When was Pressly founded?

Pressly was founded in 2011 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Pressly located?

Pressly is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

How many employees does Pressly have?

As of Jul 01, 2024, the latest employee count at Pressly is 8.

Is Pressly a funded company?

Pressly is a funded company, having raised a total of $3.6M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Mar 12, 2013.

When was the latest funding round of Pressly?

Pressly's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Mar 04, 2015, with participation from 3 investors. Its primary sector is MarketingTech. In Canada, the MarketingTech sector has seen $17.9M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Pressly rank among its competitors?

Pressly ranks 19th amongst 116 active competitors, of which 24 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Irys, which secured $10M in Aug, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Pressly?

Pressly's top competitors include Taboola, Scoop.it and Irys. Among them, Irys secured the most recent funding round in August, 2025.

Pressly - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Pressly lets users search the public web, social networks, blogs, magazines, and newspapers from its dashboard and aggregate interesting sources, and the software will syndicate the content in real-time. Allows users to curate the content and publish it in branded hubs that can be embedded into websites to push fresh content. Pressly tracks a full set of metrics, letting users select which KPIs matter to the audience and delivers automated weekly reports.

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Founded Year

2011

Location

Toronto, Canada

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$3.6M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Mar 04, 2015, $*****

Investors

Gibraltar & 3 more

Ranked

19^th among 116 active competitors

Employee Count

8 as on Jul 01, 2024

Similar Companies

Taboola & 181 more

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Pressly has raised a total funding of $3.6M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 12, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 04, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Pressly has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Pressly:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 04, 2015	1569014	Series A	5375588	3404224	6696209	2508448
Mar 12, 2013	8615654	Seed	6040709	3575756	1548557	Inovia Capital & 1 more

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The founders of Pressly are Peter Kieltyka and Jeff Brenner.

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

Peter Kieltyka: Co-Founder of Pressly and founder of 3 other companies, Arcadeum, crowdreel.com and NuLayer Inc..
Jeff Brenner: Co-Founder of Pressly and founder of 2 other companies, NuLayer Inc. and crowdreel.com.

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Pressly's employee count trend

Pressly has 8 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Pressly's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Pressly include Taboola, Scoop.it and Irys. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pressly, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Taboola 2007, New York City (United States), Public	Provider of a platform for advertising and driving digital performance	$160M	Baidu, Fidelity Investments & 26 others	75/100
2nd	Scoop.it 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Content curation and social sharing platform for businesses	$2.6M	123 Investment Managers, Partech Partners ... & 4 others	57/100
3rd	Irys 2010, London (United Kingdom), Series A	-	$20M	CoinFund, Lemniscap & 17 others	54/100
4th	ContentStudio 2016, North Kansas City (United States), Seed	Unified social media management tool to grow social channels	$34.1K	Sting, National Incubation Center	49/100
5th	ShopOS 2024, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of AI platform for e-commerce content creation and management	$20M	3 state ventures, Tribe Capital & 1 others	48/100
6th	Fashion Cloud 2015, Hamburg (Germany), Series B	Online platform for brands to source digital content in the fashion industry	$26.3M	Verdane, WVBGmbh & 4 others	48/100
7th	Dizplai 2021, Manchester (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Platform offering content curation solutions	-	-	44/100
8th	OwnLocal 2010, Austin (United States), Seed	Digital Ad platform for local media	$6.05M	Lerer Hippeau, IVA Ventures & 13 others	42/100
9th	Soampli 2014, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Tool for enabling Social selling	-	FLOBAS Ventures, Chicago Booth Angels Network	42/100
10th	Magnify 2002, New York City (United States), Series B	Online video curation platform	$3.39M	New Vantage Group, New York Angels & 3 others	42/100
19th	Pressly 2011, Toronto (Canada), Acqui-Hired	Content curation and engagement analytics platform	$3.6M	Gibraltar, Inovia Capital & 2 others	35/100