Giphy
Founders
Alex Chung - Founder & CEO
Adam Leibsohn - COO
Founded
2013
Stage
Seed
Invested
2014
Status
Acquired by Facebook
Lightspeed Team
Jeremy Liew - Partner
Will Kohler - Partner

Giphy is building the world’s largest animated GIF search engine and redefining how people search, discover, and share GIFs. From the start they’ve also developed an all-in-one GIF platform with multiple product offerings, touching millions of users per day and serving billions of GIFs per month.

Will Kohler
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