---
title: "Viki: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Rakuten Viki is an American over-the-top streaming television service owned by Rakuten. It is available in premium subscription video on-demand and free ad-supported tiers."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-viki
type: Organization
wikidata: Q7929430
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten_Viki
website: https://www.viki.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Viki

> Rakuten Viki is an American over-the-top streaming television service owned by Rakuten. It is available in premium subscription video on-demand and free ad-supported tiers.

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## Facts

- Category: Data and infrastructure
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2007-01-01
- Headquarters: California
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.viki.com/
- Also known as: Rakuten Viki
- Industries: entertainment

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/Viki

## Key people

- Razmig Hovaghimian, founder (entrepreneur)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2011-10-27: Form D, USD 19.5 million sold of a USD 21.5 million offering, 14 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532585/000153258511000001/))

## Ownership

Parent: [Rakuten Group, Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-group-inc.md)

## Products

- streaming media
- video on demand

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Viki, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-viki#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7929430, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten_Viki
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001532585

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