Where is Castanet located?

Castanet is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

How many employees does Castanet have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Castanet is 54.

Where does Castanet rank among its competitors?

Castanet ranks 65th amongst 3056 active competitors, of which 63 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was SmartNews, which secured $69.3M in Jan, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Castanet?

Castanet's top competitors include News Break, SmartNews and Yahoo Japan. Among them, SmartNews secured the most recent funding round in January, 2024.

Castanet - 2026 Company Profile & Competitors

Company Details

Online platform providing multi-category news. In addition, offers other services such as a news aggregator, web search, event listing, weather updates, and a live radio channel. Monetizes through sponsored posts, native, and display advertisements.

Website: www.castanet.net/
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Email ID: *****@castanet.net

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Founded Year

2000

Location

Kelowna, Canada

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

65^th among 3056 active competitors

Employee Count

54 as on Jul 31, 2026

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Castanet has not raised any funding rounds yet.

Castanet's employee count trend

Castanet has 54 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Castanet's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Castanet include News Break, SmartNews and Yahoo Japan. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Castanet, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	News Break 2015, Mountain View (United States), Series C	Online platform aggregating multi category news	$176M	Francisco Partners, IDG Capital & 1 others	72/100
2nd	SmartNews 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series F	Personalized news discovery platform	$410M	Atomico, Princeville Capital & 18 others	66/100
3rd	Yahoo Japan 1996, Chiyoda City (Japan), Public	Online media portal	-	SoftBank Group, Altaba	66/100
4th	Onet 1996, Krakow (Poland), Acquired	Online news portal targeting polish readers	-	EMZ, Wejchert Capital & 2 others	65/100
5th	Toutiao 2012, Beijing (China), Series E	Personalized news aggregator app	$3.1B	Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic & 8 others	64/100
6th	Inshorts 2013, Noida (India), Series C	Provider of summarized news articles across various categories and sources	$35.6M	Addition, Times Internet & 8 others	60/100
7th	Upworthy 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Online platform for sharing photos and videos	$12M	Spark Capital, New Enterprise Associates & 6 others	60/100
8th	Gunosy 2012, Minato City (Japan), Public	Gunosy is a Japanese-based social media news aggregator	$24.1M	JAFCO Group, KDDI & 2 others	60/100
9th	Exame 1967, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Unfunded	Provider of news, business, economics, career, technology and lifestyle content	-	-	59/100
10th	MSN 1995, Redmond (United States), Unfunded	Plumbers Harpenden - Emergency Plumbing Company Harpenden	-	-	59/100
65th	Castanet 2000, Kelowna (Canada), Unfunded	Online platform providing multi-category news	-	-	40/100