Plex - About the company
Plex is a series C company based in Los Gatos (United States), founded in 2009 by Scott Olechowski, Elan Feingold and Cayce Ullman. It operates as a Virtual MVPD streaming services. Plex has raised $132M in funding from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Intercap and Accelerator Centre. The company has 350 active competitors, including 15 funded and 16 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Pluto TV, Digicel Group and Molotov.
Company Details
Plex TV is an ad-supported streaming service. It offers live TV channels, movies, and shows to its clients. Also offers an option to access the content through its Android and iOS apps.
- Website
- watch.plex.tv/
- Social
- Registered Address
- Los Gatos, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2009
Location
Los Gatos, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$132M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 350 active competitors
Employee Count
146 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Plex
Plex is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PLEX,INC CIN: 271518364 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 74 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Plex's funding and investors
Plex has raised a total funding of $132M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 30, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Jan 17, 2024 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Plex has 5 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Plex:
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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 17, 2024 | 2458957 | Series C | 4244674 | 8046096 | 4518861 | 2978797 |
Jan 24, 2022 | 4739881 | Series C | 5207064 | 4625152 | 1532716 | 9588295 |
Mar 31, 2021 | 7467810 | Series C | 5902137 | 7863997 | 3338413 |
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Plex's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Plex are Scott Olechowski, Elan Feingold and Cayce Ullman. Keith Valory is the CEO of Plex.
Here are the details of Plex's key team members:
- Scott Olechowski: Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Plex. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Elan Feingold: CTO and Co-Founder of Plex. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Cayce Ullman: Founder and CEO of Plex.
Plex's Board of Directors
Plex's board has 25 active members. Manish Gupta, Scott Olechowski, Elan Feingold, Jeff Martin, Kathy Savitt, Scott Hancock, Rick Gibbs, Carl Sparks, Jason Chapnik, Dean Mayer, Todd Hay, Kelly Battles, John Jeffrey Martin, Christa Foley, James Merkur, Elan Sufian Feingold, Lindsay Jespersen, Schuyler Ullman, Jason Eustace, Myron Cayce Ullman, Simon Rabe-Hesketh, Harold Morgenstern, Michael Abbot, Keith Valory and Shawn Eldridge are independent board members.Here is the list of Plex's board of directors:
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Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 1m | |
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adguvez | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 4m |
qhae{pg | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 4m |
kpxo{eh | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 9m |
pmiz{ly | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 4m |
fpycmzu | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 1m |
mnxqsla | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 9m |
vqnrmnz | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 8m |
etwupkd | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 1m |
{gokxmh | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 5m |
ulvqrrd | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 9m |
v{sqyrp | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 1m |
ubzoiyt | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 9m |
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{fsnmoz | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 3m |
b{nglrm | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 7m |
au{kuox | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 7m |
{{eutjh | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 9m |
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lncfdri | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 5m |
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nvzadtu | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 7m |
n{{ujlr | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 3m |
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Plex's employee count trend
Plex has 146 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Plex's employee count trend over the years:
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Plex's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Plex include Pluto TV, Digicel Group and Molotov. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Plex, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Pluto TV 2013, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired | Provider of ad-supported video streaming platform | $51.8M | 83/100 | |
2nd | Digicel Group 2001, Kingston (Jamaica), Acquired | Telecommunication services provider | - | 76/100 | |
3rd | Plex 2009, Los Gatos (United States), Series C | Virtual MVPD streaming services | $132M | 75/100 | |
4th | VOD platform for streaming live content, TV series, and movies | $38.3M | 70/100 | ||
5th | YuppTV 2006, Atlanta (United States), Series B | Provider of live and on-demand Indian television channels | $67.5M | 67/100 | |
6th | Zattoo 2005, Zurich (Switzerland), Acquired | Provider of TV streaming and TV-as-a-Service platforms for businesses | - | 67/100 | |
7th |  Frndly TV 2018, Denver (United States), Acquired | IPTV solutions provider | $3.93M | - | 63/100 |
8th | ProSiebenSat.1 Media 2000, Munich (Germany), Acquired | Operator of free television and video-on-demand entertainment networks | - | 62/100 | |
9th | Sling TV 2015, Denver (United States), Funding Raised | Platform offering to stream live TV channels | - | 58/100 | |
10th |  Atmosphere 2018, Austin (United States), Series D | Provider of streaming television and digital signage for businesses | $184M | 58/100 |
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Plex's Investments and acquisitions
Plex has acquired Watchup. Plex has not made any investments as of now.News related to Plex
Filter this listMedia has covered Plex for a total of 10 events in the last 1 year, 8 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Creator Television® Launches On-Demand Offerings on Plex and Xumo PlayCNW•Oct 23, 2025•Sabio, XUMO, Plex
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Plex Selects Bitmovin's VOD Encoder on Oracle Cloud for Premium StreamingBroadband TV News•Aug 28, 2025•Plex, Bitmovin
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ODK Media Partners with Plex to Deliver Asian Entertainment to Global AudiencesPR Newswire•Jun 17, 2025•Plex, ODK Media
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FreeWheel Expands Premium CTV Marketplace Through Enhanced PartnershipsMarTech Series•Jun 11, 2025•FreeWheel, FuboTV, LG Ads, Philo and 4 others
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