| Status | Privately Held |
| Website | www.5min.com |
| Blog | blog.5min.com |
| Category | Web |
| support@5min.com | |
| Address |
New York, NY USA |
| Employees | 8 |
| Total | $5.3M |
| Angel, 4/07 1 | $300k |
| Series A, 11/07 2 Spark Capital | $5M |
5min is a user-generated instructional video site based out of Israel. Their basic philosophy is “everybody’s good at something – that’s why anyone can upload a video to share and showcase their expertise and knowledge.”
In May of 2007 the site took home 2nd place in the European focused Startup 2.0 contest. Their competitors include VideoJug, SuTree and Sclipo.
| Website | www.5min.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Tags | instructional, videos, learn, video |
5min believes any solution can be visually communicated in 5 minutes or less. Video creators share their knowledge is a variety of categories including arts, extreme, fashion, sports, health, tech and more. They have the option of making a textual storyboard to help viewers better understand the demonstration.
5min’s proprietary video player dubbed the “Smart Player” allows viewers to view the video in slow motion or frame by frame, zoom in and out, and more. These features come in handy while viewers try to emulate their instructor.
