Giphy

About

Giphy is an online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover GIFs.

New York,New York,United States
101 - 250
http://www.giphy.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series B
Last Funding Money Raised: $21.54M
Industries: Communities,Internet,Photo Sharing,Publishing,Search Engine,Social Media
Founded date: Feb 1, 2013
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Giphy, Inc.

Giphy is an American online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover the best GIFs. It operates a search engine that enables users to search, share, and discover animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs) on the Internet.

Animated GIFs have existed for decades, but there was still no good way to browse and discover the best the web had to offer. And the vision for GIPHY isn’t really just about finding GIFs. It’s a search engine today but soon you’ll see it grow into a community, a platform with a host of features targeted at gif artists, enthusiasts, bloggers, and anyone generally looking to discover or create that next big meme.

It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

4

$150.94M

Giphy has raised a total of $150.94M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 31, 2016 from a Series D round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Oct 31, 2016	Series D	$72M	5	DFJ Growth	—	Detail
Feb 16, 2016	Series C	$55M	6	Lightspeed Venture Partners	—	Detail
Jan 29, 2015	Series B	$21.54M	8	Lightspeed Venture Partners	—	Detail
May 15, 2014	Series A	$2.40M	6	Betaworks	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

14

Giphy is funded by 14 investors. DFJ Growth and Lightspeed Venture Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
DFJ Growth	Yes	Series D
Lightspeed Venture Partners	Yes	Series C
CMC Capital Group	—	Series D
Glynn Capital Management	—	Series D
GV	—	Series D
IVP	—	Series D
Betaworks	—	Series C
CAA Ventures	—	Series C
General Catalyst	—	Series C
Lerer Hippeau	—	Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

20

Giphy has 20 current employee profiles, including Executive Clare MacGoey

Executive

Executive

Employee

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Giphy has acquired 5 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Nutmeg on Mar 19, 2015. They acquired Nutmeg for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Mar 19, 2015 Nutmeg	Content Discovery	acquihire	—	Detail
Apr 10, 2016 Giphy Capture	Apps	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 7, 2017 imoji	Apps	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 1, 2017 Electric Objects	Computer	acquisition	—	Detail
Jan 1, 2018 Slash Keyboard	Apps	—	—	Detail