YouTube: $3.5M VC investment turned into $1.7B, now $160B
YouTube, a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Status: Sold to Google in Oct 2006 for $1.7 billion. Today, YouTube is estimated to be worth $160B.
How YouTube looked like in the early days
YouTube on their launch day, February 2005YouTube’s website in 2005YouTube’s website in 2006Chad and Steve, the founders of YouTube, announce the Google acquisitionYouTube’s website in 2007
YouTube Further Investment From Initial Pitch Deck
Mar 30, 2006
Series B – YouTube
$8M
Artis Ventures (AV), Sequoia Capital
Nov 1, 2005
Series A – YouTube
$3.5M
Sequoia Capital
YouTube growth stats
Number of users
Mar 2019: 2 billion users
Jul 2018: 1.9 billion users
Jun 2017: 1.5 billion users
Mar 2013: 1 billion users
Apr 2012: 800 million users
Oct 2006: 50 million users
Time it took YouTube to reach one billion users
It took YouTube 8 years and 1 month to reach 1 billion users.
YouTube and Viacom lawsuit
13 Mar, 2007: Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion.
2007 valuations:
Google: $150B
Viacom: $30B
2017 valuations:
Google $592B
Viacom $18B
Total number of users compared to Facebook and Twitter
