tracxn research — online photos landscape, october 2016

Online Photos – October 2016


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Contents

Topic Page No.

Scope of Report 04

Entrepreneur Activity 06

Investment Trend 08

Who is Investing 16

Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions 20

Sub Sector Analysis 23

Interesting Companies 38

Useful Links 45

Company List 47

Team 147


Sector Overview

Scope of report

This report covers online platforms that provide digital photo-related products and services for both personal and professional

use; and startups that provide devices for digital photography using breakthrough technology.

Broadly, this report covers the following areas:

• Platforms that offer services like photography, photo editing and storage

• Online printing platforms

• Platforms that provide online photo messaging, sharing and aggregating

• Platforms that assist professional photographers – photographer marketplaces, tools, and stock photography platforms

• Platforms providing photo-related services for enterprises

• Startups providing photo-related equipment involving breakthrough technology

This report does not include offline photo related services, photo studios and general digital photo equipment.

The scope of this report includes equity as well as debt funding received by the companies.

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Scope of Report

Entrepreneur Activity

Investment Trend

Who is Investing

Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions

Sub Sector Analysis

Interesting Companies

Useful Links

Company List

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Scope of Report


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Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

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CompanyFunding Amount

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Date Investors

snapchat.comSnapchat

(Los Angeles, 2011)$1.8B Series F 05/01/2016

Fidelity Investments, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic, Coatue, Institutional Venture Partners, Lone Pine Capital, Glade Brook Capital, T. Rowe Price, Yahoo, KPCB, Benchmark Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners

giphy.comGiphy

(New York City, 2012)$55M Series C 02/01/2016

Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners, RRE Ventures, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA Ventures

light.coLight

(Palo Alto, 2013)$30M Series C 07/01/2016 GV, Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Eclipse VC, StepStone

curalate.comCuralate

(Philadelphia, 2012)$28M Series C 02/01/2016 NEA, First Round Capital

picsart.comPicsArt

(San Francisco, 2011)$20M Series B 04/01/2016 DCM Ventures, Siguler Guff

dress-plus.comDress-plus

(Beijing, 2014)$10M Series A 11/01/2015 Youku Tudou

mapillary.comMapillary

(Malmo, 2013)$8M Series A 03/01/2016 Sequoia Capital, Playfair Capital, Atomico, LDV Capital

chatbooks.comChatbooks

(Provo, 2014)$6M Series A 02/01/2016 Signal Peak, Kickstart Seed Fund, Peterson Partners, BYU Cougar Capital




Top investments in last one year

CompanyFunding Amount

Round Name

Date Investors

depositphotos.comDepositphotos

(Fort Lauderdale, 2009)$5M Series B 12/01/2015 EBRD, TMT Investments

spiritcube.comSpiritCube

(Austin, 2010)$5M Series A 07/01/2016

waldo.photosWaldo

(Austin, 2015)$5M Seed 01/01/2016 Upfront Ventures

taopaipai.comTaopaipai

(Beijing, 2014)$5M Series A 11/01/2015 Baihe

plusx.cnPlus

(Beijing, 2014)$5M Series A 05/01/2016

slyce.itSlyce

(Toronto, 2012)$4M Series C 03/01/2016

photobucket.comPhotobucket

(Denver, 2003)$4M Series F 08/01/2016

photobucket.comPhotobucket

(Denver, 2003)$4M Series F 10/01/2015




Funnel view of Sector

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Scope of Report


Investment Trend

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Company List

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Where are Top Investors investing



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Top Investor by Stage of Entry




Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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Top IPOs in the last 3 years

IPO Date Company OverviewFunding Amount

14-09-2015 pixtastock.comPixta

(Tokyo, 2005)

Royalty-free stock photo marketplaceGlobis Capital Partners, PE&HR $1.55M

24-04-2015 slyce.itSlyce

(Toronto, 2012)

Mobile shopping with visual search platformNew York Angels, AlphaNorth Asset Management, Cormark Securities, Beacon Securities, Canaccord Genuity, PI Financial Corp, Salman Partners, Harrington Global Associates

$41.22M

19-05-2014 shutterstock.comGoPro

(San Mateo, 2003)

HD camera manufacturer for extreme action video photographyUS Venture Partners, Walden International, Riverwood Capital, Steamboat Ventures, Sageview Capital, Agave Partners, Foxconn Electronics, Darwin Ventures

$288.21M




Major Acquisitions in last one year










Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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October 2016Tracxn Blue Box : Online Photos706+ companies in the sector, 301 funded in last 5 years, $2.63B invested in 2015/16

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Top Business Models by Funding

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Giphy Applied Science Fiction Light Face++ PicsArt Shutterfly




Social Platforms – Business Model Description




Social Platforms – Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend




Social Platforms – Most Funded Companies




Professional – Business Model Description




Professional – Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend




Professional – Most Funded Companies




Enterprise Solutions – Business Model Description




Enterprise Solutions – Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend




Enterprise Solutions – Most Funded Companies




Digital Imaging – Business Model Description




Digital Imaging – Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend




Digital Imaging – Most Funded Companies




Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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Interesting Unfunded Companies

Company OverviewBusiness Model

photobucket.comDemografies

(2015, Rochester)

Social media Image monitoring and insights providerEnterprise Solutions > Image-based Analytics

Curated list of companies by the sector analyst are defined as Interesting




Interesting Seed Companies










Interesting Series A Companies




Interesting Series B Companies




Interesting Late Stage Companies




Top Funded Deadpooled Companies




Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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Useful Links

Slide Title Content Platform Link

List of All Companies in readable format Companies Link

Large Upcoming Sectors Entrepreneur Activity Link

Niche Upcoming Sectors Entrepreneur Activity Link

Top investments in last one year Investment Trend Link

Top IPOs in last three years Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Link

Major Acquisitions in last one year Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Link

Top Funded Deadpooled Companies Companies Link



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Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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Online Photos – Company List

Social Platforms Professional Digital Equipment Enterprise Solutions Digital Imaging Printing

463 FUNDED COMPANIES AND 297 UNFUNDED COMPANIES

COVERS THE FOLLOWING SECTORS




Social Platforms (1/37)Company Overview Business Model Total Funding

Thwapr(2007, New York City)

Mobile video & photo sharing$2M

Shoto(2013, Wellesley)

Photo sharing mobile platformReal Ventures $1.75M

Doublie(2014, San Francisco)

Multimedia sharing platformResolute Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, TenOneTen $1.7M

Flashgap(2014, Paris)

Time delayed collaborative photo sharing app$1.5M

Lasso(2012, Englewood)

Request based picture sharing networkGreylock Partners, Trinity Ventures $1.25M

Birdbox(2012, Boulder)

Group Photo Sharing AppTechstars, CU Deming Center Venture Fund $1.1M

Everpix(2011, San Francisco)

Cloud photo storage & sharing Desktop and iOS appIndex Ventures, 500 Startups, Kii Capital, Strive Capital, 2020 Ventures $1M

FotoSwipe(2013, Raleigh)

Photo transfer app$820k

Go to BM List >> Professional





Watchbox(2013, Reykjavik)

Corporate Group Photo and Video Sharing appFrumtak ventures $380k

Toppic(2013, New York City)

photo sharing & discovery$370k

Kolektio(2014, Brescia)

Group photo sharing$243k

IWT(2008, Centennial)

Online photo sharing application$150k

Sneeky(2013, New York City)

Anonymous Photosharing appEniac Ventures $100k

Photocollect(2010, Stockholm)

Collaborative photo and video sharing platform$100k

Patter(2012, Burlingame)

Platform for collaborative albumsUlu Ventures $80K

Memory Merge(2010, Newcastle Upon Tyne)

Group photo sharing platform$17.36K






Yeplike(2011, Rome)

Opinion based photo sharing app$14.46K

Molome(2011, Singapore)

Photo sharing service with a Creative touch CommunityJoyful Frog Digital Innovation $11.7k

Flukle(2009, Manchester)

Photo sharing social network$10k

Divvy shot(2009, San Francisco)

Group photo sharingY Combinator $10k

PhotoAmigo(2008, Santa Barbara)

Photo sharing webite

Beatter(2015, Madrid)

Automatic photo sharingSeedRocket

Daxiangce123(2014, Shanghai)

Mobile app to share photos and albums among friendsTencent, Step holding

Pressgram(2012, Atlanta)

Photo sharing app for Wordpress





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Professional (1/17)

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Scope of Report


Investment Trend

Who is Investing


Sub Sector Analysis


Useful Links

Company List

Team

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Team

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