When was Skimlinks founded?

Skimlinks was founded in 2007 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Skimlinks located?

Skimlinks is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Skimlinks have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Skimlinks is 117.

Is Skimlinks a funded company?

Skimlinks is a funded company, having raised a total of $23M across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Feb 23, 2009.

When was the latest funding round of Skimlinks?

Skimlinks' latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Feb 04, 2015, with participation from 5 investors.

What is the annual revenue of Skimlinks?

Annual revenue of Skimlinks is between £10M and £50M as on Dec 31, 2019

Where does Skimlinks rank among its competitors?

Skimlinks ranks 4th amongst 128 active competitors, of which 25 are funded. It stands 3rd 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 Skimlinks?

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

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

Company Details

Affiliate Marketing and content monetization platform. It helps publishers, creators, and shopping sites monetize their content by automatically converting product links into affiliate links.

Website: www.skimlinks.com/
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Email ID: *****@skimlinks.com

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2007

Location

London, United Kingdom

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$23M in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Feb 04, 2015, $*****

Investors

Sussex Place Ventures & 11 more

Ranked

4^th among 128 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£10M - £50M as on Dec 31, 2019

Employee Count

117 as on Jun 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

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Similar Companies

Taboola & 194 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Connexity (May 28, 2020)

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Skimlinks is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Skimbit Ltd CIN: 6347796 , Germany, Active	Aug 19, 2007	£10M - £50M (As on Dec 31, 2019)	79 (As on Dec 31, 2024)

Skimlinks got acquired by Connexity on May 28, 2020.

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Skimlinks has raised a total funding of $23M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 23, 2009. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Feb 04, 2015 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Skimlinks has 12 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Skimlinks:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Feb 04, 2015	9232198	Series C	1880625	9561147	2157549	7888619
Mar 11, 2014	9416076	Conventional Debt	2711339	5640598	4407154	SVB
Apr 22, 2013	7108147	Series B	9218849	1202024	Greycroft	Forum Foundry

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The founders of Skimlinks is Joe Stepniewski.

Here are the details of Skimlinks' key team members:

Joe Stepniewski: Former Co-Founder of Skimlinks. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.

Skimlinks' Board of Directors

Skimlinks's board has 2 active members. William Glass and Blythe Aimee Holden are independent board members.

Here is the list of Skimlinks' board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
William Glass	Independent board member	-	Current	6y 1m
gtzpggf	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 6m

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Skimlinks' employee count trend

Skimlinks has 117 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Skimlinks's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Skimlinks include Taboola, Scoop.it and Irys. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Skimlinks, 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	Fidelity Investments, Baidu & 26 others	75/100
2nd	Scoop.it 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Content curation and social sharing platform for businesses	$2.6M	Partech Partners, 123 Investment Managers ... & 4 others	58/100
3rd	Irys 2010, London (United Kingdom), Series A	-	$20M	Lemniscap, Arweave & 17 others	55/100
4th	Skimlinks 2007, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Affiliate Marketing and content monetization platform	$23M	Greycroft, SVB & 10 others	54/100
5th	stck.me 2020, New York City (United States), Funding Raised	Provider of book publishing and monetization platform for authors	-	CreedCap Asia Advisors	50/100
6th	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
7th	OwnLocal 2010, Austin (United States), Seed	Digital Ad platform for local media	$6.05M	Regah Ventures, IVA Ventures & 13 others	48/100
8th	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
9th	Dizplai 2021, Manchester (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Platform offering content curation solutions	-	-	45/100
10th	Fashion Cloud 2015, Hamburg (Germany), Series B	Online platform for brands to source digital content in the fashion industry	$26.3M	Verdane, IMPACT Accelerator & 4 others	44/100