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PrivateFor profitInternetHelsinki, Finland
Scoopshot
Scoopshot is a photo crowdsourcing ecosystem that connects mobile photographers and news media companies.
- Founded
- 2010 16 years ago
- Staff
- 1-10 3 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 301 on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $11M as listed, USD
Scoopshot is the leading mobile platform for photo and video crowdsourcing with authentication technology. It is also the world’s first platform to allow mobile photographers to earn money from in-image advertising. Clients, including news providers, bloggers and brands, can search Scoopshoot’s photo and video inventory or request photographers to submit specific photos or videos, via tasks. To use this content, they pay a fee per photo/video to the Scoopshooter or, alternatively, clients can use content for… Read all
Scoopshot is the leading mobile platform for photo and video crowdsourcing with authentication technology. It is also the world’s first platform to allow mobile photographers to earn money from in-image advertising. Clients, including news providers, bloggers and brands, can search Scoopshoot’s photo and video inventory or request photographers to submit specific photos or videos, via tasks. To use this content, they pay a fee per photo/video to the Scoopshooter or, alternatively, clients can use content for free when it is embedded with an ad, the Scoopshot system takes care of image rights transfers and monetary transactions. More than 70 leading media companies and brands use the platform, including USA Today, Metro US, News Corp Australia, Fiat, and Oxfam. Part of P2S Media Group Inc., Scoopshot was established in 2010 in Helsinki, Finland, by a team of spirited serial entrepreneurs and is privately owned. The company is privately funded by investment from partners and VCs, including Conor Venture Partners and Finnish Industry Investment.
Set against six million companies
Size
1-10 people: larger than 0% of companies with a size listed. 3 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
16 years old.
Reach
Website ranked #2,574,140 in the world for traffic, about 7k visits a month. 301 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
CrowdsourcingJournalismMobileNewsPhotographyUnique Photo and Video contentCitizen JournalismMobile assignmentsStock photographyBrand engagementContent MarketingPhoto rights management
Funding, as listed
$11M raised in total
- Rounds3
- LatestSeries a, Nov 2013
- Latest amountUSD 3,900,000
- Investors3, 2 leading
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Every detail we hold
Everything the source datasets list about Scoopshot, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.
The company
- Name
- Scoopshot
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2010
- Founders
- Petri Rahja
- Industry
- Internet
- Categories
- Crowdsourcing, Journalism, Mobile, News, Photography
- Specialities
- Unique Photo and Video content, Citizen Journalism, Mobile assignments, Stock photography, Brand engagement, Content Marketing, Photo rights management
Where
- City
- Helsinki
- Country
- Finland
- Markets
- European Union (EU), Nordic Countries, Scandinavia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 1-10
- People on LinkedIn
- 3
- LinkedIn followers
- 301
- Web traffic rank
- #2,574,140
- Monthly web visits
- 7,084
- Apps
- 1
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $11,043,324 USD
- Rounds
- 3
- Latest round
- Series a
- Latest round date
- Nov 2013
- Latest amount
- 3,900,000 USD
- Investors
- 3
- Lead investors
- 2
- Listing status
- private
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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