Watchup Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2012

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 9

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

Watchup General Information

Description

Developer of a streaming news application designed to reinvent the way to watch news with a personalized, multi-channel experience. The company offers streaming news service by aggregating content into a single application from 170 news sources, allowing its users to customize their newscasts and select the segments that they are interested in, offering a multi-channel experience.

Contact Information

Website
www.watchup.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Publishing
Other Industries
Application Software
Acquirer
Plex
Primary Office
  • 1047 El Camino Real
  • Suite 202
  • Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • United States
+1 (650) 000-0000

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Watchup Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Merger/Acquisition 31-Jan-2017 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Early Stage VC 06-Nov-2014 00.000 00.000 Completed Startup
4. Accelerator/Incubator 06-May-2014 0000 00.000 Completed Startup
3. Early Stage VC 04-Feb-2014 000 00.00 Completed Startup
2. Early Stage VC 10-Dec-2012 $500K $500K Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Startup
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Watchup Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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Watchup Competitors (25)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
SmartNews Venture Capital-Backed Tokyo, Japan 000 00000 00000000000 00000
000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Bangalore, India 0000 00.000 00000000000 00.000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed Hyderabad, India 000 000.00 00000000000 000.00
000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore 00 00.000 0000000000 0
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore 000 00000 00000000000 00000
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Watchup Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Watchup Former Investors (12)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Donald Hutchison Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
InnoSpring Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Not-For-Profit Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
McClatchy PE-Backed Company Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Media Camp Accelerator/Incubator Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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