Companies · Media & Content

KiteSummer 2023Active

San Francisco · CA, USA · Media & Content · founded 2023 · https://kite.video

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Kite — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Top 79%
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Latest stage · inferred

Kite: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Media & Content

Kite is one of 1052 Media & Content companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2023. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 22% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos

Kite is a screen recorder that makes your demo videos look like Apple commercials in minutes. Simply record your app (works for iPhone recordings too!). Kite will track your cursor and keyboard inputs, so it can automatically zoom in on the action with professional 3D animations. Kite is as easy as Canva, but your videos will look like they came out of OpenAI or Figma. - One-click cinematic 3D animations - Display recordings on 3D mockup devices (MacBooks, iPhones etc) - Combine unlimited recordings into one video - Edit, adjust speed and trim recordings - Add text scenes and text annotations alongside recordings - AI voiceovers using state of the art text to speech models - Free music library - Brand kit–upload your logos, colors and fonts - Start from our template library or start from scratch Kite is used by hundreds of YC companies for launch videos, social media posts, landing page demos, changelog updates, feature releases and more.

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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

No round amounts on record to chart.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps

No staged rounds to sequence.

Modeled valuation trajectory
Base estimate est.
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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1052 companies in Media & Content. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$2.2M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$16.7M

Raised more than 22% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 22% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

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Modeled next size est.
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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Kite is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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What does Kite do and where is it based?
Kite operates in the Media & Content sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos
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