Vimeo, the world’s leading professional video platform, announced a $150 million equity investment from technology investment firm Thrive Capital and GIC.
“The funding comes on the heels of record growth at Vimeo—heavily driven by demand from business and corporate customers —and values the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company at $2.75 billion,” Vimeo said in its press release.
The new capital will be used to invest in R&D, sales and international expansion.
Commenting on the development, Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo, said, “Our goal is to radically simplify how businesses create and share video, with tools that are far more intuitive and cost effective than they’ve been historically. We’re energized to access additional capital to pursue this enormous opportunity with the full focus and scale of the Vimeo platform.”
“We are thrilled to partner with Vimeo and help accelerate its unique position as the single platform that can serve every individual’s, team’s and enterprise’s video needs, from creation to marketing, corporate communication, live events and more,” said Miles Grimshaw, General Partner, Thrive Capital.
Vimeo has scaled to over 200 million users globally, having over 3,500 enterprise customers including Amazon, Starbucks, Deloitte, Zendesk, Rite Aid and Siemens, and 1.5 million paying subscribers, of which almost 10% are currently using multiple seats per account.
“Fourteen years ago, we acquired Vimeo as part of a small collection of assets for very little capital, and through the creativity, grit, and sheer talent of a group of leaders at Vimeo, the business has become a real leader in a large and growing market, and in control of its own destiny,” said Joey Levin, CEO, IAC.
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