Virool

Y Combinator // YC S12 starting 2012-06-01


Key notes: Virool is a programmatic video marketing platform.

Office address: 88 Kearny, 21st floor, San Francisco, California, United States

Description: Virool was acquired by Turgo in October 2017. In its history, Virool has raised over $20M from renowned investors including Y-Combinator, Draper Fisher Juvertson, Menlo Ventures, 500 Startups and Yahoo! Japan. More than 30,000 global advertisers used Virool platform to promote their video messages, engage their audience and elevate their brand. More than 100,000 online and mobile publisher properties have run video content from Virool via programmatic partnerships, native placements and direct integrations. Virool was trusted by some of the biggest brands in the world including Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Disney, Sony, Anheuser-Busch, Turkish Airlines, Intel, and Levi's. Virool was founded in 2012 and raised $6.62M in seed funding from a collection of top VC firms and angel investors. It was the biggest seed investment that any Y-Combinator graduate has ever received.

View details on Crunchbase:

http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/virool

$ 18,620,000 over 4 funding rounds.

Seed-DB Exit data:

Angellist Page:

https://angel.co/virool


Funding Rounds

Date Name $ Invested Crunchbase link
2012-07-01 seed Detailed data
2016-04-05 venture $ 12,000,000 Detailed data
2013-02-14 seed $ 6,620,000 Detailed data
2012-05-09 convertible_note Detailed data

Investors

Round Date Round Name Investor Crunchbase Link
2016-04-05 venture Jose Marin Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed AFSquare Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture 500 Startups Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed Data Collective Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed ACE & Company Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed TMT Investments Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture YJ Capital Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed Farzad (Zod) Nazem Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed Plug and Play Investor Profile
2012-05-09 convertible_note Plug and Play Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed ACE & Company Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Oliver Thylmann Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture Thomvest Ventures Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Sam Altman Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Menlo Ventures Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture Flint Capital Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture FJ Labs Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed DST Global Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed FundersClub Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture Menlo Ventures Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed Fabrice Grinda Investor Profile
2012-07-01 seed Y Combinator Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture Yahoo! Japan Investor Profile
2016-04-05 venture Fabrice Grinda Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Troy Carter Investor Profile
2013-02-14 seed Plug and Play Investor Profile


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Created: 20-Jul-2012, 00:15

Last Crunchbase update: 14-Dec-2018, 05:10

Last modified: 05-Mar-2021, 05:11

Country: USA