Where is Byte located?

Byte is headquartered in New York City, United States.

How many employees does Byte have?

As of Jul 01, 2024, the latest employee count at Byte is 9.

Is Byte a funded company?

Byte is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Byte rank among its competitors?

Byte ranks 189th amongst 738 active competitors, of which 25 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was RefaceAI, which secured $17.9M in Dec, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Byte?

Byte's top competitors include Lightricks, Visual Supply Co and PicsArt. Among them, RefaceAI secured the most recent funding round in December, 2025.

Byte - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Byte is a creative photo creation tool that lets users fill up an empty screen with photos, art, etc with the help of the tools provided. Users can create collages, GIFs, videos, etc and embed and share them on other websites and social networks.

Website: byte.co
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Founded Year

2014

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Acquired

Investors

RRE Ventures & 4 more

Ranked

189^th among 738 active competitors

Employee Count

9 as on Jul 01, 2024

Similar Companies

Lightricks & 1072 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Clash (Jan 26, 2021)

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Byte got acquired by Clash on Jan 26, 2021.

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Byte is a funded company. Byte has 5 institutional investors.

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The founders of Byte is Rockman Ha.

Here are the details of Byte's key team members:

Rockman Ha: Cofounder, Chief People Officer & Advisor of Byte and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Byte's employee count trend

Byte has 9 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Byte's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Byte include Lightricks, Visual Supply Co and PicsArt. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Byte, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Lightricks 2013, Jerusalem (Israel), Series D	AI-powered tools for image, video editing, and content creation	$335M	Insight Partners, Viola Group & 15 others	75/100
2nd	Visual Supply Co 2011, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Community for photographers	$135M	Accel, Obvious Ventures & 3 others	69/100
3rd	PicsArt 2011, Miami (United States), Series C	App for editing photos and videos	$195M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Insight Partners & 9 others	67/100
4th	Fotor 2009, Chengdu (China), Series B	Photo Editing App With A Social Networking Element	$7.6M	Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, GF Xinde Investment Management ... & 2 others	65/100
5th	RefaceAI 2019, Ukraine, Seed	AI-enabled face swapping video editing solutions	$11M	Andreessen Horowitz, TQ Ventures & 17 others	64/100
6th	Skylum 2017, New York City (United States), Unfunded	AI enabled software for photo editing	-	-	54/100
7th	Craiyon 2022, Houston (United States), Acquired	AI-based text-to-image creation platform	-	-	52/100
8th	PixelBin 2021, Mumbai (India), Unfunded	SaaS-based photo editing platform	-	-	51/100
9th	Upscale.media 2015, Mumbai (India), Unfunded	AI-based photo editing platform	-	-	50/100
10th	FaceApp 2014, Phoenix (United States), Unfunded	Developer of a mobile application providing photo and video editing	-	-	48/100
189th	Byte 2014, New York City (United States), Acquired	Creative photo creation tool	-	RRE Ventures, A.Capital Ventures & 3 others	31/100