COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 18 NOV 2025

Shots Studios

Shots Studios is a Los Angeles-based media company founded by brothers John Shahidi and Sam Shahidi. The company creates original mobile-first content, primarily for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. With originals spanning…

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Founded: 2013
Headcount: 16
Open roles: 0
Last raised: Series A · Sign in to view

LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

OPEN ROLES

Roles at Shots Studios

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$15,200,000

Investors

500 Startups Slow Ventures Soma CapitalACMEDCMDaniel CurranDennis PhelpsFlight VenturesFloyd MayweatherJustin BieberLAUNCHLudlow VenturesMajor League Baseball VenturesMaven VenturesNALA InvestmentsOmar EppsPete CashmoreRainfall VenturesRodney JerkinsShervin PishevarSocial StartsThomas McInerneyUniversal Music GroupUpfront VenturesWI Harper Group

Funding rounds

Series A
DCM, WI Harper Group, LAUNCH
$4MSep 7, 2015
Series A
WI Harper Group, Upfront Ventures, 500 Startups, Rodney Jerkins, Major League Baseball Ventures, Social Starts, Soma Capital, ACME, Dennis Phelps, Pete Cashmore, Daniel Curran, Flight Ventures, Universal Music Group, Ludlow Ventures, Maven Ventures, LAUNCH, Shervin Pishevar
$8.5MApr 20, 2015
Seed
Justin Bieber, NALA Investments, Omar Epps, Thomas McInerney, Floyd Mayweather, Shervin Pishevar, Maven Ventures, Rainfall Ventures
$2.7MNov 11, 2013

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Industry

Media & Entertainment Streaming & Content Creator Economy & Social

Investors

500 Startups Slow Ventures Soma Capital

Industries

Software Companies Media And Information Companies

Tech Stack

Mysql Php Ruby On Rails Go Amazon Web Services Redis Wordpress Java

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Shots Studios offices

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San Francisco, CA512 2nd Street