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Zight is a technology company.
Zight, formerly CloudApp, offers a visual communication platform for business and team collaboration. It acts as an all-in-one screen recorder, enabling users to capture, annotate, and share videos, screenshots, and GIFs. This capability transforms complex ideas into clear visual messages, streamlining communication and boosting productivity.
CloudApp launched in 2010 as a content sharing tool. Scott Smith, now CEO, significantly shaped its direction. He recognized visual assets enhance communication clarity and efficiency over text, driving the platform's evolution and 2023 rebranding to Zight.
Zight serves businesses and professional teams for internal and external communication. Users leverage it for product demonstrations, onboarding, support, and design feedback. The company envisions a future where visual communication empowers organizations to convey messages with precision, fostering efficient, collaborative work.
Zight has raised $15.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Zight has raised $15.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Zight has raised $15.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Zight's investors include Brian Smith, Mandeep Arora, Alt Capital, GE Ventures, Kickstart Fund, L Catterton Growth, One Planet Group, Precursor Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, TrueSight Ventures, XFactor Ventures.
Zight is a San Francisco-based technology company that builds an all-in-one visual communication platform for screen recording, screenshots, GIFs, and AI-powered editing tools.[1][2][3][5] It serves tech teams like product designers, developers, sales, customer support, and remote workers by solving inefficient text-based communication—enabling instant sharing of videos, images, and annotations to align teams and boost productivity, with over 5 million users and integrations like Slack, Jira, Asana, and Zapier.[1][2][3][5] Generating $9.7 million in revenue with 46 employees, Zight shows strong growth momentum, including recent AI features like Smart Actions and free AI suite access until March 2025, plus recognition as INC's "Snapchat of business" in 2017 and a top G2 product.[1][2][3]
Zight originated as CloudApp, a screen capture tool acquired in January 2014 by Aluminum.io and Xenon Ventures, with Tyler Koblasa stepping in as General Manager and CEO.[3] In June 2016, Koblasa raised $2 million led by Tikhon Bernstam (Scribd/Parse founder) and Kyle York (Dyn CSO), acquiring the IP from Aluminum.io and bringing on Scott Smith to scale the business.[3] Key milestones include the 2020 iOS app launch, 'Instant Video' streaming, and five quarters on G2's top lists; in April 2023, CEO Scott Smith rebranded it to Zight, evolving from basic captures to AI-enhanced workflows.[2][3]
Zight rides the wave of remote and async work trends, where visual tools replace endless meetings and emails amid hybrid teams and AI-driven productivity shifts.[1][2][5] Timing aligns with post-2020 remote explosion and AI adoption, as its Instant Video (2020) and recent AI suite address real-time collaboration needs in a $9.7M revenue-generating market drawing software industry buzz.[2] Market forces like tool fragmentation favor Zight's all-in-one approach, influencing ecosystems by embedding into Atlassian, Slack, and Jira—empowering 5M+ users in dev, sales, and support to cut back-and-forth, while free AI access accelerates adoption.[1][3][5]
Zight is poised to expand its AI toolkit beyond March 2025, potentially dominating visual async comms as multimodal AI and enterprise integrations grow.[2][5] Trends like agentic AI for workflows and video-first support will shape it, evolving from CloudApp's capture roots to a full productivity hub—amplifying influence via deeper ecosystem ties. With momentum from 5M users and recent PR buzz, Zight stands ready to capture, share, and optimize workflows at scale, fulfilling its "Snapchat of business" promise.[1][2]
Zight has raised $15.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Series A in January 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2022 | $9.0M Series A | Brian Smith, Mandeep Arora | Alt Capital, GE Ventures, Kickstart Fund, L Catterton Growth, One Planet Group, Precursor Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, TrueSight Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Chris Murphy, Guy Podjarny, Ilya Kondrashov, Jeffrey Wilke, Liu Jiang, Maximilian Tayenthal, Derek Andersen, Peter Kazanjy, Bloomberg Beta, Cervin Ventures, Forward VC, New Ground Ventures, Peninsula Ventures |
| May 1, 2019 | $4.0M Seed | Kickstart Fund | Felicis Ventures, GE Ventures, Golden Ventures, Graph Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, GSV Acceleration, Indicator Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Northside Ventures, One Planet Group, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Red Swan Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Ben Jabbawy, Brian Sugar, Kevin Miller, Paul Hedrick, Phil Libin, Rob Goldman, Dan Caffee, Dan Cook, Dave Grow, Jeremy Andrus, Karl Sun, Kyle York, Ryan Smith, Shaun Ritchie, Bloomberg Beta, Cervin Ventures, SAP.iO |
| Jun 1, 2016 | $2.0M Seed | Andreessen Horowitz, Brighter Capital, ENIAC Ventures, Jonathan Axelrod, FJ Labs, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Graph Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Montauk Ventures, NextView Ventures, Polaris Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Scrum Ventures, Seven Seven Six, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Amit Gupta, Biz Stone, Bobby Goodlatte, Emmett Shear, Javier Olivan, Jeremy Stoppelman, Matt Mazzeo, Yishan Wong |