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Popfly

1600 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States

Overview

Popfly operates a collaboration platform for the creator economy that combines workflow automation, data-driven insights, and a built-in creator network to streamline content production. The platform emphasizes outdoor-shot user-generated content and supports UGC partnerships, activations, sponsorships, and full-service campaign execution. Popfly says it is trusted by brands including Hey Dude, Camp Chef, Merrell, The North Face and ALPAKA. The company reports creators embrace Popfly "by the thousands" and highlights early adopter influencer Lilian Melchert (over 9M followers). Headed by founder and CEO Taylor Hoekstra and based in the Los Angeles area (press release filed from Costa Mesa, Calif.), Popfly plans to expand its team and technology with the new capital. Financially, Popfly announced an oversubscribed seed financing of over $2M in March 2025. The company frames its roadmap around extending into adjacent creator-economy areas such as fintech, global marketplaces and AI.

Total raised
$2M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Seed
Latest activity
Mar 2025

Industries

  • Information Technology
  • Media and Entertainment
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Recent funding

  1. Seed

    Mar 2025

    $2M

Team