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Youtube
The world's leading video-sharing platform
At a glance
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- San Bruno, United States
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Youtube employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
GEGensparkEst. 2023
Lenjoy LinUnited States
SASakana AIEst. 2023
Llion JonesJapan
OMOmniEst. 2022
Jamie DavidsonUnited States
LILightmatterEst. 2017
Thomas GrahamUnited States
RYRyeEst. 2021
Justin KanUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Youtube was the backer or acquirer, 2011–2022. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
8 deals across Youtube's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Youtube's portfolio, mapped.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Youtube on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
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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