2
Extreme Venture Partners(2 Investments)
Flixel, Groupie
3
Haxus (2 Investments)
Prisma, Fabby
4
Trebol Capital(2 Investments)
Capptu, Piktia
5
Greylock Partners
Leo
6
Kleiner Perkins
Leo
7
Sequoia Capital
GIFSKEY
8
Battery Ventures
Leo
9
Index Ventures
Picasso Labs
10
EARLY STAGE
Sequoia Capital(3 Investments)
Canva, Flipagram, PicsArt
1
Bessemer Venture Partners (2
Investments)
Light, Retrica
2
Kleiner Perkins(2 Investments)
Flipagram, Loom
3
Menlo Ventures(2 Investments)
Clarifai, Tenor
4
Insight Venture Partners (2 Investments)
Lightricks, PicsArt
5
Founder Collective(2 Investments)
Your Memoir, Mylestone
6
Vayner/RSE(2 Investments)
Canva, Curalate
7
Binary Capital(2 Investments)
Prynt, Swipe
8
Real Ventures(2 Investments)
Unsplash, Shoto
9
LDV Capital(2 Investments)
Clarifai, Unsplash
10
LATE STAGE
Kleiner Perkins
Snapchat
1
Sequoia Capital
Snapchat
2
DFJ
Giphy
3
GV
Light
4
IVP
Giphy
5
SV Angel
Pinterest
6
General Atlantic
Snapchat
7
First Round Capital
Pinterest
8
Oak Investment Partners
Photobucket
9
CapitalG
Snapchat
10
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Most Active Ecosystem Investors
Top Ecosystem Investors in Online Photos; Last 5 years (May 2014-May 2019)
Most Active Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR
500 Startups(10 Investments)
Prynt, Popsa, Flixel
1
Plug and Play Tech Center(6 Investments)
Tenor, Slyce, TRUEPIC
2
Y Combinator(4 Investments)
Loom, Emojer, Baby Art
3
Startupbootcamp(3 Investments)
Monument, Bundle, Dashmote
4
Techstars(3 Investments)
Sparktrend, Flikshop, Wonders
5
Wayra(3 Investments)
Fotolog, Capptu, Magic Foto Shop
6
Venture Catalysts(2 Investments)
Orbo, Siftr
7
The Mobile Only Accelerator(2
Investments)
Pixtory, Taggle
8
PreSeed Ventures(2 Investments)
GrpCam, Darlings
9
StartersHub(2 Investments)
Monument, Reminisce
10
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures(5 Investments)
Camera51, SimplePrints, Groopic
1
BDC(3 Investments)
Unsplash, Flixel, Shoebox App
2
New York Angels(3 Investments)
Pinterest, Slyce, Trumpit
3
CAA Ventures(3 Investments)
Giphy, 500px, MeRightNow
4
Tech Coast Angels(2 Investments)
Pictage, EveryStory
5
AngelList(2 Investments)
Unsplash, GIFSKEY
6
HSBC Group
PhotoAlto
7
Fidelity Investments
Snapchat
8
T. Rowe Price
Snapchat
9
Yahoo
Snapchat
10
DEBT INVESTORS
Silicon Valley Bank
Chatbooks
1
Idinvest Partners
Meero
2
Providence Equity Partners
ShootProof
3
North Atlantic Capital
Storyblocks
4
GSD Capital
Picjoy
5
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (1/4)
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (2/4)
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (3/4)
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (4/4)
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Online Photos > Investment Trends > Unicorn Investors in the Sector
Unicorn Investors in the Sector
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Contents
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Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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BlueBox
Key Sub Sectors
Detailed Sector Taxonomy
Top Markets of Investment Activity
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Other Notable Markets
Market Deep Dive
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Key Sub Sectors
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Key Sub Sectors in Online Photos
Market Top Companies
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Sharing
Companies providing online platforms for social photo sharing and messaging
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, Public)
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, Acquired)
684 197 $4.5B
Stock Photography
Companies selling or facilitating the sale of stock photos online
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, Acquired)
EyeEm (2010, Berlin, $24M)
233 62 $920M
Digital Equipment
Companies developing innovative digital photo-related equipment
GoPro (2003, San Mateo, Public)
Light (2013, Palo Alto, $186M)
45 25 $604M
Photo Management
Companies providing solutions for the storage and management of photos
Photobucket (2003, Denver, Acquired)
PhotoShelter (2005, New York City,
$12.2M)
238 55 $321M
Editing
Companies providing solutions to edit, modify and transform the photos
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Prisma (2016, San Francisco, $6M)
486 69 $299M
Printing
Companies providing online platforms and solutions to design and print photo products
Shutterfly (1999, Redwood City, Public)
ZoomIn (2007, Mumbai, $20.1M)
385 77 $254M
GIFs & Memes
Companies providing platforms for searching and sharing of GIFs and memes
Giphy (2012, New York City, $152M)
Imgur (2009, San Francisco, $40M)
25 12 $245M
Applications
Companies offering solutions to enterprises that involve the application of photography
Olapic (2010, New York City, Acquired)
Curalate (2012, Philadelphia, $39.9M)
42 21 $150M
Photographer Booking Platforms
Companies providing listing platforms for the discovery of photographers
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, Acquired)
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
62 12 $105M
Dev Tools
Companies providing photo-related API & SDK integrations to the application developers
Clarifai (2013, New York City, $41.3M)
PhotographAI (2017, Bangalore, Acquired)
11 6 $62.1M
Online Photos > Market Details > Key Sub Sectors
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (1/7)
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Online Photos > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Online Photos > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (3/7)
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Online Photos > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Online Photos > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Rank Market
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round Top Funded Company
1
(+3)
Stock Photography
Companies selling or facilitating the sale of stock photos online
(Companies covered 204 | Funded 52 | Total Funding $899M)
$555M
(+$541M)
7
(-2)
Getty Images
(1995, Seattle, Acquired)
2
(+7)
Photographer Booking Platforms > Marketplace
Companies providing marketplaces for hiring photographers
(Companies covered 34 | Funded 9 | Total Funding $103M)
$66.8M
(+$60.5M)
5
(-)
Meero
(2016, Paris, $63M)
3
(+3)
Editing > Professional
Companies providing solutions for professionals to edit, modify and transform their photos
(Companies covered 54 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $98M)
$52.5M
(+$20.1M)
4
(-)
Canva
(2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
4
(+9)
Stock Photography > On-Demand
Companies providing platforms that enable buyers to specify requirements and purchase photos from
photographers
(Companies covered 19 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $21M)
$10.7M
(+$429k)
4
(+2)
Unsplash
(2013, Montreal, $15.8M)
5
(-3)
Photo Management > Amateur
Companies providing online platforms that offer cloud storage and organisation of photos
(Companies covered 149 | Funded 36 | Total Funding $166M)
$11.1M
(-$24.6M)
3
(-3)
Loom
(2011, San Francisco, Acquired)
6
(+11)
Digital Equipment > Storage
Companies developing photo backup devices such as connected SD cards
(Companies covered 6 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $51.7M)
$9.9M
(+$9.6M)
3
(-)
GNARBOX
(2014, Los Angeles, $8.5M)
7
(+12)
Sharing > Communities > Contests
Companies providing platforms where users can share photos with others and participate in photo
challenges and competitions
(Companies covered 60 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $11.6M)
$7.3M
(+$6.1M)
3
(+1)
GuruShots
(2013, Tel Aviv, $6.5M)
48
Note: The numbers in the bracket represent the change in a 2 year period.
Top Markets of Investment Activity (1/2)
Top Markets by Funding in Online Photos in last 2 years (May 2017 - April 2019)
Online Photos > Market Details > Top Markets of Investment Activity
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Top Markets of Investment Activity (2/2)
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Rank Market # Investments Key Investments
1
Editing > Professional
Companies providing solutions for professionals to edit, modify and transform their photos
(Companies created 54 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $98M )
1 Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
2
GIFs & Memes
Companies providing platforms for searching and sharing of GIFs and memes
(Companies created 17 | Funded 9 | Total Funding $243M )
1 Tenor (2014, San Francisco, $32M)
Note: Investors considered - Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Benchmark Capital, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Index Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Venrock, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Battery Ventures
50
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Top Markets where Early Stage Investors are investing in last 2 years (May 2017 - April 2019)
Online Photos > Market Details > Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
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Incubators 500 Startups (#2), FasterCapital (#1)
Seed First Round Capital (#1), Great Oaks Venture Capital (#1)
Series A/B Insight Venture Partners (#1), Morgenthaler (#1)
Series C+ TA Associates Management (#2), Inovia Capital (#1)
Corbis Images Jan - 2016
Acq by Visual China Group
Pixta Sep - 2015
IPO'd on TSE
Fotolia Dec - 2014
Acq by Adobe for $800M
Shutterstock Oct - 2012
IPO'd on NYSE
Getty Images Aug - 2012
Acq by The Carlyle Group for $3.3B
Photolibrary Group May - 2011
Acq by Getty Images
Bigstock Sep - 2009
Acq by Shutterstock
$550M - PE
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
$548k - Seed
Picfair (2013, London, $4.7M)
$2M - Seed
Pixerf (2015, Singapore, $2M)
$130k - Angel
Picxy (2015, Guntur, $130k)
Seed
SnapHubr (2015, Ikeja)
$50k - Seed
AfricanStockPhoto (2015, Nairobi,
$50k)
May 2019
SteelHouse Integrates Shutterstock API to Provide Brands
with Millions of Images & Videos for Free, PR Newswire
May 2019
Shutterstock Launches Self-Service API Subscription Plans,
ProgrammableWeb
Apr 2019
Shutterstock launches a ‘view in room’ augmented reality
feature for artwork, SiliconAngle
Mar 2019
Shutterstock Adds In-app Registration For Content Makers,
Mobile Marketing Magazine
Mar 2019
Pickit Creates Global Relationship with Ingram Micro to
Expand Reach and Double Margins for Office 365 Channel
Partners, StartUp Beat
Feb 2019
Moovly Announces Integration with Getty Images and iStock,
The Newswire
Feb 2019 Shutterstock beats by $0.11, misses on revenue, Seeking Alpha
Jan 2019
Getty Images Announces Additional $100 Million
Investment, Citybizlist
Jan 2019
Shutterstock's first marketing campaign in 6 years aims to
elevate it above rivals, The Drum
Dec 2018
Explore Why Stock Music Service Market Is Thriving
Worldwide: Audio Network, Getty Images, Musicbed, Pond5,
Shutterstock, Digital Journal
Dec 2018
GetResponse Integration of Shutterstock Library Offers
5,000 Royalty-Free Images to Customers, EContent
Dec 2018
Storyblocks' 2019 Trend Guide Reveals The Continuing
Creative Connection To Content, Forbes
Nov 2018
Wochit Expands Relationship with Getty Images to Offer
Video Creators Creative Commercial Content, Business Wire
News
11
9
20
52
204
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Stock Photography: Market Factsheet
51
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies selling or facilitating
the sale of stock photos online
Getty Images
(1995, Seattle, $550M)
EyeEm
(2010, Berlin, $24M)
Fotolia
(2004, New York City, $225M)
Picfair
(2013, London, $4.7M)
Galleri5
(2015, Bangalore)
Top Companies
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Stock Photography
Companies Created 204 | Funded 52 | Total Funding $899M
0
5
10
$0k
$20M
$40M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Stock Photography
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#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Stock Photography
Analyst’s Pick
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
Online stock photo, video and music provider
Unicorn. Stage: Acquired
Koch Equity Development, Venture Partners do
Brasil, Hellman & Friedman, Duke Street
Fotolia (2004, New York City, $225M)
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Mosaic Ventures, KKR, TA Associates Management
EyeEm (2010, Berlin, $24M)
Online stock photo marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Passion
Capital, Valar Ventures and 3 Other Investors
Picfair (2013, London, $4.7M)
Royalty-free stock image licensing marketplace
platform
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
D5 Capital, Peter Davies, Alexis Ohanian and 5
Other Investors
Analyst’s Pick
Galleri5 (2015, Bangalore)
User-generated visual content marketplace
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
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Stock Photography: Leaderboard
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Stock Photography
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Stock Photography
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Getty Images 1995 Seattle Acquired $550M 2 5 4 - - 1.1M 330k 2k 26 426 28% 6.8k 1%
4.5 Shutterstock 2003
New York
City
Public - 1 - 5 - - 287k 1.1M 22.5k 46 23.6k
-
2166
%
276 -
4.0 Fotolia 2004
New York
City
Acquired $225M 3 - - - - 40.3k - - 4 - - 434 1%
3.9 Foap 2011 Malmo Series A $5M 9 - 4 - - 5.3k 3M 21.6k 1 1.7k 8% 18 -
3.8
Depositphot
os
2009
Fort
Lauderdale
Series B $8M 2 3 4 - - 14.2k 75k 646 2 57 10% 616 5%
3.7 Storyblocks 2011 Arlington Series A $10.5M 3 3 - - 5 2.2k - - 4 - - 177 9%
3.7 EyeEm 2010 Berlin Series B $24M 3 5 4 3 4 92.7k 30M 217.7k 9 1.8k 1% -1123 -1%
3.0 Snapwire 2012
Santa
Barbara
Seed $1.4M 2 - 4 - - 4k 300k 2.1k - 255 14% -21 -1%
3.0 iStockphoto 2000 Calgary Acquired - - - 4 - - 129.6k 75k 246 1 44 22% 1.2k 1%
2.9 Pixta 2005 Shibuya Public $1.6M 3 - - - - 284 - - - - - 9 3%
2.9 Dreamstime 2004 Brentwood Unfunded - - - 4 - - 33.1k 375k 7.6k - 1.1k 16% 525 2%
2.8 Picfair 2013 London Seed $4.7M 5 - - - 4 40.7k - - 3 - - -701 -2%
2.7 Pixerf 2015 Singapore Seed $2M 1 - - - 4 85 - - 1 - - 11 15%
2.7 PixPalace 2004 Paris Series A $1.6M 1 - - - - 506 - - 1 - - 10 2%
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Incubators QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (#1)
Seed LVenture Group (#1), East Ventures (#1)
Series A/B DFJ (#1), Info Edge (#1)
Series C+
Canvera Aug - 2018
Acq by Printo
$45M - Series B
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
$1.5M - Seed
Whoosnap (2014, Rome, $2.1M)
$18M - Series A
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
$1.3M - Series B
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
$1M - Seed
SweetEscape (2016, Jakarta, $1M)
$500k - Seed
Travelshoot (2012, Brisbane, $500k)
$3M - Series B
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
$170k - Seed
Whoosnap (2014, Rome, $2.1M)
$2.2M - Series B
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
$444k - Seed
Whoosnap (2014, Rome, $2.1M)
$650k - Seed
Flytographer (2013, Victoria, $650k)
Apr 2019
Photography startup wins global Tough Mudder partnership
as it gears up for 500% growth, SmartCompany
Feb 2019
Canvera Launches Wedding Album With Swarovski, Business
Wire India
Nov 2018
Sweet Escape connects travelers to photographers for truly
Insta-worthy holiday pics, TechCrunch
Oct 2018 Meero Announces Partnership with Matterport, PR Newswire
Aug 2018
Indonesian photography startup SweetEscape bags US$1M
to support Philippine expansion, E27
Jul 2018
Info Edge invests in Blume-backed Printo; sells majority
stake in Canvera, VCCircle
May 2018
Online photo printing startup Canvera goes offline; to set up
50 stores across the country, Indiatimes
Dec 2017
LVenture : Whoosnap closes a round for 1.3 million Euros, 4-
Traders
Sep 2017 Meero Raises €15M in Series A Funding |FinSMEs, FinSMEs
Aug 2017 Finalaya - Message
, Finalaya
Aug 2017
Whoosnap partners with Octo Telematics to streamline
insurance photography via new Insoore application |
Business Wire, Business Wire
Jul 2017
Canvera launches its its yougraphy range -Photo printing
products, NCNOnline
Sep 2016
Info Edge ups stake in BigStylist with an additional Rs 6
crore investment, MediaNama
News
1
-
3
9
34
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Photographer Booking Platforms > Marketplace: Market Factsheet
54
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies providing
marketplaces for hiring
photographers
Canvera
(2007, Bangalore, $24M)
Meero
(2016, Paris, $63M)
Scoopshot
(2010, Helsinki, $11.2M)
Whoosnap
(2014, Rome, $2.1M)
SweetEscape
(2016, Jakarta, $1M)
Top Companies
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Marketplace
Companies Created 34 | Funded 9 | Total Funding $103M
0
2
4
6
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Marketplace
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Photographer Booking Platforms > Marketplace: Top Companies
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Marketplace
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Marketplace
Analyst’s Pick
Meero (2016, Paris, $63M)
Online marketplace for booking photographers
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Idinvest Partners, Alven, Global Founders Capital
and 3 Other Investors
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
Photo-based products provider and photo
marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Info Edge, Footprint Ventures, DFJ and 2 Other
Investors
Scoopshot (2010, Helsinki, $11.2M)
Photographer marketplace
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Conor Venture Partners, Suomen Teollisuussijoitus,
Ariadne Capital, Finnish Industry Investment
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Photographer Booking Platforms > Marketplace: Leaderboard
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Marketplace
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Marketplace
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Canvera 2007 Bangalore Acquired $24M 9 5 4 - - 1.8k 825k 5k 9 377 8% 9 1%
4.5 Meero 2016 Paris Series B $63M 2 4 - - 4 1.4k - - 4 - - 273 27%
3.6 SweetEscape 2016 Jakarta Seed $1M 1 - 4 - 4 - 33k 103 2 66 178% - -
3.4 Flytographer 2013 Victoria Seed $650k 1 - - - - 7.7k - - - - - 564 8%
3.3 Whoosnap 2014 Rome Seed $2.1M 3 - 4 4 4 6.2k 300k 3.7k 2 -3 - -120 -2%
2.8 Scoopshot 2010 Helsinki Series A $11.2M 3 - - - - 5.3k - - - - - -112 -2%
2.2
EventGraphi
a
2015 Jaipur Unfunded - - - 5 - - 285 300 19 - 3 19% 15 6%
2.2 Travelshoot 2012 Brisbane Seed $500k 1 - - - - 246 - - - - - -3 -1%
1.8 SpotFodo 2011
San
Francisco
Seed - 1 - - - - 52 - - - - - - -
1.2 Photigo 2018 Bangkok Unfunded - - - 4 3 3 - 300 7 - 5 250% - -
0.9 Picsurely 2013 Mumbai Unfunded - - - - - - 298 - - - - - 1 -
0.8 Ooshot 2012 Paris Unfunded - - - - - - 1.9k - - - - - -35 -2%
0.8 Amomento 2016 London Unfunded - - - - - - 2.7k - - - - - -86 -3%
0.7 Geosnapshot 2013 Sydney Funded - - - - - 3 1 - - 1 - - - -
0.7 Famarry 2014 Tokyo Unfunded - - - - - - 459 - - - - - -12 -3%
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Incubators 500 Startups (#1)
Seed Matrix Partners (#1), InterWest Partners (#1)
Series A/B Sequoia Capital (#1), Blackbird Ventures (#1)
Series C+
Nik Software Sep - 2012
Acq by Google
$11.5M - Series A
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
$40M - Series B
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$20k - Seed
Mendr (2003, Dallas, $20k)
$1M - Seed
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
$15M - Series B
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$260k - Seed
Shutta (2015, Ho Chi Minh City, $260k)
$15M - Series A
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$2.2M - Seed
Flixel (2011, Toronto, $2.7M)
$6M - Series A
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$3.6M - Series A
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
$3M - Seed
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
May 2019 Aussie unicorn Canva makes 2 acquisitions, Tech in Asia
May 2019
Hands on: New Pixelmator Pro update adds drag-and-drop
color matching with Machine Learning, AppleInsider
Mar 2019
Polarr Raises $11.5M to Bring the Power of AI on the Edge to
Photography and Video; Inks Deal with Samsung to Deliver
AI Features to the Galaxy S10, PR Newswire
Feb 2019
Pixelmator Pro adds support for iPhone Portrait Mode depth
masks, The Verge
Jan 2019 Frameright focuses on the right angle, GoodNewsfromFinland
Nov 2018
Sturzaker merges Talking Canvas with Low’s Indigo, Daily
Business
Aug 2018
Canva Partners with Welocalize to Build Localization
Program for Digital Content, PressReleasePoint
Jun 2018
Topaz Labs Releases the First Deep Learning Photo Noise
Removal Tool for Windows and Mac, Business Wire
Jun 2018
Aussie unicorn Canva is collaborating with Dropbox, and co-
founder Cameron Adams says it’s “not a big deal”,
SmartCompany
Jun 2018 Canva’s acquisition of Zeetings, Global Legal Chronicle
Feb 2018
Canva’s Only Getting Started, Says Ceo Of Australia’s Tech
Unicorn, Deal Street Asia
Jan 2018
New Sequoia China investment values Australian design
company Canva at $1 billion, TechCrunch
Nov 2016
How Design Startup Canva Used Social Proof To Get Valued
At $345M, Forbes
Sep 2016
6 free marketing tools for every entrepreneur, YourStory
Media
News
1
1
3
8
54
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Editing > Professional: Market Factsheet
57
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies providing solutions for
professionals to edit, modify and
transform their photos
Canva
(2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Polarr
(2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
Flixel
(2011, Toronto, $2.7M)
Shutta
(2015, Ho Chi Minh City, $260k)
Mendr
(2003, Dallas, $20k)
Top Companies
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Professional
Companies Created 54 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $98M
0
2
4
6
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Professional
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Professional
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Professional
Analyst’s Pick
Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M)
Online photo editing and graphics creation tool for
professionals
Unicorn. Stage: Series B
Sequoia Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Felicis
Ventures and 18 Other Investors
Polarr (2014, Mountain View, $12.5M)
AI based photo editor
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Threshold Ventures, Pear Ventures, Cota Capital
and 2 Other Investors
Flixel (2011, Toronto, $2.7M)
Cinemagraphs creation tool
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Extreme Venture Partners, Cranson Capital, NBIF
and 3 Other Investors
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Editing > Professional: Leaderboard
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Professional
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Professional
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Canva 2012 Sydney Series B $82.6M 10 4 5 - - 118.3k 30M 599k 28
873.1
k
-
318%
6.6k 6%
3.7 Polarr 2014
Mountain
View
Series A $12.5M 2 - 4 - - 6.7k 7.5M 33.7k 1 4.7k 16% -252 -4%
2.7 Mendr 2003 Dallas Seed $20k 1 3 4 4 4 335 30k 102 - 15 17% - -
2.7 Shutta 2015
Ho Chi
Minh City
Seed $260k 1 - 4 - - 1.6k 300k 3.2k 1 18 1% -38 -2%
2.5 Flixel 2011 Toronto Seed $2.7M 2 - - - - 8.3k - - 3 - - -117 -1%
2.3 Pixerist 2012
Rio De
Janeiro
Unfunded - - - 4 4 4 440 3.1M 5k - 246 5% -5 -1%
2.2 Pixelmator 2007 0.0 Unfunded - - - - - - 14.7k - - 6 - - 363 3%
2.0 JixiPix 2010 Las Vegas Unfunded - - - 4 - 3 157 208k 3.8k - 211 6% - -
1.8
PortraitProfe
ssional
2006 London Unfunded - - - - 5 5 2.4k - - - 7
-
100%
-11 -
1.8 Topaz Labs 2006 Fort Worth Unfunded - - - - - 4 11.9k - - 1 - - 19 -
1.6 InPixio 2012 Paris Unfunded - - - - 3 3 5.1k - - 1 - - 961 23%
1.5 ON1 2005 Portland Unfunded - - - - 4 3 16.3k - - - - - 60 -
1.4
Noise
Reducer
2015 Jaipur Unfunded - - 3 3 - 3 - 300k 631 - 35 6% - -
1.4 Picktorial 2014 Jerusalem Unfunded - - - - - - 223 - - - - - 14 7%
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#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: On-Demand
Companies Created 19 | Funded 8 | Total Funding $21M
Market: On-Demand
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: On-Demand
#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: On-Demand
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: On-Demand
#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: On-Demand
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#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
Companies Created 149 | Funded 36 | Total Funding $166M
Market: Amateur
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Amateur
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Amateur
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#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Storage
Companies Created 6 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $51.7M
Market: Storage
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Storage
#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Storage
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Storage
#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Storage
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Contests
Companies Created 60 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $11.6M
Market: Contests
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Contests
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Contests
#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Contests
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#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
Companies Created 245 | Funded 26 | Total Funding $162M
Market: Amateur
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Amateur
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Amateur
#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Amateur
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#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: GIFs & Memes
Companies Created 17 | Funded 9 | Total Funding $243M
Market: GIFs & Memes
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: GIFs & Memes
#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: GIFs & Memes
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: GIFs & Memes
#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: GIFs & Memes
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#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Smart Photo Frames
Companies Created 10 | Funded 5 | Total Funding $27.8M
Market: Smart Photo Frames
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Smart Photo Frames
#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Smart Photo Frames
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Online Photos > Market Details > Market: Smart Photo Frames
#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Smart Photo Frames
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
81
Notable Acquisitions
Top Acquirers
Acqui-hires
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83
List of Public Companies in Online Photos
IPO Date Company
IPO
Mcap
Exchange
Ticker
Apr 2019
Pinterest (2010, San Francisco)
Visual social bookmarking service
$10.1B NYSE:PINS
Mar 2017
Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles)
Multimedia messaging application
NYSE:SNAP
Dec 2016
Meitu (2008, Xiamen)
Photo editing and sharing app
Sep 2015
Pixta (2005, Shibuya)
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
TSE:3416
Jun 2014
GoPro (2003, San Mateo)
HD camera manufacturer for extreme action video photography
$3B NASDAQ:GPRO
Oct 2012
Shutterstock (2003, New York City)
Curated Marketplace for Royalty-free Stock Imagery
$558M SSTK
Jul 2009
Ipernity (2007, Mougins)
Online storage and group photo sharing service
$10.7M
EURONEXT:MLI
PY
Sep 2006
Shutterfly (1999, Redwood City)
Personalized photo-based products provider
$354M NASDAQ:SFLY
Visual China Group (2000, Tianjin)
Online marketplace for stock photos, footages and music
PhotoAmigo (2008, Santa Barbara)
Photo sharing website
Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Public Companies
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Notable Acquisitions in Online Photos
Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2018
Acquirer: Lexington PartnersDeal: $128M
Photobox (2000, London, $13.8M)
Personalized photo-based products provider
Acquirer: Printo
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $24M)
Photo-based products provider and photo
marketplace
Acquirer: Google
Tenor (2014, San Francisco, $32M)
Online GIF sharing platform
Acquirer: Visual China Group
500px (2009, Toronto, $23M)
Photo sharing platform and stock photo
marketplace
2017
Acquirer: Toutiao
Flipagram (2013, Los Angeles, $72.5M)
Photo-video stories creation and sharing app
Acquirer: Anzu Partners
Slyce (2012, Toronto, $28.7M)
Mobile shopping with visual search platform
2016
Acquirer: Monotype Deal: $130M
Olapic (2010, New York City, $21.6M)
User generated image platform for marketing and
advertising
Acquirer: Ricoh
Eye-Fi (2005, Mountain View, $36.5M)
WiFi enabled SD cards and cloud sharing platform
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Notable Acquisitions in Online Photos
Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2014
Acquirer: Adobe Deal: $800M
Fotolia (2004, New York City, $225M)
Royalty-free stock photo marketplace
2012
Acquirer: The Carlyle Group Deal: $3.3B
Getty Images (1995, Seattle, $550M)
Online stock photo, video and music provider
Acquirer: Facebook Deal: $736M
Instagram (2010, San Francisco, $57.5M)
Social photo and video sharing application
2011
Acquirer: Shutterfly
PhotoWorks (1999, Seattle, $20.6M)
Photo publishing and storage; and photo-based
products
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Notable Acquisitions in Online Photos
Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2010
Acquirer: Google Deal: $100M
Like (2005, San Mateo, $47.3M)
Visual Search engine for products
2009
Acquirer: Ontela
Photobucket (2003, Denver, $52.8M)
Online photo storage website
Before 2008
Acquirer: Eastman Kodak Company
Applied Science Fiction (1995, Austin,
$86.5M)
Dry film processing and automatic photo
restoration software provider
Acquirer: District Photo
Snapfish (1999, San Francisco, $43.5M)
Photo hosting and customized photo-based
products provider
Acquirer: Getty Images Deal: $150M
PhotoDisc (1991, Seattle, $7M)
Royalty-free stock photo provider
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Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Most Active Acquirers
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Acqui-hires
88
List of Acqui-hires in Online Photos
Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Date Target
Nov-17 Swng Acq by Microsoft
Jul-17 Swipe Acq by Uber
Dec-16 Plix Acq by OnlineTyari
Aug-15 Wedding Party Acq by Instacart
Jun-15 Leo Acq by Lyft
Aug-13 Luma Acq by Instagram
Jul-12 DailyBooth Acq by Airbnb
PixMix App Acq by Mobitech
Online Photos > Exit Outlook > Acqui-hires
View all 8 Acqui-hired companies on Tracxn Platform
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Feed Summary
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Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
89
Details on VC & PE Investors
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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Apr 2019
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Mar 2019
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Online Photos > Investors > Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
Index of Top Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Online Photos; Last 5 years (May 2014 - Apr 2019)
Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Upfront Ventures (2 Investments)
Eniac Ventures (2 Investments)
Extreme Venture Partners (2 Investments)
Haxus (2 Investments)
Trebol Capital (2 Investments)
Greylock Partners
Kleiner Perkins
Sequoia Capital
Battery Ventures
Index Ventures
GV
Qualcomm Ventures
SAIF Partners
SV Angel
Partech
EARLY STAGE
Sequoia Capital (3 Investments)
Bessemer Venture Partners (2 Investments)
Kleiner Perkins (2 Investments)
Menlo Ventures (2 Investments)
Insight Venture Partners (2 Investments)
Founder Collective (2 Investments)
Vayner/RSE (2 Investments)
Binary Capital (2 Investments)
Real Ventures (2 Investments)
LDV Capital (2 Investments)
Betaworks Ventures (2 Investments)
Index Ventures
Redpoint Ventures
Canaan Partners
Charles River Ventures
LATE STAGE
Kleiner Perkins
Sequoia Capital
DFJ
GV
IVP
SV Angel
General Atlantic
First Round Capital
Oak Investment Partners
CapitalG
Mosaic Ventures
GIC
Glynn Capital
Spectrum Equity
Peterson Partners
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Portfolio in Online Photos | Exits | Funds Link | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Online Photos > Investors > Upfront Ventures
People
Investments
[Minicorn] Waldo (2015, Austin, $9M, Seed)
Photo delivery platform based on facial recognition
[Minicorn] Waldo (2015, Austin, $5M, Seed)
Face recognition based photo discovery and aggregation platform
Online Photos Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Fair (2016, Santa Monica, $500M, Series B)
Mobile app to lease cars
[Unicorn] Bird (2017, Santa Monica, $418M, Series C)
Electric kick scooter sharing service
[Soonicorn] TrueCar (2005, Santa Monica, $270M, Public)
Auto listing platform providing car pricing and information
[Soonicorn] ThredUP (2009, San Francisco, $127M, Series E)
Consignment based second hand clothing platform
[Soonicorn] The Wing (2016, New York City, $115M, Series C)
Provider of a co-working space and offline community space for
women entrepreneurs and freelancers
[Soonicorn] Apeel Sciences (2012, Santa Barbara, $110M, Series
C)
Developer of fruit coating material for protection made from plant
extracts
[Soonicorn] Factual (2007, Los Angeles, $104M, Series C)
Mobile Location Based Data Provider.
[Soonicorn] Goat (1995, Los Angeles, $99.4M, Series C)
Marketplace to buy and sell sneakers
[Soonicorn] Deliv (2012, Menlo Park, $80.4M, Series C)
Online platform for crowdsourced last mile delivery
[Soonicorn] ChowNow (2010, Santa Monica, $63.8M, Series C)
Mobile and Facebook ordering platform for restaurants
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Yves Sisteron
Founder & Managing
Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Mar 2019
CampDoc Integrates Waldo Photos to Help Parents Find
Pictures of Their Kids, FindBiometrics
Dec 2018
Waldo Adds $4 Million for Software That Finds Your Face
in the Crowd, Xconomy
Jan 2016
Waldo Raises $5 Million For A Photo-Finding Platform
Targeting Professional Photographers & Events –
TechCrunch, TechCrunchNone
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Extreme Venture Partners
93
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People
Investments
[Editor's Pick] Flixel (2011, Toronto, $2.7M, Seed)
Cinemagraphs creation tool
[Editor's Pick] Palette (2013, Kitchener, Series A)
Hardware interface for controlling software
Online Photos Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Eventbrite (2006, San Francisco, $215M, Public)
Online Ticketing Platform
[Soonicorn] Influitive (2010, Toronto, $59.8M, Series B)
Advocate mobilization solutions
[Soonicorn] Engagio (2015, San Mateo, $32.5M, Series B)
Account Based B2B Marketing platform
[Minicorn] Upsight (2007, San Francisco, $23.3M, Series B)
Mobile Analytics and Marketing
[Minicorn] Statflo (2012, Toronto, $16.5M, Series A)
Data driven platform to improve customer engagement for wireless
dealers and carriers
[Minicorn] RiverPay (2017, Mississauga, $10M, Series A)
Mobile payment gateway for accepting AliPay and WeChat payments
[Minicorn] CrowdCare (2012, Toronto, $7.3M, Series A)
Complete Customer Support Software for iOT devices
[Minicorn] Wagepoint (2012, Kitchener, $4M, Seed)
SaaS payroll application for SMBs
[Minicorn] Fulfil.IO (2015, Walnut, $125k, Seed)
Multichannel retail, ERP and Inventory Management for SMBs
[Editor's Pick] d1g1t (2014, Toronto, $6.8M, Series A)
Wealth management platform
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Imran Bashir
Co-Founder & COO
Ray Sharma
Founder & CEO
Ken Teslia
Co-Founder &
Chairman
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Aug 2016 How to Get People to Watch Your Video on Facebook, Inc.
Apr 2016
Here's your exclusive look at this year's futuristic SXSW
Mashable House, Mashable
Oct 2015
Flixel Grabs $2.2 Million For Its Mesmerizing
Cinemagraph Apps, TechCrunch
None
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Haxus
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Investments
[Minicorn] Prisma (2016, San Francisco, $6M, Series A)
Graphic photo transformation app using AI
Online Photos Notable Portfolio
[Minicorn] Flo (2016, San Francisco, $16M, Series A)
AI based mobile app track and predicts menstrual cycles
[Editor's Pick] Ommy (2016, Saint Petersburg, $1M, Seed)
Create personalised animated emoticons and stickers
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
May 2019
Prisma Labs raises $6 million from Belarusian investor to
develop new products, East-West Digital News
Feb 2019
Skanska Builds Office Building in Helsingborg, Nordic
Property News
Jun 2018
Prisma co-founders elevate $1M to construct a social app
referred to as Seize – TechCrunch, Newpaper24
Dec 2017
Prisma installs largest digital press in Arizona , The
Business Journals
Nov 2017
Prisma adds new artificial intelligence bot into its stable
of features, Vator
Aug 2017
Prisma shifts focus to b2b with an API for AI-powered
mobile effects, technewsuniverse.com
Jul 2017
Prisma’s next AI project is a fun selfie sticker maker called
Sticky – TechCrunch, TechCrunch
Mar 2017
Prisma adds styles store and custom tool for superusers
to make art filters, TechCrunch
Jan 2017 Fabby Raises $2M in Seed Funding, FinSMEs
Dec 2016
Prisma gets social with new location-based photo feed,
VentureBeat
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Greylock Partners
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Kleiner Perkins
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Sequoia Capital
97
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98. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Index Ventures
98
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99. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
GV
99
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100. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Qualcomm Ventures
100
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101. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
SAIF Partners
101
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102. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
SV Angel
102
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103. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
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Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
103
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Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
104. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Sequoia Capital
104
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105. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Bessemer Venture Partners
105
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106. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Kleiner Perkins
106
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107. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Menlo Ventures
107
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108. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Insight Venture Partners
108
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109. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Founder Collective
109
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110. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Vayner/RSE
110
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111. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Binary Capital
111
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112. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Real Ventures
112
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113. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
LDV Capital
113
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114. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Betaworks Ventures
114
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115. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Index Ventures
115
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116. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Redpoint Ventures
116
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117. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Canaan Partners
117
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118. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Charles River Ventures
118
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119. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
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Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
119
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Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
120. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Kleiner Perkins
120
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Sequoia Capital
121
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DFJ
122
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GV
123
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124. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
IVP
124
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125. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
SV Angel
125
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126. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
General Atlantic
126
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127. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
First Round Capital
127
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Oak Investment Partners
128
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CapitalG
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Mosaic Ventures
130
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131. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
GIC
131
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132. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
Glynn Capital
132
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133. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Online Photos - May 2019
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Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
133
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Details on Top Ecosystem Players
Incubators
Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors
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Online Photos > Investors > Index of Ecosystem Investors
Index of Top Ecosystem Investors in Online Photos; Q2 2014 - Q2 2019
Index of Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
500 Startups (10 Investments)
Plug and Play Tech Center (6 Investments)
Y Combinator (4 Investments)
Startupbootcamp (3 Investments)
Techstars (3 Investments)
Wayra (3 Investments)
Venture Catalysts (2 Investments)
The Mobile Only Accelerator (2 Investments)
PreSeed Ventures (2 Investments)
StartersHub (2 Investments)
Mita Innovation Hub (2 Investments)
NTT Docomo Ventures
Dreamit
NXTP Labs
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures (5 Investments)
BDC (3 Investments)
New York Angels (3 Investments)
CAA Ventures (3 Investments)
Tech Coast Angels (2 Investments)
AngelList (2 Investments)
HSBC Group
Fidelity Investments
T. Rowe Price
Yahoo
Canaccord Genuity Group
Wellington Management
Tencent
Alibaba.com
CrunchFund
DEBT INVESTORS
Silicon Valley Bank
Idinvest Partners
Providence Equity Partners
North Atlantic Capital
GSD Capital
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500 Startups
135
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People
Investments
[Unicorn] Canva (2012, Sydney, $82.6M, Series B)
Online photo editing and graphics creation tool for professionals
[Soonicorn] 9GAG (2008, Hong Kong, $3.8M, Seed)
Image and video sharing social platform
[Minicorn] Prynt (2014, Paris, $9.5M, Series A)
Instant print camera case for smartphones
[Editor's Pick] Flixel (2011, Toronto, $2.7M, Seed)
Cinemagraphs creation tool
[Editor's Pick] TeliportMe (2011, Bangalore, Seed)
Smartphone community application to click panoramas and share
them
Online Photos Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Grab (2012, Singapore, $8.2B, Series H)
Technology company focused on on-demand transportation services
[Unicorn] Credit Karma (2007, San Francisco, $370M, Series D)
Aggregator of various consumer financial products.
[Unicorn] Intercom (2011, San Francisco, $241M, Series D)
Customer communication and Retention Platform
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Unicorn] Gitlab (2014, San Francisco, $166M, Series D)
Code collaboration tool
[Unicorn] Talkdesk (2011, San Francisco, $128M, Series B)
Browser based call center
[Soonicorn] Carousell (2012, Singapore, $183M, Series C)
Online listing platform for multi-category pre-owned products
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Christine Tsai
Co-Founder & CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Nov 2018
Skyview Capital Acquires Select Assets of Prynt
Corporation Mobile Printing and Augmented Reality
Business, PR Newswire
Oct 2018
Etisalat ties up with Tappy for wearable payments and
access, Telecompaper
Mar 2018
UK photobook startup Popsa raises £3 million in fresh
funding, Tech.eu
Jan 2018 Popsa gets £3m to invest in artificial intelligence, UKTN
May 2017
Prynt's new mobile printer uses AR to create Harry
Potter-style moving pictures, TechCrunch
Jan 2017
India's Lightbox raises $54m top-up fund, Asian Venture
Capital Journal
Nov 2016 Prynt raises $7 mln, PE Hub
Aug 2016 How to Get People to Watch Your Video on Facebook, Inc.
Jun 2016
How Postman went from a hobby on the Chrome
webstore to a platform of 3 million users, YourStory Media
Apr 2016
Here's your exclusive look at this year's futuristic SXSW
Mashable House, Mashable
Nov 2015
SimplePrints Brings A Fast Photo Book Maker To Android,
TechCrunch
Lightbox
(2010, San Francisco, $1.1M)
Acq by Facebook - May 2012
Tiny Post
(2011, Palo Alto, $300k)
Acq by TripAdvisor - Mar 2013
Tappy
(2013, San Francisco)
Acq by Tinder - Jan 2015
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Europe
Jordan
India
Canada
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Plug and Play Tech Center
136
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People
Investments
[Unicorn] UiPath (2005, Bucharest, $1B, Series D)
Robotic process automation software
[Unicorn] PayPal (1998, San Jose, $800M, Public)
Internet payment services provider
[Unicorn] Dropbox (2007, San Francisco, $607M, Public)
Cloud-based file sharing and synchronization software
[Unicorn] Guardant Health (2012, Redwood City, $550M, Series
E)
Cancer detection, care and treatment through Digital Sequencing
Technology
[Unicorn] N26 (2013, Berlin, $515M, Series D)
Mobile-first bank for retail customers.
[Unicorn] Uptake (2014, Palo Alto, $252M, Series D)
Machine learning enabled predictive platform for multiple industries
[Unicorn] Sprinklr (2008, New York City, $239M, Series F)
Social Media Presence Management Platform
[Unicorn] Lending Club (2006, San Francisco, $162M, Public)
P2P online lending marketplace
[Soonicorn] Planet Labs (2010, San Francisco, $351M, Series D)
Microsatellites to maps the earth to provide universal access to
information
[Soonicorn] Pony.ai (2016, San Francisco, $264M, Series A)
Developing autonomous driving technology platform
[Soonicorn] DataRobot (2012, Boston, $225M, Series D)
Automated machine learning platform for data science applications
[Soonicorn] Innoviz Technologies (2016, Kfar Saba, $217M,
Series C)
Developer of solid-state LiDARs for autonomous cars
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Jojo Flores
Co-Founder & VP
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jan 2019
Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group Selects Truepic Vision
for Virtual Inspections, Optimizing its Underwriting and
Claims Processes, PR Newswire
Dec 2018
San Diego Startup Acquires Image Forensics Leader,
sdbj.com
Dec 2018
Truepic Acquires Image Forensics IP to Broaden Anti-
Fraud Offering, Xconomy
Sep 2018
Tenor gets an iOS 12 update to offer in-camera stickers,
The Verge
Jun 2018
Uncdf Partners With Truepic To Support Transparency,
Integrity In Development Projects, Digital Journal
Jun 2018
Truepic raises $8M to expose Deepfakes, verify photos for
Reddit, TechCrunch
Apr 2018 GIFs are coming to LinkedIn, Sync NI
Mar 2018
Google is acquiring GIF platform Tenor,
freefirmwaredownload.com
Feb 2018 Tenor hits 12B GIF searches every month, TechCrunch
Dec 2017
Tenor D (10.or D) unboxing and first impression, a Redmi
5A killer?, gogi.in
Tenor
(2014, San Francisco, $32M)
Acq by Google - Mar 2018
Clixtr
(2008, San Francisco)
Acq by RadiumOne - Dec 2011
Slyce
(2012, Toronto, $28.7M)
Acq by Anzu Partners - Jan
2017
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SEA
Canada
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Y Combinator
137
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[Soonicorn] 9GAG (2008, Hong Kong, $3.8M, Seed)
Image and video sharing social platform
Online Photos Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Airbnb (2008, San Francisco, $3.4B, Series F)
Marketplace for vacation rental accommodations
[Unicorn] Instacart (2012, San Francisco, $2.8B, Series G)
Marketplace for same-day grocery delivery
[Unicorn] Rappi (2015, Bogota, $1.5B, Series E)
On-demand delivery services for multi-vertical products
[Unicorn] DoorDash (2013, Palo Alto, $1.4B, Series F)
On-demand food delivery marketplace
[Unicorn] Flexport (2013, San Francisco, $1.3B, Series E)
Online freight forwarder
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $856M, Series E)
API-linked payment gateway for transaction processing
[Unicorn] Dropbox (2007, San Francisco, $607M, Public)
Cloud-based file sharing and synchronization software
[Unicorn] Zenefits (2013, San Francisco, $584M, Series C)
SaaS HR Platform for SMBs
[Unicorn] Coinbase (2012, San Francisco, $547M, Series E)
Digital currency exchange & wallet provider
[Unicorn] Ginkgo Bioworks (2008, Boston, $429M, Series D)
Designs microbes to produce cultured ingredients
[Unicorn] Gusto (2011, San Francisco, $316M, Series C)
Cloud-based HRMS and payroll management solution
[Unicorn] Docker (2008, San Francisco, $273M, Series E)
LXC based OS-level virtualization technology and PaaS
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Jessica
Livingston
Co-Founder & Partner
Trevor
Blackwell
Co-Founder
Paul Graham
Co-Founder
Robert Morris
Co-Founder
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Video Tool Loom Raises $11 Million in Series A Funding,
NewsCenter
Mar 2018
Precious uses artificial intelligence to help parents figure
out what to do with all their baby photos, TechCrunch
Nov 2017
9GAG Expands Operations with Opening of US Office,
Names Russell Schneider as Head of Partnerships and
Business Development, PR Newswire
Dec 2016
Loom.ai can automatically create a 3D avatar of your face
from a single selfie, VentureBeat
Nov 2016
9GAG Co-Founder and CEO Ray Chan on harnessing user-
generated content and engaging millennials, E27
May 2015
Five Years @ 500 Startups - Oops, More Like One
Thousand Startups! - 500 Startups, 500 Startups
Mar 2015
Here Are The Companies That Presented At Y Combinator
Demo Day 1, TechCrunch
Aug 2011
Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup –
TechCrunch, TechCrunch
Mar 2011
DailyBooth, Inc. Drives Expansion With Series A Financing
Led by Ignition Partners | Business Wire, Business Wire
Loom
(2011, San Francisco, $13.8M)
Acq by Dropbox - Apr 2014
1000Memories
(2010, San Francisco, $2.5M)
Kicksend
(2011, San Francisco, $2.1M)
Acq by Pocket Games - Apr
2016
Divvy shot
(2009, San Francisco, $10k)
PicWing
(2008, San Francisco)
Acq by Picplum - Aug 2011
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Undisclosed
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Series B
Series A
Seed18
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Australia
China
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Startupbootcamp
138
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