Company Growth (employees)
Plex was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, US
Key People at Plex
Keith Valory
CEO
Scott Olechowski
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder
Elan Feingold
CTO, Co-Founder
Shawn Eldridge
Vice President, Strategic Alliances
Scott Hancock
Vice President, Marketing
Plex Office Locations
Plex has an office in San Jose
San Jose, US (HQ)
2235 Marbella Dr
Plex Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2009 |
Total Funding | $10 m |
Latest funding size | $10 m |
Time since last funding | over 3 years |
Investors | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Plex's latest funding round in March 2014 was reported to be $10 m. In total, Plex has raised $10 m
Plex Operating Metrics
Plex's Registered Users was reported to be 10 m in Jan, 2017
| Jan, 2017 | |
|---|---|
Registered Users | 10 m |
Market Position of Plex
Traffic Overview of Plex
Plex Online and Social Media Presence
Plex News and Updates
September 07, 2017
Plex’s Live TV service comes to the web and Fire TV
Plex’s Live TV service, a service offering cord cutters a way to watch and record live television via an antenna, is now available to use via the web as well as on Amazon Fire TV. From the desktop, only the Live TV service itself is available, but on Fire TV, you can use both the streaming TV servi…
August 21, 2017
Plex changes its new privacy policy after backlash, clarified it’s not trying to see what’s in your library
Popular media player software maker Plex has had a rough weekend. The company alerted users via email on Friday about an updated privacy policy due to go into effect in September. The new policy would remove users’ ability to opt out of data collection, said Plex. This move quickly resulted in much…
August 02, 2017
Plex brings its Live TV streaming service to Apple TV and Android, adds time-shifting
Plex today is taking its Live TV service, including its DVR, out of beta, while also expanding to Apple TV and Android, and introducing a new “time-shifting” feature that allows you to pause, rewind and fast-forward through your live TV programs. The company first introduced its DVR capabilities fo…
July 19, 2017
Plexchat raises $7 million to provide mobile chat platform for gamers
EXCLUSIVE: Plexchat has raised $7 million in venture capital to build chat platform for mobile gamers. It may not sound that exciting or new, but the features in the chat platform are thoughtful, conceived from a gamer’s perspective, and that enabled the company to impress potential investors. The m…
June 14, 2017
Plex can now play local video files on Android, no media server required
Personal media player software maker Plex says it’s now easier for mobile users on Android to play any video file saved on their device within its app. The move will enable it to better challenge VLC, an app users have historically turned to in order play a wider variety of video file formats. The …
June 01, 2017
Nvidia’s Shield just became an even better Plex box with Live TV
Media streaming app Plex has been around (and great) since before set-top streaming boxes were even properly a thing, but on Thursday it added Live TV integration and DVR capabilities, which make it even more useful. Nvidia is doing everything it can to make its Shield streaming Android TV box the …