Laugh.ly

Laugh.ly is the Pandora for Streaming Comedy

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location San Francisco, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2016
  • Employees 9
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website laughradio.com

Company Summary

Laugh.ly is the first streaming app dedicated to stand-up comedy. It not only allows listeners to stream comedy from professional comedians, it allows emerging comedians to upload and publish material on their own. We also have direct distribution deals with the largest comedy media publishers, such as Comedy Central. No other platform has the ability to capture a significant portion of the $10b comedy market and $15b audio advertising market.

Team

  • David Scott
    CEO and Founder

    Serial entrepreneur with 8 successful exits and paid comedian. CMO for multiple companies. Host of Marketing Superstars Radio Show. BS in Computer Science, MBA from Wharton.

  • Rashidi Hendrix
    Chief Content Officer

    20 years of experience in media licensing. Former writer for the Jimmy Kimmel show, Def Jam Comedy.

  • Nikhil Karnik
    Senior Engineer

    Started career as software engineer for a biotech and data infrastructure startup. Transitioned to an engineering role at Microsoft, where he worked on Yammer. Univ. of Penn engineering grad.

  • Ijeoma Emeagwali
    Senior Engineer

    Worked at the intersection of product and engineering and has worked at several high-tech companies including Google. BS and MS from MIT.

  • Michael Rome
    CFO

    20 years investing on Wall Street. Wharton MBA.

Advisors

  • Larry Lieberman
    Randy Adams (ex-Funny or Die)
    Unconfirmed
    Delida Costin
    Unconfirmed
  • Elliott Peters
    Unconfirmed

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