Peer5

Acquired

P2P delivery network that enables high quality video streaming

Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2012 · $2.5M raised

Video
YC W17
Employees
11–50
Founded
2012
Business Model
B2B
Website
peer5.com
Total Funding
$2.5M
Last Round
$2.5M SeedJul 2017
Rounds
1
Acquired by
MicrosoftAug 2021

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About

Peer5's P2P CDN improves content delivery for live and on demand video streams. As video streaming continues to become more mainstream and the streams themselves become HD and 4K, traditional CDNs struggle to deliver high quality viewing experiences. Many publishers try to keep up with peak demand by paying for more servers, many of which are almost never used and struggle with video playback. Not only is this expensive, but it's also inefficient, which is why at Peer5, we've created a P2P CDN to boost your video streaming capabilities. Our CDN works with your servers to ensure that as your viewership increases, your network gets stronger by offloading bandwidth to our peer network. On average, this has been shown to increase server capacity by 20x, offload 70% of bandwidth, increase viewing time by 30% and decrease instances of rebuffering by 40%. Our video streaming CDN uses emerging technologies, including HTML5 and WebRTC. They require no installation by end users and offer easy integration for content providers. We support many different streaming protocols, players and media servers.

Summary

Peer5 is a Video company based in Palo Alto, United States, founded in 2012. It has raised $2.5M in total across 1 round, most recently a $2.5M Seed round in Jul 2017. Investors include Microsoft, FundersClub and Oriza Ventures.

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Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionAug 2021

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