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MX Player is developing a video player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle support

Mumbai, IndiaFounded 2011Consumer Services
Valuation $25–50M Last recorded · 2023
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
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About MX Player

MX Player is a prominent video streaming application that provides thousands of hours of premium, exclusive, and original content from top producers and publishers. The platform is a one-stop app for a diverse range of entertainment including movies, TV shows, web series, music videos, and short videos. It emphasizes high-quality content in Hindi and various regional languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, and Kannada. MX Player caters to a broad audience by offering more than 20 original shows and over 50,000 hours of premium content across different languages.

The platform operates in the Over-The-Top (OTT) market, which refers to the delivery of film and TV content via the internet, without requiring users to subscribe to a traditional cable or satellite pay-TV service. MX Player's business model is primarily ad-supported, allowing users to access a vast library of content for free, with advertisements interspersed throughout the viewing experience. This model enables the company to generate revenue through advertising while providing free access to a wide array of content for its users.

MX Player serves a diverse clientele, ranging from young adults seeking the latest web series to regional language speakers looking for localized content. The platform's focus on exclusive original content and regional language offerings sets it apart in the competitive OTT market.

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At a glance

Status
Acquired
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
Employees
578
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
58.0/100
Industry
Music, Media
Sector
Consumer Services, Streaming, Video Streaming, Rumoured $1B, Hard Tech
Technology
Hardware
Client focus
b2c

Funding history

3 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITIONOther financing May 2023 $48M $48M Amazon ↗
SERIES AOther financing Oct 2019 $111M $390M Tencent —
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Growth signals

MX Player website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for MX Player is 18M monthly website visits, up 5.9% over the last three months. MX Player's team grew 45.6% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits18M 3-month web change+5.9% 1-year team growth+45.6%
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Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

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Investors

3 investors on the cap table

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Series A1 investor entered at this stage

Other known investors2 additional known investors

Team profiled 23 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 2 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
10 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India87.2%
🇨🇳 China8%
🇸🇬 Singapore1.1%
🇿🇦 South Africa0.5%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.5%
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Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about MX Player on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

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

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