Roku

About

Roku develops video streaming devices that provide users access to Internet-streamed video or audio services.

Los Gatos,California,United States
1001 - 5000
https://www.roku.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series G
Last Funding Money Raised: $25M
Industries: Advertising Platforms,Consumer Electronics,Digital Entertainment,Hardware,Software
Founded date: Oct 1, 2002
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nasdaq:ROKU
Legal Name: Roku, Inc.

Roku pioneered streaming for the TV, and we aspire to power every TV in the world. We developed a streaming platform that delivers a best-in-class user experience. At the heart of the Roku platform is our proprietary operating system, the Roku OS, which we built from the ground up. Roku is recognized for streaming innovation. This is demonstrated by our growing, passionate and highly engaged customer base who love Roku streaming devices because of our coveted content selection, ease of use, and value.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

12

$427.96M

Roku has raised a total of $427.96M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 28, 2017 from a IPO round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Sep 28, 2017	IPO	$219.35M	—	—	—	Detail
Nov 9, 2015	Series H	$45.50M	9	News Corp	—	Detail
Nov 1, 2015	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail
Oct 1, 2014	Series G	$25M	2	Fidelity	—	Detail
Jul 10, 2013	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

9

14

Roku is funded by 14 investors. News Corp and Anthony Wood are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
News Corp	Yes	Series H
Anthony Wood	Yes	Series A
Fidelity	—	Series H
Fox Networks Group	—	Series H
Globespan Capital Partners	—	Series H
Good Technology	—	Series H
Hearst Ventures	—	Series H
Menlo Ventures	—	Series H
Sky UK	—	Series H
VIACOM PARAMOUNT on contract at CBS PARAMOUNT+	—	Series H

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

57

Roku has 57 current employee profiles, including Executive Neala Gollomp

Executive

Employee

Executive

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Roku has acquired 5 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Dynastrom on Nov 9, 2017. They acquired Dynastrom for $3.50M.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Nov 9, 2017 Dynastrom	Consumer Electronics	acquisition	$ 3.50M	Detail
Oct 22, 2019 dataxu	Ad Targeting	acquisition	$ 150M	Detail
Jan 1, 2021 Giraffic	Cloud Computing	—	—	Detail
Mar 1, 2021 Nielsen-Advanced Video Advertising business	Advertising	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 19, 2021 This Old House Ventures	Broadcasting	acquisition	—	Detail