Kaltura

Kaltura is a video technology and software company headquartered in New York, with roots in Israel and operations across major international markets. Founded in 2006 by Shay David, Ron Yekutiel, and Michal Tsur, the company developed around the idea that video should be a programmable, collaborative, and broadly accessible layer of digital communication rather than only a broadcast format. Its technology has been used for video management, publishing, live streaming, online learning, virtual meetings, webinars, digital events, internal communications, and television streaming. The company first gained visibility through an open and developer-oriented approach to online video. Kaltura launched publicly at the TechCrunch40 event in San Francisco in September 2007 after raising approximately $2.1 million from angel investors and Avalon Ventures. Early activity included a partnership with the New York Public Library to support rich media in digital collections and a collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation to bring collaborative video functionality to Wikipedia and other MediaWiki sites. Kaltura also supported open-video initiatives, including the Open Video Alliance, and sponsored development work intended to make video editing and multimedia contribution more integrated with wiki software. Over time, Kaltura shifted from an open-video and media infrastructure emphasis toward a broad business-to-business software platform. Its core online video platform provides capabilities for ingesting, storing, organizing, searching, editing, publishing, distributing, and monetizing video. Around that platform, the company developed use-case-specific products for enterprises, educational institutions, media organizations, and service providers. Enterprise customers can use Kaltura for internal communications, employee training, knowledge sharing, marketing, town halls, live broadcasts, and video portals. Educational customers can use it for lecture capture, course media, virtual classrooms, learning management integrations, and institution-wide video libraries. Media and telecommunications customers can use Kaltura software to operate over-the-top streaming services, cloud television products, and related subscriber experiences. Partnerships and acquisitions expanded the company's scope. In 2011, Kaltura partnered with Blackboard to integrate media capabilities into Blackboard Learn, strengthening its position in educational technology. In 2014, it acquired Tvinci, adding pay-TV and over-the-top video capabilities. In 2020, it acquired Newrow, an online collaboration and meeting platform, and used that technology to connect real-time communication with video asset management, webcasting, and live production. Kaltura also worked with technology and media partners on cloud television and streaming solutions. Kaltura became a publicly traded company in July 2021 through an initial public offering on Nasdaq under the symbol KLTR. The company reported approximately $132 million in revenue in the twelve months preceding the offering, while the IPO was described as raising approximately $150 million. In 2022, it formally launched Kaltura Events, a virtual-events product covering event creation, management, automation, and performance analytics. From 2023 onward, Kaltura increasingly incorporated generative artificial intelligence into its digital-experience products, including content discovery, search, interactivity, and analytics. In 2024, it announced Class Genie, an AI-powered learning agent designed to personalize educational experiences using an institution's trusted knowledge base, and presented generative-AI capabilities for streaming services at IBC 2024. Kaltura's current positioning is as an enterprise video experience and communications platform rather than a consumer social-video service. Its principal differentiation is the combination of video management, live and on-demand delivery, collaboration, learning, events, analytics…

Kaltura was founded in Israel in 2006 by Shay David, Ron Yekutiel, and Michal Tsur. The company initially pursued an open and collaborative model for online video, seeking to make rich media easier to create, edit, publish, and incorporate into digital communities. It received approximately $2.1 million in early funding from angel investors and Avalon Ventures before launching publicly at TechCrunch40 in San Francisco in September 2007. Its early institutional work included a 2007 partnership with the New York Public Library on rich media for digital collections. In January 2008, Kaltura and the Wikimedia Foundation announced a collaboration focused on adding video and other rich media to Wikipedia and MediaWiki websites. The proposed technology enabled wiki users to contribute and edit multimedia elements in a collaborative manner analogous to editing text. Kaltura supported Wikimania 2008 and sponsored development work on an open-source video-editing solution for MediaWiki. It also became associated with the Open Video Alliance, which promoted open standards and broader participation in web video. Kaltura subsequently developed into a business-to-business video software provider. Its online video platform became the foundation for video ingestion, storage, management, publishing, distribution, monetization, analytics, and API-based integration. The company created applications for enterprise communications, employee learning, training, marketing, knowledge sharing, and collaboration; for higher education and schools, including virtual classrooms and learning-management integrations; and for media and telecommunications providers operating streaming and television services. Education became an important market. Kaltura's reported customers and users included institutions such as Harvard, Yale, and New York University, while its enterprise and media references included organizations such as Oracle, SAP, Intel, Bank of America, AT&T, Vodafone, Watch Brasil, and Bouygues Telecom. In 2011, Kaltura and Blackboard announced an integration intended to bring Kaltura media capabilities into Blackboard Learn. The company broadened its technology portfolio through acquisitions and partnerships. In 2014 it purchased Tvinci, a pay-TV technology provider, to add over-the-top television capabilities. In 2016 it announced a $50 million investment from Goldman Sachs and worked with partners including Inception, 24i Media, Encompass, and Harmonic on OTT experiences. In 2019, Kaltura reported exceeding $100 million in annual recurring revenue. It also announced work with Dativa in 2019 to develop cloud television around a dedicated data lake. In early 2020, Kaltura acquired Newrow, a collaborative online-meeting platform. The transaction supported a strategy of bringing synchronous communication together with video asset management, live broadcast, webcast, and related production functions. This positioned Kaltura to serve organizations needing a unified set of tools for recorded, live, and interactive video. Kaltura went public in July 2021, listing on Nasdaq under KLTR. The offering was described as raising approximately $150 million, and the company had reported approximately $132 million in revenue for the twelve months before the IPO. In May 2022, Kaltura formally launched Kaltura Events, adding a dedicated virtual-events product with event creation, management, automation, and analytics. Beginning in 2023, Kaltura increased its use of generative artificial intelligence across digital-experience products. The stated areas of application included content enrichment, search and discovery, interactive experiences, and analytics. In 2024, the company announced Class Genie, an AI-powered agent intended to create more individualized learning experiences from student preferences, engagement patterns, and prior interactions while drawing on an institution's trusted knowledge base. At IBC 2024, Kaltura also presented generative-AI capabilities aimed at helping streaming services produce and manage content more efficiently. Kaltura now operates as a cloud software company serving enterprise, education, media, and telecommunications customers. Its business spans video portals, enterprise video management, live streaming, webinars, virtual events, virtual classrooms, collaboration, OTT and cloud television, analytics, and AI-assisted video and learning workflows. Although founded in Israel, it is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.

1. 2024Class Genie and streaming AI announcements

   Kaltura announces Class Genie and introduces generative-AI capabilities for streaming at IBC 2024.

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2. 2022Kaltura Events launches

   Kaltura introduces a platform for virtual-event creation, operations, automation, and measurement.

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3. 2021Nasdaq listing

   Kaltura completes an IPO and begins trading on Nasdaq under KLTR.

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4. 2020Newrow acquisition

   Kaltura acquires Newrow, extending its portfolio into collaborative online meetings and real-time communication.

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5. 2019Annual recurring revenue surpasses $100 million

   Kaltura reports crossing the $100 million annual recurring revenue threshold.

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6. 2014Tvinci acquisition

   Kaltura acquires Tvinci to expand into pay-TV and OTT technology.

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7. 2011Blackboard integration partnership

   Kaltura and Blackboard announce integration of Kaltura media capabilities with Blackboard Learn.

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8. 2008Wikimedia collaboration

   Kaltura and the Wikimedia Foundation announce a project to support collaborative video and rich media in MediaWiki.

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9. 2007Public launch and New York Public Library partnership

   Kaltura launches at TechCrunch40 and begins work with the New York Public Library on rich media for digital collections.

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10. 2006Kaltura is founded

    Shay David, Ron Yekutiel, and Michal Tsur establish Kaltura in Israel.

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An API-oriented video experience cloud for enterprises, educational institutions, media companies, and telecommunications providers, combining video management, live communication, learning, events, streaming, analytics, and monetization.

• Kaltura Video PlatformEnterprise video management

  Kaltura's core video platform provides infrastructure for uploading, storing, organizing, searching, editing, publishing, distributing, and analyzing video. It is designed for organizations that need controlled video libraries, portals, permissions, APIs, workflow integrations, and support for both live and on-demand content. The platform can underpin internal communications, training, education, marketing, media distribution, and monetization use cases.

• Kaltura LiveLive streaming and webcasting

  Kaltura Live supports live video production, streaming, webcasting, and broadcast-style communication. It is intended for events such as town halls, lectures, conferences, corporate broadcasts, and media programming. The offering connects live delivery with recording, content management, audience access, and analytics so that organizations can preserve and reuse live sessions as on-demand assets.

• Kaltura EventsVirtual events2022

  Launched formally in 2022, Kaltura Events is a virtual-events platform covering event creation, administration, automation, audience engagement, and performance measurement. It is positioned for organizations running webinars, conferences, customer events, educational programs, and large internal meetings. Its connection to Kaltura's video platform allows live sessions, recordings, speakers, and event analytics to be managed within a broader video workflow.

• Kaltura Virtual ClassroomEducational technology

  Kaltura's virtual-classroom capabilities support online teaching, interactive sessions, recorded course content, and integration with educational workflows. They extend the company's video-management foundation into learning environments where institutions need to combine live instruction, on-demand media, course organization, and learner access. The product family is aimed at schools, universities, and other education providers.

• Kaltura Cloud TVOTT and cloud television

  Kaltura Cloud TV provides software components for television and over-the-top streaming experiences. Its capabilities derive partly from Kaltura's expansion into pay-TV technology through the acquisition of Tvinci and subsequent work with streaming and technology partners. The offering is intended for media companies, broadcasters, telecommunications providers, and other operators building digital TV services, content catalogs, and subscriber-facing applications.

• Class GenieGenerative AI for learning2024

  Announced in 2024, Class Genie is an AI-powered learning agent designed to create more personalized educational experiences. Kaltura describes it as using student preferences, engagement patterns, and previous interactions while relying on an institution's trusted knowledge base. The concept extends Kaltura's education portfolio toward AI-assisted discovery, interaction, and learning support rather than treating video as only a storage or delivery medium.

• 2023Expand into generative AIStrategy

  Generative AI created opportunities to improve video discovery, content preparation, interaction, analytics, and learning workflows.

  What changed. Kaltura began integrating generative-AI capabilities into its digital-experience products.

  Aftermath. AI became a more visible part of Kaltura's product direction, particularly in education, content discovery, and streaming.

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• 2022Launch Kaltura EventsProduct launch

  The growth of webinars and digitally delivered conferences created demand for dedicated tools covering the full virtual-event lifecycle.

  What changed. Kaltura launched Kaltura Events with event creation, management, automation, and analytics capabilities.

  Aftermath. The launch extended Kaltura's video platform into event operations and measurement.

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• 2021Complete the initial public offeringOther

  After expanding its enterprise, education, media, and communications software portfolio, Kaltura pursued access to public-market capital.

  What changed. Kaltura listed on Nasdaq under KLTR in July 2021.

  Aftermath. The listing made Kaltura a publicly traded video-software company and provided a public-market framework for its continuing growth strategy.

  IPO proceeds. $150 million (July 2021 IPO)

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• 2020Acquire Newrow for real-time collaborationM&A

  Organizations increasingly needed a combined environment for meetings, live broadcasts, webcasts, recorded video, and searchable video assets.

  What changed. Kaltura acquired Newrow and integrated its collaborative online-meeting capabilities with Kaltura's video management and live-video technology.

  Aftermath. The acquisition strengthened Kaltura's positioning as a unified platform for live, interactive, and on-demand video communication.

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• 2014Acquire Tvinci to enter broader OTT televisionM&A

  Kaltura sought to expand beyond enterprise and educational video management into pay-TV and over-the-top television services.

  What changed. The company acquired Tvinci and incorporated its pay-TV technology into Kaltura's wider video offering.

  Aftermath. The transaction broadened Kaltura's addressable market to include media operators, telecommunications companies, and streaming-service providers.

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• 2024Kaltura announces Class Genie and streaming-focused generative AI

  Kaltura announced Class Genie, an AI learning agent designed around institution-controlled knowledge, and presented generative-AI tools for streaming services at IBC 2024.

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• 2023Kaltura expands generative-AI capabilities

  Kaltura began incorporating generative AI into digital-experience products, targeting content enrichment, discovery, interactivity, and analytics.

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• 2022Kaltura launches Kaltura Events

  The company introduced a virtual-events platform with tools for event creation, administration, automation, and performance measurement.

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• 2021Kaltura completes Nasdaq initial public offering

  Kaltura listed on Nasdaq under KLTR in an initial public offering described as raising approximately $150 million.

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• 2020Kaltura acquires Newrow

  Kaltura acquired Newrow and began combining its online meeting and real-time collaboration capabilities with video management, live broadcasting, and webcasting products.

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• 2019Kaltura reports more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue

  The company stated that it had surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, reflecting expansion of its subscription-oriented software business.

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• 2016Kaltura raises capital from Goldman Sachs

  Kaltura announced a $50 million financing from Goldman Sachs to support its growth in video technology and related markets.

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• 2014Kaltura acquires Tvinci

  The acquisition expanded Kaltura into pay-TV and over-the-top television software.

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• 2011Kaltura and Blackboard announce an education-media partnership

  The companies announced integration of Kaltura media capabilities with Blackboard Learn for educational institutions.

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• 2008Kaltura collaborates with the Wikimedia Foundation on video for wikis

  The company and the Wikimedia Foundation began work on integrating collaborative rich-media and video-editing functionality into MediaWiki-based sites.

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• 2007Kaltura launches publicly at TechCrunch40

  Kaltura presented its online video technology publicly at the TechCrunch40 event in San Francisco after securing early angel and venture funding.

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