In March of 2015, my co-founder, John, and I launched Body.io contained in the confines of our boutique post-production firm in New York Metropolis. It was a product constructed with a deep appreciation for the wants of video professionals, born out of our personal experiences as post-production consultants.
By October of that very same yr, we had formally turn out to be a enterprise backed firm. Vas Natarajan of Accel put a stake within the floor and took a guess on our small and mighty group, who had a daring however unproven imaginative and prescient for reworking the world of video. Over the previous few years, our Board grew to incorporate a number of the most famed buyers in tech, all of whom have now turn out to be cherished mentors, colleagues, and pals. Thanks to Accel, Firstmark, SignalFire, Perception, and Itai Tsiddon for believing in Body.io.
We now have a world group of consumers, supporters, companions, and workers. I wish to sincerely thank every one in all you.
Immediately, I’m extremely excited to announce our intent to affix forces with Adobe.
This $1.275B deal will permit us to proceed our mission of remodeling and creating the way forward for collaborative video workflows.
The world of video is seeing explosive development.
Over the previous a number of years, we’ve seen our business remodel and evolve in unprecedented methods.
The barrier to entry for video creators has plummeted, whereas demand for video has skyrocketed. Blockbuster entertainers can barely sustain with the insatiable want for streaming content material; in the meantime, new companies and storytellers are harnessing video as the ever present methodology to encourage audiences and share info. Whether or not telling a model story on social media, educating minds on the best way to code, launching a brand new product, or getting the world hyped for the following rocket launch, we’re utilizing video in all places. It’s an unimaginable time to be a video skilled.
The explosive development in video has helped catapult Body.io to the forefront of cloud-based workflows. Body.io permits each stakeholder, irrespective of the place they’re, to take part within the inventive course of with the suitable controls, suggestions instruments, and privateness settings in place. And we’re simply getting began. Our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for video is stronger than ever.
Why Adobe?
There isn’t a firm on the planet that has had a higher, extra transformative influence on the inventive business than Adobe.
Instruments for creativity are core to Adobe’s DNA and, equally necessary, core to their enterprise. Video is the fruits of a number of inventive disciplines and we’ve usually heard your requests for Body.io to be extra seamlessly built-in with the Inventive Cloud. When I attempt to think about an organization the place Body.io cannot solely proceed our innovation-oriented mission, however take it to the following degree, Adobe is certainly the precise dwelling and the very best group to affix. We are also assured that Adobe is a tradition which shares our values and an organization the place our group can thrive.
Our joint mission with Adobe shall be to proceed constructing Body.io with expanded assets, whereas persevering with to assist a broad ecosystem of workflows. Over time, you possibly can count on to see Body.io extra deeply woven into Adobe’s inventive apps with a concentrate on making Premiere Professional the world’s most collaborative video enhancing platform. With our two corporations joined collectively, the alternatives are limitless.
What does this imply for the Body.io product?
The Body.io product you already know and love shouldn’t be going wherever.
The distinction? Body.io will merely have much more assets and good minds behind it. However actually, that’s an understatement. We’ve a daring imaginative and prescient for the longer term and we’re trying ahead to sharing it with you over the approaching months and years.
The modifications you’ll see shall be additive to our present capabilities; you possibly can count on to see deeper integration with Premiere Professional and different Adobe merchandise. We may also proceed our dedication to put money into different accomplice integrations together with Last Minimize Professional, DaVinci Resolve, and AVID Media Composer.
Till the transaction closes, it’s enterprise as typical for Body.io. Our prospects can depend on the identical nice merchandise, providers, and costs that we provide immediately.
We stay up for beginning this subsequent chapter alongside you as we proceed working to convey you an excellent higher model of Body.io.
Right here we go!
Try the official press release and our FAQs about the acquisition.
Sincerely,
Emery Wells
CEO, Body.io
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