9gag

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/9gag

9GAG is the global cross-platform entertainment media network. It is a place for fun, conversation, and engagement. Founded in 2008, 9GAG’s mission is to make the world happier. 9GAG has a total of 150 million global audience with 39 million followers on Facebook, 44 million on Instagram and 15 million on Twitter. Being #1 ranked global social media platform in entertainment & gaming, #1 ranked US's cross-platform video creators, we distribute 2.2 billion social video views on a monthly basis (source: tubular labs). 9GAG.com is #6 most followed brand on Instagram and is a top 200 website globally. 9GAG is backed by: Freestyle Capital, True Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft Partners, 500 Startups, Y Combinator and a group of great angel investors in the United States. eg Anthony Soohoo, Benjamin Ling, BoxGroup, Gary Vaynerchuk, James Hong, Kevin Rose, Karl Jacob, Lowercase Capital, Maneesh Arora, Naval Ravikant, Othman Laraki, Philip Kaplan, Rich Chen, Rich Lefurgy, Scott and Cyan Banister, Tim Ferriss.

About
  • Year Founded: 2007
  • Number of Founders: 5
  • HQ: Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong
  • Domain: 9gag.com
  • Email: support@9gag.com
  • Industries: Video, Internet, Social Media
  • Tags: social-media, social, social-network
  • Total Funding: 2800000
  • Number of Funding Rounds: 3.0
  • Last Funding Round Type: Pre-Seed
  • Last Funding Date: 2012-08-22
  • Team Size: 36
  • Founder Names: Ray Chan, Chris Chan, Derek Chan, Marco Fung, Brian Yu
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Contacts

Tohfeek Gafoor

Vice President Regional Business Development

email: tohfeek@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/tohfeek-gafoor-3b85628

Marco Fung

Co-Founder

email: marco@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/marco0119

Brian Yu

Co-Founder

email: brian.yu@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/barelyanything

Xing Ting

Chief Executive Officer

email: xing.ting@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/xing-ting-113742158

Kevin Yuen

Head of Product

email: kevin.yuen@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kstyuen

Chi Chow

Head of Operations

email: chung@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/chowchichung

Karen Cheng

Head of Social

email: karen@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/karenckarenc

Chris Chan

Co-Founder

email: chris@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/chrischancc

Constance Tang

User Interface and User Experience Design Lead

email: constance@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/constancetang

Calvin Tsang

Technical Lead

email: calvin@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/yuripave

Kin Chan

Technical Product Manager

email: kin@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kin-chan-hk

Kevin Kwong

Chief Business Officer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kevinkwongtt

Valerie Fung

Content Partnerships Manager

email: valerie@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/valeriefung

Fung Lung

Lead Ios Engineer

email: fung.lung@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/fclsteven

Hazel Lai

Business Development Manager

email: hazel@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/hazel-lai-81a06815b

Andrew Wu

Senior Programmatic Manager

email: andrew@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andrew-wu-5a0a84108

Calvin Angeles

Business Development Manager, Sea

email: calvin.angeles@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/calvin-angeles-a51281168

Ted Mosby

Observer

email: ted@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ted-mosby-05002558

Derek Brennan

Moderator of a Meme Page

email: derek@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/derek-brennan-67b86914a

Hoon Lee

Business Director, Korea

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/hoonl

Zeta Lo

Marketing Director, 9gag and Memeland

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/zeta-lo-13a822177

Kin Chan

Software Engineer

email: kchan@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kin-chan-aa6000114

John Markson

Memeoligist

email: john@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/john-markson-588704137

Gareth Lau

Blockchain Engineer

email: gareth@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/gareth-lau-8b091b9b

Sean Wong

Mobile Engineer

email: sean@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/sean-w

Carlos Chan

Mobile Engineer

email: carlos@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/carloschanhk

Oska Cheng

Mobile Engineer and Web3 Engineer

email: oska@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/theoska

Fiona Wong

Account Manager

email: fiona.wong@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/fiona-wong-679aab1b4

Henry Leung

Account Management

email: henry.leung@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/henry-leung-7b2b821b4

Wally Yuen

Product Manager, Qa

email: wally@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/wally-yuen-0200b3141

Prince Aaron

Dafuq

email: prince@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/prince-aaron-80a9074b

Kyle Chung

Product Manager

email: kyle@9gag.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kyleckh

Raymond Chan

Software Engineer

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/raymond-chan-7467ab31

Sarah Ng

Operations

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/sarah-ng-2268323b

Rita Lee

Senior Product Manager

email: None

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ritaylee