Stevie is a “social TV” platform that transforms Facebook and Twitter feeds into TV‑style channels, prioritizing images and video and surfacing popular web content alongside friends’ posts. The product is available on iPad, iPhone, Web and Windows 8, with remote‑control apps for iPhone and Android. Channels include curated streams such as The Comedy Strip, Music Non Stop and Celeb TV. The team is based in Tel Aviv and comes from TV writing, editing and presenting as well as technology. Stevie was founded in October 2011 and graduated from the first Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure. Financially, the company has raised $2.1M to date and is using new funding to expand to Xbox, Android and additional connected TVs. Stevie launches a web-based service that automatically stitches together videos, Facebook Likes, status updates, tweets, shared headlines and other social content into themed TV-style shows such as The Comedy Strip, Music Non-Stop and Celeb TV. Mobile apps for iPhone and Android function as remote controls while the core experience runs in the browser; the company plans support for more devices starting with iPad and broader connected-TV availability. The product uses an algorithm the team calls "The Stevie Factor" to analyze social data and personalize assembled programming in a manner the founders compare to Pandora for video. Co-founder and Chief Creative Technologist Gil Rimon brings TV writing and editing experience to the product’s polished presentation; Yael Givon is co-founder and CEO. The company launched its site at Disrupt and is participating in the Microsoft Accelerator for Azure program in Tel Aviv. Financially, Stevie has raised angel funding to support its launch and early development.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Dec 2012