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Pond5

eCommerce & Marketplaces · New York City, United States · Founded 2006

Pond5 operates as a comprehensive marketplace for royalty-free media, catering to a diverse range of clients including filmmakers, advertisers, and content creators. The company provides a platform where users can buy and sell high-quality footage, music, sound effects, photos, illustrations, and 3D models. Operating in the digital media market, Pond5 leverages a user-generated content model, allowing contributors to upload their work and earn revenue through sales. The business generates income by taking a commission on each transaction made on its platform. This model not only provides a vast library of creative assets for buyers but also offers a lucrative opportunity for artists to monetize their work. Pond5's platform is designed to be user-friendly, with features that help contributors optimize their profiles and content for better visibility and sales. The company also provides insights and trends to guide creators on what content is in demand. Keywords: royalty-free media, marketplace, footage, music, sound effects, 3D models, digital media, user-generated content, commission-based, content creators, filmmakers.

Investors

6 investors on Pond5's cap table

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

Seed 3 investors entered at this stage
Andy Appelbaum
New York Angels
Cliff Sirlin
Series A 3 investors entered at this stage

Global footprint

Where Pond5 has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
54 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States10.4%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom8.6%
🇮🇹 Italy8.1%
🇨🇿 Czech Republic7.7%
🇮🇩 Indonesia5.4%
Top 5 of 54 shown

Talent graph

The shape of Pond5's talent

Dealroom maps Pond5's team person by person — pinpointing the standout operators and scoring them across the six dimensions investors underwrite. The counts and shape below are a public preview; the named individuals and exact scores live in the platform.

35 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom
306 employeestotal headcount
3 executives & foundersidentified by name
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Pond5

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Pond5 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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