Visually provides on-demand creative services through an online project management platform and a curated freelance workforce. It produces premium creative outputs including infographics, branded videos, interactive web experiences, whitepapers and short-form micro-content optimized for social distribution. The platform is used by more than 1,300 brands, including AOL, Red Bull, Twitter, NBC and P&G. Visually has signed strategic distribution partnerships with Percolate, Newscred, Nativo and Outbrain. The company plans to use the new funds to expand its services offerings. Visually is hiring to support growth. Visually is a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace for visual content that connects a global supply of designers, analysts, journalists, animators and developers to brands. The platform allows creators to design, explore and share data visualizations, monitor visitors and track content popularity within the community. Visually serves brands including AOL, Red Bull, Twitter, NBC, P&G, UNESCO, Visa and Dell. Led by CEO Stew Langille, the company delivers content via infographics and related visual formats. Visually closed an $8.1M Series A and intends to use the funds to enter new markets and increase headcount. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article. Visual.ly builds tools and services to let users create high-impact infographics and data visualizations. The company was formed by the team behind Mint’s infographics and is operating pre‑beta with plans to launch a public product shortly after beta. It reports 26,000 users signed up for its beta, over 300,000 infographics created, more than one million monthly pageviews, and that it has doubled the number of indexed infographics since its April demo. Before beta the company has partnered with media outlets including The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, CNNMoney, The Economist, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, and others to provide infographics and visualization solutions. Co-founder Stew Langille says Visual.ly approaches the market differently from business‑intelligence firms like Palantir, Tableau and IBM’s Many Eyes. The company plans to use funding to expand its development team and hire data‑visualization specialists.

Total raised

$13M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Mar 2015