Projector is a technology company.
Projector has raised $14.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Projector has raised $14.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Projector has raised $14.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Projector's investors include Adverb Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, M.G. Siegler, Homebrew, Quiet Capital, Systemiq Capital, TMV, Bre Pettis, Kyle Vogt, Matt Brezina, MG Siegler, Mike Abbott.
Projector (Projector.Is, Inc.) is an early-stage technology startup developing a video streaming app that transforms personal video collections into organized, shareable "photo albums for videos." It targets consumers and businesses seeking easy ways to manage and stream family memories, home videos, or corporate education content across smart TVs and nine platforms. The app solves the problem of scattered personal videos by enabling automated curation, with AI features to analyze and compile content effortlessly, achieving rapid growth from a proof-of-concept launch in October (pre-2026) to nearly 1,500 subscribers without marketing spend[4].
Founded by CEO & Co-Founder Robert Marks, Projector emerged from Sugar Falls, Ohio—not typical tech hubs like Silicon Valley or the East Coast—as a novel solution for video organization. Marks bootstrapped the platform through friends and family funding to build its complex multi-platform infrastructure, launching a proof-of-concept that exceeded expectations by quickly gaining traction on every smart TV. Pivotal early moments include hitting 1,500 subscribers organically and attracting interest from corporate education users, prompting a $2 million raise in late 2025 to fuel marketing rather than product development[4].
Projector rides the wave of AI-driven personal media management and the explosion of user-generated video content, fueled by smartphones and cloud storage. Timing aligns with maturing smart TV ecosystems and demand for nostalgic, shareable family archives amid broader digitization trends. Market forces like rising subscriptions for streaming services (projector hardware market growing to $14.18B by 2029 at 5.1% CAGR) favor software overlays like Projector, which democratizes video storytelling without competing directly with giants[4][6]. It influences the ecosystem by pioneering video-specific tools from an unlikely Ohio base, potentially inspiring regional tech clusters and B2B extensions in education[4].
Projector is poised for a 10x subscriber scaling moment, targeting 200,000 users in five years via its $2M raise for marketing, with AI enhancements driving viral family and enterprise adoption. Trends like advanced AI curation and cross-platform streaming will accelerate growth, while smart home integration could amplify reach. Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to category leader in personal video apps, humanizing scattered digital memories in an AI-saturated world—echoing its core promise of effortless, heartfelt video albums[4].
Projector has raised $14.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Series A in April 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2018 | $9.0M Series A | Adverb Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, M.G. Siegler, Homebrew, Quiet Capital, Systemiq Capital, TMV, Bre Pettis, Kyle Vogt, Matt Brezina, MG Siegler, Mike Abbott, Sam Altman | |
| Apr 1, 2016 | $5.0M Seed | 01 Advisors, Advisors Fund LLC, Amplify Partners, Audrey Capital, Avalon Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Celesta, Combustion Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Foundation Capital, Fuel Capital, Genoa Ventures, Heavybit, IDG Ventures, Invariantes Fund, Lerer Hippeau, Long Journey Ventures, Prefix Capital, Alexander Rosen, Gil Penchina, Ridge Ventures, ThirdLove, Trinity Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Alex Payne, Alison Pincus, Andy Bechtolsheim, Eric Ries, Jean Pigozzi, John Kobs, Kyle York, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Pincus, Mark Williamson, Roger Ehrenberg, Scott Banister, Sophia Lee |