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Tenor

Tenor is a developer of a GIF platform for sharing animated images and files in mobile messaging conversations.

Founded
2014
12 years ago
Staff
51-100
65 on LinkedIn
Followers
2k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$32M
as listed, USD

Tenor (formerly Riffsy) helps people find the right GIF at the right moment. In a world that now largely operates via texts, social media messages, DMs and Slack channels, it can be hard to articulate exactly what you mean with keystrokes alone. Tenor’s GIF Keyboard makes it easy for people to visually express what’s on their mind. Beyond Tenor's GIF Keyboard, we extend our mobile-focused experience through our API, powering GIF sharing for partners like Facebook Messenger, Google’s G Board, LinkedIn, Kik,… Read all

Tenor (formerly Riffsy) helps people find the right GIF at the right moment. In a world that now largely operates via texts, social media messages, DMs and Slack channels, it can be hard to articulate exactly what you mean with keystrokes alone. Tenor’s GIF Keyboard makes it easy for people to visually express what’s on their mind. Beyond Tenor's GIF Keyboard, we extend our mobile-focused experience through our API, powering GIF sharing for partners like Facebook Messenger, Google’s G Board, LinkedIn, Kik, LinkedIn & Vodafone. Together across Tenor's offerings, hundreds of millions of users perform billions of searches every month for GIFs and videos from the world’s greatest content creators. The company is based in San Francisco, and is backed by Redpoint and Menlo Ventures.

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Size

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51-100 people: larger than 75% of companies with a size listed. 65 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

201419002026

12 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #979 in the world for traffic, about 60.5M visits a month. 1,594 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

MessagingSocial MediaVideomobilevideomessagingconsumerGIFmarketing

Funding, as listed

$32M raised in total

  • Rounds4
  • LatestSeries b, Sept 2017
  • Latest amountUSD 17,000,000
  • Investors10, 3 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

FoundersDavid McIntosh, Erick Hachenburg, Frank Nawabi
Apps1 · 53k downloads

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Tenor, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Tenor
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
2014
Founders
David McIntosh, Erick Hachenburg, Frank Nawabi
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Categories
Messaging, Social Media, Video
Specialities
mobile, video, messaging, consumer, GIF, marketing

Where

City
San Francisco
Region
California
Country
United States
Markets
San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US

Size and reach

Staff band
51-100
People on LinkedIn
65
LinkedIn followers
1,594
Web traffic rank
#979
Monthly web visits
60,505,057
Apps
1
App downloads
53,015

Funding, as listed

Total
$32,000,000 USD
Rounds
4
Latest round
Series b
Latest round date
Sept 2017
Latest amount
17,000,000 USD
Investors
10
Lead investors
3
Listing status
private

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn
Last imported
Sept 2026

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