When was Supernova founded?

Supernova was founded in 2010 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Supernova located?

Supernova is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States.

How many employees does Supernova have?

As of Dec 31, 2016, the latest employee count at Supernova is 1.

Is Supernova a funded company?

Supernova is a funded company, having raised a total of $48M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Feb 07, 2012.

When was the latest funding round of Supernova?

Supernova's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Jan 03, 2017, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Supernova rank among its competitors?

Supernova ranks 118th amongst 654 active competitors, of which 52 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Rumble, which secured $775M in Dec, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Supernova?

Supernova's top competitors include Kuaishou Technology, Triller and YouTube. Among them, Rumble secured the most recent funding round in December, 2024.

Supernova - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Supernova was a sharing network for users to capture, beautify, and share amazing videos with the world. It provided cinematic production packs for beautifying video clips. It provided one-click sharing to the social web, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to generate comments and feedback from friends, family, and more.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2010

Location

Los Angeles, United States

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$48M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Jan 03, 2017, $*****

Investors

Battery Ventures & 10 more

Ranked

118^th among 654 active competitors

Employee Count

1 as on Dec 31, 2016

Similar Companies

Triller & 831 more

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Supernova is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
Supernova, Inc CIN: 260229863 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 2009	-	8 (As on Dec 31, 2016)	-

Supernova has raised a total funding of $48M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 07, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jan 03, 2017 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Supernova has 6 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Supernova:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jan 03, 2017	2314055	Series B	7678395	9215466	2746336	3124731
Apr 27, 2012	5367781	Series B	5243887	7423318	4497008	8825788
Feb 07, 2012	3420868	Series A	8596159	1831654	Battery Ventures	Qualcomm & 6 more

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The founders of Supernova are JJ Aguhob and Brett O'Brien.

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

JJ Aguhob: Co-Founder & CEO of Supernova and founder of 3 other companies, OK Play, Viddy and PluggedIn.
Brett O'Brien: Co-Founder of Supernova and founder of 2 other companies, Viddy and Xdrive.

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Supernova's employee count trend

Supernova has 1 employees as of Dec 16. The total employee count is 91.0% lower than what it was in Dec 15. Here is Supernova's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Supernova include Kuaishou Technology, Triller and YouTube. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Supernova, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Kuaishou Technology 2011, Beijing (China), Public	Social platform for sharing short videos	$4.79B	Tencent, Sequoia Capital China & 22 others	86/100
2nd	Triller 2015, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired	Mobile-based music video creation and social sharing platform	$400M	Global Emerging Markets, Proxima & 36 others	80/100
3rd	YouTube 2005, San Bruno (United States), Acquired	Online video-sharing and streaming platform	$11.5M	Artis Ventures, Sequoia Capital & 5 others	80/100
4th	TikTok 2016, Los Angeles (United States), Funding Raised	Mobile-based social networking platform for sharing short videos	-	Silver Lake, Digital Invest & 5 others	72/100
5th	VerSe 2007, Bengaluru (India), Series J	Developer of technology platforms for local language content and video	$1.9B	Alpha Wave Global, B Capital & 52 others	71/100
6th	ShareChat 2015, Bengaluru (India), Series H	Operator of social media platform hosting short videos and content	$1.23B	Touchstone Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners ... & 51 others	70/100
7th	Dailymotion 2005, Paris (France), Acquired	Video sharing platform	$148M	Advent Life Sciences, Atlas Venture & 12 others	68/100
8th	Vine 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Video sharing platform	-	RRE Ventures, BoxGroup	64/100
9th	Rumble 2013, Toronto (Canada), Public	Video creator monetization platform	-	Colt Ventures, Narya & 4 others	62/100
10th	Roposo 2014, Gurugram (India), Acquired	Mobile-first photo and video based social sharing application	$42.7M	Tiger Global Management, Bertelsmann India Investments ... & 8 others	58/100
118th	Supernova 2010, Los Angeles (United States), Acqui-Hired	Social mobile creation, discovery and sharing network	$48M	Goldman Sachs, Greycroft & 9 others	32/100