# Clipto

> Local-first AI search across video, audio, images, and documents on a user’s computer, with optional MCP access for agents.

## Why it is interesting

August 31, 2026: $15 million all-equity at $250 million post-money. Founder Henry Kang told TechCrunch $15 million ARR and net-income profitability with just over 20 employees — about 17× ARR if both numbers hold. No lead named. HSG is not Sequoia Capital.

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Undisclosed (all-equity) — $15M (August 2026)
- **Latest known valuation:** $250M post-money (August 2026)
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** $15M
- **Stage:** other
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, media-entertainment, developer-tools
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **Latest funding investors:** HSG, GL Ventures, EnvisionX Capital, Palm Drive Capital, Hans Tung, Lu Zhang, 522 Ventures

## Key facts

- Aug 31, 2026: $15M all-equity at $250M post (company PR + TechCrunch). No named lead.
- Kang to TC: $15M ARR start of 2026; net-income profitable; ~20 employees
- >30 million have used the products (company); hundreds of thousands paying — count and ARPU declined
- HSG is formerly Sequoia China, not Sequoia Capital
- Competitors inside Adobe / Apple / Google libraries; Clipto claims cross-format local search

## Funding history

- Undisclosed (all-equity) · $15M · August 2026
  Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/three-year-old-ai-media-search-startup-clipto-hits-a-250m-valuation/

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- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-clipto-15m-250m-hsg-local-video-search
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-2-investment-news-afterquery-frontier-clipto
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-vc-news

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**Last updated:** September 2, 2026

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