Over $2.7 Billion in Funding to WebRTC Companies in 2016

Over $2.7 Billion in Funding to WebRTC Companies in 2016

As we take a look back at 2016, we are astonished at the amount of funding pouring into Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) products and services. While Snap Inc accounts for $1.8 billion of the total funding this year, it leaves us just shy of the $1 billion mark with $973 million in funding going over 40 companies.

In our report, Over $1 Billion in Funding to WebRTC Companies in 2015, we saw $1.09 billion in funding going to companies last year. Snap Inc accounted for $537.6 million of the total funding in 2015 and $1.8 billion in 2016. If we take Snap’s funding out of the equation for 2015 and 2016, we saw an impressive 74% increase in capital going to WebRTC related products and services.

We are excited to see such positive growth continue for the industry. As 2016 draws to an end, our team is gearing up for what looks to be breakout year for the industry. Below is a list of companies who received funding in 2016. If we missed any please let us know by sending us an email to hi@blaccspot.com. We will update this list with December funding as they come in.

January 2016

NewVoiceMedia received $30M in Series F Funding

NewVoiceMedia is a leading global provider of cloud technology which helps businesses sell more, serve better and grow faster.

http://www.newvoicemedia.com

Swarmify received an Undisclosed Seed Funding

Swarmify created a patented technology aimed at reducing the high costs of delivering assets over traditional CDN’s.

https://swarmify.com  

Chatwork received $12.5M in Series B Funding

ChatWork is a group chat app for global teams, that includes secure messaging, video chat, task management and file sharing functionality.

http://chatwork.com

Babylon Health received $25M in Series A Funding

Babylon delivers high quality healthcare via your mobile phone.

http://www.babylonhealth.com

SnapMD received $5.3M in Series A Funding

SnapMD operates a cloud-based patient-to-provider telemedicine platform that connects individuals with pediatric physicians in the U.S.

http://www.snap.md

ProcotorExam received $540K in Seed Funding

ProctorExam deliver Safe Online Exams, Anywhere Anytime.

http://proctorexam.com

Aircall received $2.75M in Seed Funding

Aircall allows any company to set up its professional lines in seconds and manage all calls online – as easily as emails.

http://aircall.io

Push Doctor received $8.2M in Series A Funding

PushDoctor is the Europe’s leading digital health marketplace where patients can see a registered doctor in-video in under 6 minutes.

https://www.PushDoctor.co.uk

February 2016

Infiniscene received $1.8 in Venture Funding

Infiniscene is an easy, intuitive, and powerful tool for live streaming production.

http://infiniscene.com

Vyopta Incorporated received $5M in Series A Funding

Vyopta provides analytics products that large enterprises use to improve video and web collaboration.

http://www.vyopta.com

Wavecell received $1.6M in Series A Funding

Wavecell provides innovative cloud communication APIs to Web&Mobile Applications, Enterprises allowing them to connect to their customers via SMS, Push Notifications, Voice and Video. Wavecell was acquired by 8×8 July 2019. 

https://www.8×8.com

March 2016

Take the Interview received $1.84M in Debt Financing

Take the Interview is a cloud-based interview management platform that helps organizations hire better people faster.

http://www.taketheinterview.com

3CLogic received $1.21M in Venture Capital Funding

3CLogic offers a complete suite of inbound, outbound, and blended cloud-based contact center solutions based on an innovative distributed approach that eliminates the need for legacy server-centric architecture.

http://www.3clogic.com

April 2016

Apizee received €1M in Venture Funding

Apizee is a SaaS platform for easy, real-time, multi-device video interaction services.

http://www.apizee.com

Paperspace received $2.78M in a Convertible Note

Paperspace is a computer in a web browser.

http://www.paperspace.io

Slack received $200M in Venture Funding

Slack is a team communication application providing services such as real-time messaging, archiving, and search for modern teams.

http://slack.com

Deepstream Hub received $1M in Seed Funding

DeepstreamHub offers a scalable cloud of deepstream.io nodes as-a-service to store and sync data in realtime.

http://deepstreamhub.com

Chegg received $37.3M in Post-IPO Equity

Chegg is an online textbook rental company offering services to universities and community colleges in the U.S.

http://www.chegg.com

May 2016

LiveNinja received $2M in Venture Funding

LiveNinja is on a mission to help people around the world get the service and assistance they need; anytime, anywhere.

http://www.liveninja.com

Vyopta received $1M in Series A Funding

Vyopta provides analytics products that large enterprises use to improve video and web collaboration.

http://www.vyopta.com

Regroup Therapy received $1.3M in Seed Funding

Regroup Therapy provides video support groups that enable women to overcome maternal depression and anxiety.

https://regrouptherapy.com

Snapchat received $1.8B in series F Funding

Snapchat is a photo messaging app that allows users to take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to recipients.

http://www.snapchat.com

Layer raised undisclosed amount in Venture Funding

Layer is the open communications Layer for the Internet. Layer makes it easy for developers to add rich messaging, voice and video to any application.

http://layer.com

Take the Interview received $5M in Series B Funding

Take the Interview is a cloud-based interview management platform that helps organizations hire better people faster.

http://www.taketheinterview.com

CallRail raised $2M in Series B Funding

CallRail helps companies of all sizes understand which marketing sources are driving phone calls online and offline.

http://www.callrail.com

June 2016

SnapMD received $1.53M in Venture Funding

SnapMD operates a cloud-based patient-to-provider telemedicine platform that connects individuals with pediatric physicians in the U.S.

http://www.snap.md 

Condeco received $30M in Series A Funding

Condeco Software is the fastest growing company in workspace utilisation and space scheduling.

http://www.condecosoftware.com

TalkSpace received $15M in Series B Funding

Affordable, anonymous therapy with professional, licensed therapists, wherever and whenever you need help.

http://talkspace.com

Soundtrap AB raised undisclosed amount in Venture Funding

Soundtrap operates an online music recording studio that enables users to record, edit, collaborate, and share their recordings.

https://www.soundtrap.com

July 2016

Tellybean received $724K in Angel Funding

Tellybean is a video call solution that enables users to convert their televisions into videophones.

http://tellybean.com

August 2016

GretaScript received $1.1M in Seed funding

Greta is a distribution script that uses WebRTC to distribute data directly between concurrent users of a site or service.

https://greta.io

Jive received $7.5M in Venture Funding

Jive Communications provides enterprise-grade Hosted VoIP and Unified Communications services to businesses and institutions worldwide.

http://jive.com

GradeSlam received $1.6M in Seed funding

GradeSlam provides unlimited chat-based tutoring for a flat fee at one-tenth the cost of traditional tutoring options.

http://www.gradeslam.org

3cLogic received $992k as a Convertible Note

3CLogic offers a complete suite of inbound, outbound, and blended cloud-based contact center solutions based on an innovative distributed approach that eliminates the need for legacy server-centric architecture.

http://www.3clogic.com

PhenixP2P received $945K in a Convertible Note

PhenixP2P’s mission is to be the “go­-to” provider for real­-time video streaming.

http://phenixp2p.com

PLUOT received $2.5M in Venture Funding

PLUOT is a big-screen video conferencing for teams.

https://pluot.co 

Pristine received $518k in Debt Financing

Visual collaboration tools for the hands-on workforce to make experts more efficient.

https://www.pristine.io

September 2016

Aircall received $8M in Series A funding

Aircall allows any company to set up its professional lines in seconds and manage all calls online – as easily as emails.

http://aircall.io

Celeno received $38M in Series F funding

Celeno Communications develops components and subsystems for high performance carrier-class Wi-Fi systems and networks.

http://www.celeno.com

Callstats.io received $3M in Series A funding

Callstats.io monitors and manages the performance of video calls in an WebRTC application.

http://www.callstats.io

NetSapiens received $3.32M in Venture funding

NetSapiens simplifies the delivery of voice and multimedia services.

http://netsapiens.com

Cloud9 Technologies received $30M in Venture Funding

Cloud 9 Technologies is a cloud communications service provider.

http://www.c9tec.com

Vizolution received $6.43M in Venture Funding

Vizolution develops a screen sharing technology for businesses to directly interact with their clients.

http://www.vizolution.co.uk

Paperspace received $4M in Seed Funding

Paperspace is a computer in a web browser.

http://www.paperspace.io

October 2016

Soundtrap AB received $6M in Series A Funding

Soundtrap operates an online music recording studio that enables users to record, edit, collaborate, and share their recordings.
https://www.soundtrap.com 

Emissary received $10M in Series A Funding

Emissary pairs sales professionals with former executives at the companies they are targeting

http://www.emissary.io

November 2016

Plushcare received $8M in Series A Funding

PlushCare offers trained physicians that will diagnose, treat, and prescribed medication for patient health issues.

http://www.plushcare.com

Freshdesk received $55M in Series F Funding

Freshdesk enables companies to provide multichannel support via phone, email, chat, website, social networks, and mobile apps.

http://www.freshdesk.com

About Blacc Spot Media, Inc.

Blacc Spot Media focuses on Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) development across web, mobile, native desktop and telephony implementations. Our team works on strategic projects developing custom applications, enterprise platforms and mobile applications for a wide array of clients. If you are interested developing your own WebRTC product or service, let us know how we can help you.

Take a look at our website for more information (https://www.blaccspotmedia.com) or email us at hi@blaccspot.com.



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