Klip is an iOS mobile video app that lets users shoot, share, discover and view short videos, surface content by hashtags, follow creators, and re-share (‘re-klip’) content. The app emphasizes discovery and high-quality mobile streaming, with features like swipe-to-preview playback, shake-to-play, and adaptive streaming that adjusts to bandwidth every four seconds. Klip includes a cloud component that searches and indexes hashtags in real time to surface relevant content. The company launched in September and has been the highest-ranked social video app in the Apple App Store since launch. Klip plans to use new funding for product development, focusing on user-experience enhancements and cloud-side technology. There are currently no plans to build an Android app. Klip is an iOS app that lets users capture, share, discover and view mobile videos. The product emphasizes discovery and high-quality mobile streaming over editing, with features like swipe-to-preview and shake-to-play. Sharing is organized around hashtags to surface topic- and event-based content, and users can share to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or email. Klip includes adaptive video streaming that checks and adapts to bandwidth every four seconds to improve playback on flaky mobile connections. The company was founded in April 2011 by Alain Rossmann and its team includes engineers and staff from Google, YouTube, Yahoo, and Apple. Klip has raised $2 million in funding from Matrix Partners and Alain Rossmann.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Nov 2011