Divestiture closed
Shutterstock acquires GIPHY (2023)
Shutterstock completed the acquisition of GIPHY on 23 May 2023 for $53 million, buying from Meta.[1]
Meta sold Giphy to Shutterstock for a reported $53 million, about a sixth of what it had paid three years earlier, to comply with the divestiture ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- $53 million (equity value)
- Buyer
- Shutterstock
- Seller
- Meta
- Assets
- GIPHY
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
| Owner | Owned | Relationship | Stake | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shutterstock | GIPHY | owns | 100% | 2023-05-23 | present |
Who owns GIPHY today?
- GIPHY — owned by Shutterstock since 2023
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Shutterstock, Inc. Form 8-K — acquisition of GIPHY, Inc. — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 23 May 2023; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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