GfyCat Overview

  • Founded
  • 2013
Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged
  • Employees
  • 9
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

GfyCat General Information

Description

Developer of a user-generated short video hosting platform designed to offer looping content to the masses and make sharing video moments easy. The company's platform helps users to upload, download and share videos in the graphics interchange format with a comparatively shorter timeline, thus enabling social users to play them everywhere with much faster delivery and more playback options.

Contact Information

Website
www.gfycat.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Multimedia and Design Software
Other Industries
Application Software
Parent Company
Manatt Venture Fund
Primary Office
  • 530 Divisadero Street
  • PMB 819
  • San Francisco, CA 94117
  • United States
+1 (780) 000-0000
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GfyCat Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
4. Merger/Acquisition 25-Jan-2019 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Seed Round 18-Jul-2016 0000 0000 Completed Startup
2. Seed Round 28-Jul-2015 $2.02M $2.02M 000.00 Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Startup
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GfyCat Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Seed 0,000,000 00.000000 00 00 00 00 00 00.000
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GfyCat Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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San Francisco, CA
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GfyCat Competitors (24)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Magisto Formerly VC-backed Mountain View, CA 00 0000 000000&0 0000
00000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 00 00000 0000000000 0 00000
0000000000 Formerly VC-backed Minsk, Belarus 000 000000&0 000
000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Denver, CO 00 00.000 0000000000 0 00.000
000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Mumbai, India 00 00.00 00000000000 00.00
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GfyCat Patents

  • 31

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 10

    Granted

  • 6

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

GfyCat Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210264517-A1 Internet meme economy Pending 24-Feb-2020 000000000
US-20210264193-A1 Identification and tracking of internet memes Pending 24-Feb-2020 00000000000
US-20210365689-A1 Adaptive content classification of a video content item Pending 21-Jun-2019 00000000000
US-20200401813-A1 Adaptive content classification of a video content item Granted 21-Jun-2019 00000000000
US-11120273-B2 Adaptive content classification of a video content item Active 21-Jun-2019 G06K9/00711 00
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GfyCat Executive Team (4)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Dan McEleney Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Jeff Harris Co-Founder
John Dodini Head, Business Development
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GfyCat Board Members (2)

Name Representing Role Since
Dan McEleney GfyCat Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 000 0000
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GfyCat Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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GfyCat Former Investors (14)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Alsop Louie Partners Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Great Oaks Venture Capital Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Hamid Barkhordar Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Henry McNamara Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Jeong Kim Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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GfyCat Acquisitions (2)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000000 25-Jan-2018 0000000000 Social/Platform Software 0000000 0
GIF Brewery 02-Nov-2016 Merger/Acquisition Other Software 0000000 0
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