Chute - About the company
Chute is an acqui-hired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2011 by Ranvir Gujral, Gregarious Narain and Gaurav Sharma. It operates as a Visual Content Marketing Solution. Chute has raised $16.9M in funding from Freestyle and Foundry. The company has 175 active competitors, including 30 funded and 13 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Flowbox, Olapic and Billo.
Company Details
Chute provides visual media solutions for brands which enable them to discover audience content and influencers. Provides tools for the ideation, production, and amplification of visual material through its visual marketing automation platform, Chute Insights and Chute Workspace. Offers tools to discover content, moderate and publish User Generated Content. Major brands Benefit Cosmetics, NBCUniversal, adidas, Brown-Forman, Condé Nast, NBA, United Nations, New York Times, and Ford. Jai Choi of Tekton Ventures is a seed investor.
- Website
- getchute.com
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Total Funding
$16.9M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
12th among 175 active competitors
Employee Count
13 as on May 31, 2026
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Chute's funding and investors
Chute has raised a total funding of $16.9M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 16, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jan 24, 2017 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Chute has 12 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Chute:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jan 24, 2017 | 4904900 | Series B | 5976032 | 4532865 | 6080660 | 5637743 |
Nov 18, 2014 | 5652077 | Series A | 1666816 | 4528875 | 5866670 | 1844961 |
May 07, 2013 | 8390266 | Series A | 2707781 | 4513312 |
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Chute's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Chute's key team members:
- Ranvir Gujral: Co-Founder of Chute and founder of 1 other company.
- Gregarious Narain: Co-Founder of Chute and founder of 2 other companies, Social Roots and lil'grams.
- Gaurav Sharma: Co-Founder of Chute.
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Chute's employee count trend
Chute has 13 employees as of May 26. Here is Chute's employee count trend over the years:
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Chute's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Chute include Flowbox, Olapic and Billo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Chute, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Provider of AI based user generated content platform | $8.29M | 61/100 | ||
2nd | Olapic 2010, New York City (United States), Acquired | AI-driven platform connecting brands with creators for authentic social content | $22.3M | 52/100 | |
3rd | Platform offering user generated content for brands | $3.42M | 52/100 | ||
4th |  Noise 2025, St. Louis (United States), Funding Raised | Platform providing user-generated content creation and distribution for brands | - | 51/100 | |
5th | Social content curation tool | $9.33M | 51/100 | ||
6th | Sozie 2017, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Platform providing user-generated content and product reviews for brands and retailers | - | 49/100 | |
7th | Fomo 2016, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Social platform for boosting and marketing | - | 49/100 | |
8th | Pixlee 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of user-generated content and influencer marketing platform for businesses | $5.5M | 48/100 | |
9th | Content marketing solutions for businesses | $1.76M | 48/100 | ||
10th | Tagbox 2016, Walnut (United States), Unfunded | Provider of cloud-based content marketing and social media aggregator tool | - | - | 47/100 |
12th | Chute 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Visual Content Marketing Solution | $16.9M | 45/100 |
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Chute's Investments and acquisitions
Chute has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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Chute raises $4.1 million to bring user-generated content into the enterpriseVentureBeat•Mar 29, 2017•Chute, Foundry Group, Salesforce, USVP
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Bylined crowdsources product photos for brandsTechCrunch+•Sep 01, 2016•Bylined, , Chute, Twenty20 and 1 other
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