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Metacafe
A website providing short-form video entertainment in movies, video games, sports, music and TV
About Metacafe
Metacafe is a video-sharing website that specializes in short-form video entertainment. The platform hosts videos in various categories, including movies, video games, sports, music, and television. It was one of the early video streaming platforms.
Metacafe implemented a reward system called the Producer Rewards program to incentivize content creators. This program paid users for creating and uploading original video content. The company's business model was based on advertising revenue generated from the views of these videos. The more views a video received, the more money the creator could earn, and the more ad revenue Metacafe would generate. The platform's algorithm would feature popular and highly-viewed videos more prominently, driving more traffic to them.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2003
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 23
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 74.6/100
- Industry
- Gaming
- Sub-industry
- Streaming
- Sector
- Consumer Services, Navigation, Music, SaaS, Advertising, Entertainment, Shoes, Mapping, Surgery, Video, Platform
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2c
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEBT✓Debt | Jun 2010 | $5M | — | Benchmark | — |
| SERIES C✓Equity / VC | Aug 2007 | $30M | $120M | Accel · Benchmark · Duff Ackerman and Goodrich · Highland Capital Partners | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Metacafe is 9.7K monthly website visits, down 3% over the last three months. Metacafe's team grew 4.5% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage
- DGDuff Ackerman and Goodrich
Highland Capital Partners
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Ofer Adler
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Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
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