Gfycat

Gfycat
Founded 2015 (2015)
Founder
  • Richard Rabbat
  • Dan McEleney
  • Jeff Harris
Headquarters Mountain View, California, United States
Services Create, discover, and share GIFs and short videos
Website gfycat.com

Gfycat is a user-generated short video hosting company founded by Richard Rabbat, Dan McEleney, and Jeff Harris. It was a pioneer of the video alternative to GIF revolution in 2013. Gfycat incorporated in 2015 and has since raised $10 million in seed funding.[1] Currently, Gfycat offers a web platform for uploading and hosting short video content, as well as an iMessage GIF keyboard [2][3] and the GIF Brewery macOS application for GIF and video creation.[4] The site currently ranks within the top 75 in the U.S,[5] with over 75 million monthly active users.[6][7] Gfycat has offices in Edmonton, Alberta and Mountain View, California.

References

  1. Kolodny, Lora (September 22, 2016). "Gfycat raises $10 million to help creatives fire up the memes". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  2. "Gfycat Loops - Product Hunt". Product Hunt. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  3. Perez, Sarah (October 28, 2016). "Gfycat brings its higher quality GIFs and DIY creation tools to iMessage". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  4. Perez, Sarah (November 2, 2016). "Gfycat snaps up Mac app GIF Brewery to expand its GIF creation capabilities to the desktop". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  5. "Top Sites in United States - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  6. Snowdon, Wallis (October 6, 2016). "GIFs are big business for Edmonton's Gfycat start-up". CBC News. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  7. Kokalitcheva, Kia (November 7, 2016). "Here's How Gfycat Hopes to Stand Out From Other Social Media Apps". Fortune. Retrieved November 25, 2016.

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