# Unsplash

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/unsplash

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
- Website: www.unsplash.com
- Total disclosed funding: $5.8M
- Latest round: Series A (Feb 16, 2018)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Founded in 2013 as a humble Tumblr blog with ten images and based in Montreal, Canada, Unsplash Inc., (Unsplash) operates a platform that allows users to explore royalty-free photographs. The company provides over 2 million high-resolution images captured by a community of 211,166 photographers ranging from hobbyists, professionals and emerging brands. The company has partnered with BuzzFeed, Squarespace and Trello. In 2020, Unsplash Inc. raised USD 20 million in series B funding from unspecified investors. As of 2021, the company has recorded over 3 billion downloads. In 2021, Getty Images, Inc. acquired Unsplash Inc. from BDC Capital, FounderFuel, Accomplice, Betaworks Studio, LLC, Real Ventures, and Simple Token. In 2021, the company introduced Uses, a facility provided to photographers that contains information and links to notable public places where their image has been used.

The company provides photographs from all topics ranging from mother earth, people, architecture, current events, business, fashion, film, health and wellness, interiors, technology, travel, aminals as well as pictures regarding covid-19 to be used as background images and wallpapers. The company allows users to access data through visual searches, keywords and metadata. Unsplash images can be used for making articles, remixes, apps, products, websites and videos. 

The company, in partnership with Getty Images Inc., plans to grow faster, collaborate with more brands, hire professionals, and add resources.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Feb 16, 2018, $5.8M — Betaworks Studio, LLC, Real Ventures, Accomplice, Simple Token
- Seed, Jan 1, 2013 — BDC Capital, FounderFuel

## Investors

- BDC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bdc-capital) — Seed
- FounderFuel — Seed
- Betaworks Studio, LLC — Series A
- Real Ventures — Series A
- Accomplice (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accomplice) — Series A
- Simple Token — Series A