# Plex Gets $50M in Funding
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714 "2021-04-16T02:47:54Z")
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### Author:  [@kamhouse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kamhouse)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714/1 "2021-04-16T02:47:54Z")
I just wanted to point out the latest funding news from Plex in case not everyone saw it.
From the Plex blog.
> **[One Giant Step for Plex-Kind | Plex](https://www.plex.tv/blog/one-giant-step-for-plex-kind/)**
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> Hey there. Some pretty big news today, so we’ll get right to it. We just closed a significant round of...
Then a couple of the two dozen plus news sites that added their take.
> **[Plex wants to go mainstream by fixing streaming TV’s biggest annoyance](https://www.fastcompany.com/90625189/plex-funding-streaming-new-features)**
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> There are too many streaming services to manage, and Plex is still attempting to tame them. Now it’s raised more money to help that effort.
> **[Plex Raises $50 Million to Become ‘One Stop Shop’ for Streaming | Cord...](https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/plex-raises-50-million-to-become-one-stop-shop-for-streaming/)**
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> Plex has completed a round of funding, adding a $50 million infusion from an investor in hopes of becoming a “one stop shop” for streaming entertainment with an interface that will put all of your streaming media into one menu. Plex is aiming to...
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### Author:  [@kamhouse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kamhouse)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714/2 "2021-04-16T03:08:52Z")
Hopefully some of this will be used to implement the top server related feature requests and not used purely for live streaming service plugins.
I’m thinking things like [Multiple Cuts of Movies](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-cuts-of-movie/20550/583), [Server Messages](https://forums.plex.tv/t/send-server-messages/23773/543), and the trio of [Multiple EPG Sources](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-epg-sources-for-those-with-multiple-tuners/192844/215), [TV Everywhere](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-add-tv-everywhere-to-live-tv-dvr/464160/78), and [Reordering TV Channels](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rename-reorder-channels-in-livetv/282457).
Although in the live streaming realm I wouldn’t mind having a [Movies Anywhere](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-anyone-at-plex-looking-at-doing-something-like-moviesanywhere-com/209911) integration.
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### Author:  [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714/3 "2021-04-16T03:11:15Z")
> [@kamhouse](#):
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> Hopefully some of this will be used to implement the top server related feature requests and not used purely for “Ad-Supported” live streaming
Fixed that for ya - and Fat Chance.
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### Author:  [@trekant](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trekant)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714/4 "2021-04-25T13:35:25Z")
I can’t thank you enough kamhouse 👍
I have been wondering whats been going on behind the scene with all those changes.
Changes I as a private user don’t care about.
Like getting rid of the back-Back-back functionality which closed the app and let me chose another Media providers app for their content.
As separate apps decrease privacy issues.
In the last couple of years the software had added a lot of new features and a lot of bugs.
None of it which I personally do not care about or want. Where as necessary and useful changes to the GUI and functionality has not been done. Like work as a service on a Windows server.
I essence, the changes have been to support their benefactor and not their original user base.
I do wonder if this will affect their old user base;
According to one of the articles, Plex major asset is the private user base.
I am just speculating, but if a majority of them migrate to an alternate software which provide better privacy or a platform, won’t this affect Plex in a negative way?
🙄
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-gets-50m-in-funding/709714/5 "2021-07-24T13:35:31Z")
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