Meme Platform Giggles Completes $1.2M Pre-Seed Round Led by 1kx Capital

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Giggles, a short-video and meme trading platform, raised a $1.2 million Pre-Seed round in 2025, led by 1kx Capital. Investors include Virtuals Protocol, Social Graph Ventures, Noar Ventures, and Night Capital, along with angel investors from OpenAI and Bain Capital. Founded by 19-year-old Canadian Justin Jin, Giggles is a TikTok-style app where all content is tradable. Users can discover and trade the prices of trending videos and memes, combining social video browsing with prediction markets. The app is currently in invite-only testing with a large waiting list, demonstrating how trending altcoins and the Fear & Greed Index are shaping the content economy and crypto trends.

ChainCatcher report: According to market sources, the short-form video + meme trading platform Giggles completed a $1.2 million Pre-Seed funding round in 2025, with investors including 1kx Capital, Virtuals Protocol, Social Graph Ventures, Noar Ventures, and Night Capital. Angel investors hail from institutions such as OpenAI and Bain Capital. Reported to be built by 19-year-old Canadian founder Justin Jin, Giggles is a TikTok-style short-form video social app with a core mechanism of “everything is tradable,” enabling users to discover prices and trade trending videos and memes. The project combines social video browsing with prediction markets: users who buy content early can profit if it goes viral. Currently in invite-only testing, Giggles has amassed a large waitlist, reflecting the convergence of the content economy and crypto trends.

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