| Website | crunchyroll.com |
| Category | Web |
| Phone | 415-503-9235 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 5/06 |
| Series A, 2/08 Venrock | $4.05M |
Crunchyroll is a one-stop video shop for all things anime. The site has a large collection of anime content that can be viewed for free with viewers being subject to banner ads. Crunchyroll also has an extensive collection of Asian video content including music videos, dramas and game videos. A large chunk of the video content is copyright infringing, which has scared off potential buyers like Viacom.
Users upload their own content to the site, but Crunchyroll offers users access to the same video at higher quality if they make a monthly donation. This puts them in hot water in regards to the DMCA since the DMCA only protects sites from copyright liability if users upload content. Offering the same video at higher quality means that Crunchyroll probably uploads their own copyright infringing content.
Another interesting fact is that Crunchyroll founders are currently employed at HotOrNot’s San Francisco office and have asked to remain anonymous. On the Crunchyroll site, the founder claims to be a college student who is “still figuring out what to major in”.
The site has raised $4M from Venrock.
| Website | crunchyroll.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | August 18, 2006 |
| Tags | crunchyroll, video, games |
