Snap
VC Fund
Venice, United States
Snap is a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.Snap is behind Snapchat, a photo messaging app that allows users to take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to recipients. In 2016, it released Spectacles, video-sharing sunglasses that free the Snapchat app fromsmartphone cameras.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries Snap invests in
Stages Snap invests in
Countries Snap invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 20 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $150k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $158k–$2.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 5 (21%)
- Content Creators 4 (17%)
- Apps 3 (13%)
- Video 3 (13%)
- Internet 3 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (54%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (13%)
- Series E 1 (4%)
- Corporate Round 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 17 (71%)
- United Kingdom 2 (8%)
- India 1 (4%)
- Taiwan 1 (4%)
- Germany 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendan Lyall
Growth
|
Growth | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Claire Valoti
VP International
|
VP International | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
David Brinker
Senior Director, Business & Operations, Content
|
Senior Director, Business & Operations, Content | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Luke Kallis
VP, US Advertiser Solutions
|
VP, US Advertiser Solutions | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Matt Fichtner
Group Design Manager
|
Group Design Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 20 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bump is an AI-powered analytics-driven platform that helps creators receive and manage microadvances for their businesses. It also helps in tracking and collecting lost revenue, determining qualification for micro-financing, and booking personalized live sessions directly with entertainment industry executives to let creators eliminate traditionalbarriers faced while receiving requisite resources. | $3M / Seed / Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Newond's goal is to make administrative work easier after layoffs.Newond will use the cash earned through this third-party allotment to grow customers in the United States, where layoff volumes in the IT industry are particularly high. | $258.2K / Pre-Seed / Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Perfect Corp. is dedicated to transforming how consumers, content creators and beauty brands interact together. Their unique platform is the premier online destination for all beauty lovers. Their apps, YouCam Makeup, recently voted Best Fashion & Apparels App* of 2015, and market-leading YouCam Perfect redefine virtual beauty for tens ofmillions of users. Their experienced team of engineers and beauty aficionados is pushing the frontiers of technology to create the beauty platform of the future – a fluid environment where individuals express themselves, learn the latest about fashion and beauty, and enjoy instant access to the products from their favorite brands.*YouCam Makeup is the winner of 2015 Appy Award of Best Fashion & Apparels App. | $105M / Post-IPO Equity / Oct 28, 2022 | ||
| Aleph is the largest global digital media partner. In over 70 markets worldwide, we are trusted to connect the biggest players in digital media with the advertisers that rely on them. Aleph helps advertisers maximize the value of their investment through a complete service ecosystem - comprising innovative proprietary technology, digital expertiseand deeply embedded local market knowledge. Our teams help brands to master the leading digital platforms, bringing them closer to their customers. These services are delivered through our portfolio of digital media service brands: IMS; Httpool; WISE.BLUE; and Social Snack. | Corporate Round / Feb 08, 2022 | ||
| ShareChat is an Indian social media startup. It offers the content consumption and sharing platform only in Indian vernacular languages to cater to over 1.17 billion wireless network users of India. It is available in 15 Indian languages. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $502M / Series E / Apr 08, 2021 | ||
| HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological. | Seed / Apr 02, 2021 | ||
| HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 02, 2021 | ||
| Elly is the world's first empathetic audio companion for patients living with chronic disease. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 12, 2021 | ||
| Waffle Journal is a journal app designed to help families and friends stay connected via group journaling. Waffle Journal allows families to share their thoughts and milestones in writing with each other. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Feb 16, 2021 | ||
| Stipop offers messaging, video, and profile stickers for apps intended to enrich online communication. It helps product brands advertise their products with branded stickers on chat, stories, and comments. | $1.3M / Seed / Feb 20, 2020 | ||
| See all 24 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Snap invest in?
Snap invests primarily in Advertising, Content Creators and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Snap's check size?
Snap typically joins rounds of $150k–$4M at Seed and $158k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Snap participates in.
How do I contact Snap?
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Who are the partners at Snap?
The team at Snap includes Brendan Lyall (Growth), Claire Valoti (VP International) and David Brinker (Senior Director, Business & Operations, Content), among 20 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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