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Pixel Labs
Pixel Labs, Inc. is the world’s largest private communications platform for neighborhoods
About Pixel Labs
Pixel Labs operates in the digital content discovery market, focusing on hyper-local news and information. The company's core product, Atlas API, is a proprietary platform that uses machine learning and temporal sentiment analysis to surface relevant stories based on users' locations. Atlas categorizes content into over 40 different contexts and provides location coordinates for each story, ensuring highly targeted content delivery. The platform aggregates content from more than 200 publishers, including ABC local, Vice, and TripAdvisor, and serves it to users through partnerships with companies like Uber and Ye. Pixel Labs primarily serves urban users in 20 cities, reaching over a million users. The business model revolves around partnerships and content distribution, generating revenue through licensing fees and possibly advertising. The company has secured significant funding from notable investors such as Rakuten, Greylock Partners, and the Knight Foundation, among others.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 9
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 69.5/100
- Industry
- Media
- Sub-industry
- Publishing
- Sector
- Consumer Services, SaaS, Social, Branding, Investing, Platform
- Client focus
- b2b, b2c
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Aug 2016
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Sep 2019 | $0 | — | Khosla Ventures | — |
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Sep 2018 | $10M | $40M | Dentsu Ventures · Innovation Endeavors · Sound Ventures · Neoteny | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Pixel Labs is 130 monthly website visits, down 43.5% over the last three months. Pixel Labs's team declined 10% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
Series A15 investors entered at this stage
Greylock Partners
Innovation Endeavors
500 Global
Rakuten
Graph Ventures
Matter Ventures
Shane Smith
Blake Krikorian
Knight Foundation
Magdalena Yesil
MIT Media Lab
Neoteny
Dentsu Ventures
Sound Ventures
Khosla Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
Market sentiment
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