When was Pixlee founded?

Pixlee was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Pixlee located?

Pixlee is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at San Francisco, California.

How many employees does Pixlee have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Pixlee is 17.

Is Pixlee a funded company?

Pixlee is a funded company, having raised a total of $5.5M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Feb 2013.

When was the latest funding round of Pixlee?

Pixlee's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Aug 12, 2015, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Pixlee rank among its competitors?

Pixlee ranks 114th amongst 2064 active competitors, of which 283 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Nitro Commerce, which secured $5.1M in Aug, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Pixlee?

Pixlee's top competitors include Klaviyo, Rokt Technologies and Riskified. Among them, Nitro Commerce secured the most recent funding round in August, 2025.

Pixlee - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Pixlee is a provider of user-generated content and an influencer marketing platform for businesses. The platform identifies and curates user-generated content visuals in real-time, manages photo permission rights, and integrates the content into the multi-channel eCommerce. It collects and manages the content from the community of customers, influencers, and employees and publishes the community-driven content to various channels such as ads, commerce sites, email, and social media. It also helps to reduce content costs by making a community-driven content scale to every team and channel. It offers the solution for platforms like Magento, Shopify, Shopify Plus, and more. The company works with brands like Morphe, Alo Yoga, Cole Haan, Michael’s, Nixon Watches, Article Home, and Cotopaxi.

Website: pixlee.com
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Registered Address: San Francisco, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$5.5M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Aug 12, 2015, $*****

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz & 21 more

Ranked

114^th among 2064 active competitors

Employee Count

17 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Magnetic & 662 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Emplifi (Nov 01, 2022)

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Pixlee is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
PIXLEE, INC CIN: 460677157 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	24 (As on Dec 31, 2020)	-

Pixlee got acquired by Emplifi on Nov 01, 2022.

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Pixlee has raised a total funding of $5.5M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Aug 12, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Pixlee has 19 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Pixlee:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Aug 12, 2015	3666488	Series A	4363500	9181454	7322750	8791702
Oct 29, 2013	2811503	Seed	1814380	2431102	4717772	Mark Gorenberg
Feb 2013	1543972	Seed	7736184	3700725	Axel Springer	8102208

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The founders of Pixlee are Awad Sayeed and Miraj Mohsin.

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

Awad Sayeed: Co-Founder of Pixlee and founder of 2 other companies, myCollegeSTAT and Pixlee.
Miraj Mohsin: Co-Founder | Head of Product Design (acquired by Emplifi) of Pixlee and founder of 2 other companies, Stuut and Pixlee.

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Pixlee's employee count trend

Pixlee has 17 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Pixlee's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Pixlee include Klaviyo, Rokt Technologies and Riskified. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pixlee, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Klaviyo 2012, Boston (United States), Public	SaaS-based e-mail marketing software solutions for e-commerce businesses	$778M	Astral Capital, Summit Partners & 24 others	82/100
2nd	Rokt Technologies 2012, United States, Series E	Personalized marketing tools for e-commerce businesses	$488M	TDM Growth Partners, Moelis & Company & 21 others	73/100
3rd	Riskified 2013, New York City (United States), Public	AI-based payment fraud prevention solutions for e-commerce solution	$232M	Founder Collective, Genesis Partners & 22 others	73/100
4th	CommerceIQ 2012, Mountain View (United States), Series D	Provider of unified AI platform for retail ecommerce sales and optimization	$196M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Shasta Ventures & 6 others	71/100
5th	Bazaarvoice 2005, Austin (United States), Acquired	Provider of platform for user-generated content, ratings, reviews, and syndication	$20.4M	Battery Ventures, First Round Capital & 18 others	71/100
6th	Signifyd 2011, Palo Alto (United States), Series E	Provider of fraud prevention and payment validation for online retailers	$394M	Resolute Ventures, Owl Rock & 30 others	70/100
7th	Magnetic 2008, New York City (United States), Acquired	Search retargeting platform	$47.8M	Edison Partners, CRV & 14 others	70/100
8th	Bango 1999, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Public	Provider of marketing solutions for e-commerce businesses	-	Origin Capital, ET Capital & 5 others	68/100
9th	Nitro Commerce 2023, Gurugram (India), Series A	Developer of software tools for managing online commerce business operations	$7M	Cornerstone Ventures, Catalyst Trusteeship ... & 36 others	68/100
10th	Monetate 2008, Philadelphia (United States), Acquired	Platform offering end to end personalized solution for businesses	$43.9M	Floodgate, OpenView & 11 others	67/100
114th	Pixlee 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of user-generated content and influencer marketing platform for businesses	$5.5M	WorldQuant Ventures, GVA Capital & 20 others	44/100