Where is Riddle located?

Riddle is headquartered in Saarbrucken, Germany.

How many employees does Riddle have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Riddle is 16.

Is Riddle a funded company?

Riddle is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round.

When was the latest funding round of Riddle?

Riddle's latest funding was a $***** Seed round, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is MarketingTech. In Germany, the MarketingTech sector has seen $14.5M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Riddle rank among its competitors?

Riddle ranks 116th amongst 2729 active competitors, of which 256 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Rembrand, which secured $37.5M in Nov, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Riddle?

Riddle's top competitors include Tezign, Vimeo and OpusClip. Among them, Rembrand secured the most recent funding round in November, 2025.

Riddle - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Riddle enables brands and publishers to generate audience insights by providing tools to create interactive content including quizzes, opinion polls, and surveys. Provides a sentiment analysis widget in addition to detailed analytics on audience engagement. Enables users to generate leads which can be integrated into Mailchimp. Enables users to place ads on these widgets too. Clients include Dose, Disney, the BBC, Manchester City.

Website: www.riddle.com/
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Founded Year

2014

Location

Saarbrucken, Germany

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.2M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, $*****

Investors

Mangrove Capital Partners & 1 more

Ranked

116^th among 2729 active competitors

Employee Count

16 as on May 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

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Riddle is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Riddle Technologies AG CIN: HRB104331 , Germany, Active	Dec 14, 2017	-	4 (As on Dec 31, 2018)

Riddle has raised a total funding of $1.2M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Riddle has 1 institutional investor and 1 angel investor.

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The founders of Riddle are Mike Hawkins, Boris Pfeiffer and Russ King.

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

Mike Hawkins: Co-Founder of Riddle. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Boris Pfeiffer: Co-Founder & CEO of Riddle.
Russ King: Co-Founder of Riddle.

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Riddle's employee count trend

Riddle has 16 employees as of May 26. Here is Riddle's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Riddle include Tezign, Vimeo and OpusClip. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Riddle, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Tezign 2014, Shanghai (China), Series D	Provider of digital infrastructure for brand content creation, management, and distribution	$56.1M	Sequoia Capital China, Temasek & 9 others	71/100
2nd	Vimeo 2004, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of video hosting, creation, management, and streaming platform services	$450M	T. Rowe Price, GIC & 9 others	70/100
3rd	OpusClip 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of AI video editing tools for short-form content creation	$50M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Millennium New Horizons ... & 8 others	69/100
4th	Jellysmack 2016, New York City (United States), Series C	Video content creation platform for businesses	$40M	Highland Europe, Partech Partners & 9 others	68/100
5th	Rembrand 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Series B	Provider of AI-powered advertising solutions for in-content and social media	$68.5M	Greycroft, Superset & 8 others	68/100
6th	Vidyard 2011, Kitchener (Canada), Series C	Provider of video tools for sales and marketing virtual teams	$90.7M	Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz & 16 others	67/100
7th	EX.CO 2012, New York City (United States), Series C	Content management platform	$69.2M	Viola Group, 83NORTH & 12 others	67/100
8th	Ceros 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provides a content creation platform	$143M	Grotech Ventures, Sumeru Equity Partners & 7 others	66/100
9th	Brandlive 2010, Portland (United States), Series B	Provider of platforms for webinars, town halls, virtual events, and hubs	$15.9M	Archivist, Uncorrelated Ventures & 2 others	62/100
10th	Pictory 2019, Bothell (United States), Seed	Provider of AI-powered video creation tools	$4.72M	FUSE, Voyager Capital & 4 others	62/100
116th	Riddle 2014, Saarbrucken (Germany), Seed	Interactive Content Creation tool	$1.2M	Mangrove Capital Partners & 1 others	42/100