When was Peer5 founded?

Peer5 was founded in 2011 and raised its 1st funding round 4 years after it was founded.

Where is Peer5 located?

Peer5 is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

How many employees does Peer5 have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Peer5 is 3.

Is Peer5 a funded company?

Peer5 is a funded company, having raised a total of $4.05M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jan 20, 2015.

When was the latest funding round of Peer5?

Peer5's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Jul 27, 2017, with participation from 9 investors. Its primary sector is OTT Video. In Israel, the OTT Video sector has seen $100M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Peer5 rank among its competitors?

Peer5 ranks 3rd amongst 33 active competitors, of which 13 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Mawari, which secured $10.8M in Sep, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Peer5?

Peer5's top competitors include Theta Token, Mawari and BoltOS. Among them, Mawari secured the most recent funding round in September, 2024.

Peer5 - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Peer5 is a CDN network that offers peer to peer serverless video streaming. the technology uses HTML5 and webRTC to improve content distribution and on-demand video streaming. The technology shrinks loading times, server dependency and bandwidth usage. It supports HLS and MPEG Dash streaming protocols along with JW Player, Video.js, Flowplayer, and Clappr.

Website: peer5.com
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Founded Year

2011

Location

Tel Aviv, Israel

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$4.05M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Jul 27, 2017, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator & 22 more

Ranked

3^rd among 33 active competitors

Employee Count

3 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Theta Token & 54 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Microsoft (Aug 10, 2021)

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Peer5 got acquired by Microsoft on Aug 10, 2021.

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Peer5 has raised a total funding of $4.05M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 20, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jul 27, 2017 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Peer5 has 21 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Peer5:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 27, 2017	9064201	Seed	9798666	1724354	7004875	2001554
Jun 01, 2017	5966384	Seed	1111162	6370819	1657151	Brandhaus Capital
Feb 14, 2017	8907328	Seed	9327518	2769807	8695048	Y Combinator

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The founders of Peer5 is Hadar Weiss.

Here are the details of Peer5's key team members:

Hadar Weiss: Co-Founder & CEO of Peer5.

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Peer5's employee count trend

Peer5 has 3 employees as of May 26. Here is Peer5's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Peer5 include Theta Token, Mawari and BoltOS. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Peer5, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Theta Token 2016, Cupertino (United States), Series A	Decentralized video delivery platform	$9.26M	Sierra Ventures, Heuristic Capital Partners ... & 35 others	70/100
2nd	Mawari 2017, Los Altos (United States), Seed	Developer of decentralized platform for spatial computing	$17.3M	Borderless Capital, Blockchange & 19 others	53/100
3rd	Peer5 2011, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Serverless P2P CDN For Live Video Streaming	$4.05M	Tiptana, Hack VC & 21 others	46/100
4th	BoltOS London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	AI-based platform offering blockchain solutions	-	U Invest	45/100
5th	Flixxo 2014, Portland (United States), Funding Raised	Community based video distribution platform	-	Coinbar, Fengshui Capital	41/100
6th	Teltoo 2015, Madrid (Spain), Acquired	P2P CDN solutions provider for video distribution	$50K	Liberty Global, Crawley Ventures & 5 others	41/100
7th	StreamRoot 2013, New York City (United States), Acquired	Peer to peer video streaming technology provider	$8.2M	Partech Partners, Techstars & 9 others	40/100
8th	Kontiki 2000, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired	Live and on demand video solutions	$62.6M	Cross Creek, MK Capital & 8 others	38/100
9th	Noixion 2019, Spain, Unfunded	Platform providing decentralized media content sharing and monetization powered by blockchain	-	-	38/100
10th	Meson 2020, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Cloud-based CDN networking solution provider	$4.4M	Mask Network, OKX & 31 others	37/100