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Giphy

eCommerce & Marketplaces · New York City, United States · Founded 2012

GIPHY is a dynamic digital platform that specializes in animated GIFs, clips, and stickers, enhancing online communication by making it more engaging and expressive. The company operates in the digital media and entertainment market, catering to a wide range of clients including individual users, social media enthusiasts, content creators, and businesses looking to enhance their digital marketing efforts. GIPHY allows users to search, discover, and share a vast collection of animated content across various categories such as entertainment, sports, reactions, and more. Users can create their own GIFs from YouTube videos, personal videos, or images, and customize them with captions and stickers. These creations can then be shared on popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and through SMS. The business model of GIPHY is primarily based on advertising and partnerships. The platform attracts a large user base by offering free access to its extensive library of animated content. This high user engagement provides valuable advertising opportunities for brands looking to reach a broad and active audience. Additionally, GIPHY partners with entertainment companies, sports leagues, and other content creators to feature exclusive GIFs, which further drives user engagement and brand visibility. GIPHY generates revenue through sponsored content, where brands pay to have their GIFs featured prominently on the platform. It also collaborates with advertisers to create branded GIFs that users can share, thereby increasing brand exposure and engagement. In summary, GIPHY is a leading platform in the digital media space, providing users with a fun and interactive way to communicate online while offering brands innovative advertising solutions. Keywords: GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Digital Media, Entertainment, Social Media, Content Creation, Advertising, Partnerships, User Engagement.

Valuation
$500M–1B
Latest valuation · 2016
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Headcount
100–500
Current team size
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Total funding Pre-IPO
$100–500M
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Investors

11 investors on Giphy's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series B+ 6 investors entered at this stage
DFJ Growth
GV
IVP
CAA Ventures
Slow Ventures
China Media Capital

Global footprint

Where Giphy has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
20 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States70.5%
🇧🇷 Brazil4.8%
🇺🇦 Ukraine3.8%
🇦🇷 Argentina1.9%
🇳🇱 Netherlands1.9%
Top 5 of 20 shown

Talent graph

The shape of Giphy's talent

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45 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom
134 employeestotal headcount
2 executives & foundersidentified by name
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Giphy

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Giphy on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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