Netskrt Systems Inc.
Founded 2017 · 97 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
Netskrt operates a content delivery network (CDN) purpose-built for streaming on-demand and live video, with a focus on live tier-one sports events. It serves content streamers, delivering payloads across a global network with last-mile reach into ISP networks.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Netskrt Systems Inc. is a Canadian content delivery network (CDN) company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a team distributed across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Its network is purpose-built for on-demand and live streaming video, with particular emphasis on tier-one live sports events, and the company describes it as a global CDN with last-mile visibility that extends into the final subnet of internet service provider (ISP) networks.
The company originally developed an edge CDN (eCDN) combining cloud analytics and edge software placed at what it calls the "absolute edge" of the network. Cloud-based, title- and network-aware content management predictively loads content onto locally embedded caches, enabling higher-quality streaming in locations where conventional CDNs cannot reach, including rural and remote areas and constrained mobile environments such as trains, aircraft and ships. Over time the positioning has broadened toward serving content streamers and ISPs directly: content providers use the network to verify and validate delivery to the extreme edges of the internet, while ISPs use embedded caching to deliver last-mile content while controlling bandwidth costs.
Leadership consists of co-founders Siegfried (Sig) Luft (President and CEO), Moira Dang (COO, previously VP Engineering) and Lars Cavi (CRO), alongside CFO Charles Cook, VP Marketing Kevin Walsh and VP Content Dave Prail. The board includes the three co-founders plus Brad Johns (Yaletown), Ludovic André (Credit Mutuel Equity), John Seminerio and Mike Satterfield.
Founding story
Netskrt originated in the summer of 2017 when Siegfried Luft, Lars Cavi and Moira Dang identified an opportunity in over-the-top (OTT) video streaming and set milestones covering market validation and initial angel investment. Having exceeded their six-month goals within three months, the three co-founders incorporated Netskrt Systems Inc. on November 2, 2017. Early market research spanned transportation environments — planes, trains, cruise ships and buses — as well as constrained settings such as remote hotels; the team selected the train sector, particularly in the UK and EU, as its initial go-to-market.
Business model
Netskrt sells content delivery capacity and edge caching to content streamers and platforms, and deploys embedded caches inside ISP networks and at internet exchanges. In its earlier transportation-focused phase the company described a model based on the sale of a managed software appliance plus monthly service charges. It positions itself as an alternative or complement within customers' multi-CDN strategies.
Delivery services sold to content providers and streaming platforms, with an earlier stated model of appliance sales plus recurring monthly service fees.
Traction
Netskrt reported services in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom as of 2024, and Built In lists 55 total employees. Deployments and engagements cited in coverage include the LNER train pilot in the UK (2022), caches activated at the MIX Bologna exchange node in Italy in September 2025, a partnership with Lumen, delivery support for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video and the Super Bowl on Peacock, and planned support for FIFA World Cup streaming delivery. The company also published a "State of the ISP Survey" based on input from 55 global ISPs collected between May and August 2025.
Latest developments
In January 2026 Netskrt published its State of the ISP Survey, which found live sporting events to be the most difficult streaming challenge for ISPs, with American football traffic the leading concern. A Lumen–Netskrt partnership was featured in Streaming Media in March 2026, and a February 2026 Streaming Media Blog piece reported on the company's disclosed network capacity and revenue and its approach to adding capacity. In June 2026 Netskrt announced it would support streaming delivery for the FIFA World Cup.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Netskrt presents itself as the first global CDN with last-mile visibility and as a financially sound alternative in a CDN market it characterizes as splintering and facing economic pressure. Industry coverage in February 2026 described the company as having established a foothold in global streaming video, particularly tier-one live events, supporting Thursday Night Football on Prime Video and the Super Bowl on Peacock.
The company's stated differentiator is reach and observability beyond the traditional CDN edge — caches embedded in the last-mile ISP subnet and in constrained or mobile environments — combined with predictive, title- and network-aware content placement, giving content owners visibility to validate delivery all the way to end subscribers.
Technology
The Netskrt CDN pairs cloud analytics with edge software and locally embedded caches positioned in the last subnet of ISP networks, at internet exchange points, and historically on board vehicles such as trains. Cloud-based, title- and network-aware content management predictively pre-loads content into these caches so that on-demand and live streams can be served locally, reducing latency, easing load on national and international backbones, and providing last-mile visibility for verifying delivery. The company says its approach is protected in part by patents.
Go-to-market
Netskrt sells directly to content streamers and ISPs and works through partnerships with infrastructure providers, internet exchanges and, in its earlier transportation focus, incumbent Wi-Fi providers to shorten lengthy sales cycles. It maintains a visible thought-leadership program, with executives publishing in Streaming Media, TV Technology, SportsPro and SBJ and releasing an ISP survey to support demand generation.
Content providers and streaming platforms — particularly those holding live sports rights and operating ad-supported channels — internet service providers of any size seeking to control bandwidth costs, and, in the company's earlier phase, transportation and hospitality operators offering passenger or guest Wi-Fi.
Geography
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a team spanning Canada, the US and the UK. Services were offered in Canada, the US and the UK as of 2024, with stated expansion targets in Europe and South America; Italian capacity was added via caches at the MIX Bologna exchange in 2025.
History
Founded in 2017 in Vancouver, Netskrt began as a video CDN for mobile and bandwidth-constrained environments, developing a managed software appliance aimed at businesses offering Wi-Fi to customers. In 2022 it ran a pilot with UK operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER), placing on-board devices that pre-stored streaming episodes and served them to passengers on LNER Wi-Fi between London and Edinburgh. In May 2024 the company raised a $10 million Series A to expand internationally. By 2025-2026 its emphasis had shifted to global delivery of live tier-one sports, including support for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video and the Super Bowl on Peacock, a partnership with Lumen, and cache deployments at the MIX Bologna internet exchange in Italy. In June 2026 the company said it was preparing to support delivery for the FIFA World Cup.
Risks & controversies
Company leadership has cited the risk of larger CDN and networking incumbents replicating its approach, as well as long sales cycles in the transportation sector. The company also notes broader economic pressure across the CDN market.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsA press release published via Associated Press stated that Netskrt is preparing to support streaming delivery for the upcoming FIFA World Cup amid rising demand for global, high-concurrency live sports events.
An article by Lumen VP of Strategic Technology Alliances Marco Rota published on Streaming Media covered the Lumen-Netskrt partnership and collaboration between streaming infrastructure providers.
Netskrt released survey findings that live sporting events remain the top streaming challenge for ISPs worldwide, with American football traffic spikes the greatest concern; the study ran from May to August 2025 with input from 55 global ISPs.
Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) and Lepida S.c.p.A. announced activation of new operator caches at the MIX Bologna node, hosted in Lepida's data center, including a Netskrt cache dedicated to distributing live streaming events such as soccer matches, to improve streaming quality and reduce latency and backbone load.
Netskrt announced a $10 million Series A round led by Yaletown Partners with participation from InBC Investment Corp. and Credit Mutual Equity, to expand its eCDN into international markets including Europe and South America and into airline and travel markets.
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Netskrt launched a trial with UK rail operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) in which an on-board Netskrt device stored streaming episodes and delivered them to passengers logged into LNER Wi-Fi on the London-Edinburgh route.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Netskrt Systems Inc. do?
- Vancouver-based Netskrt operates a global CDN with last-mile ISP reach for on-demand and live video, notably tier-one sports.
- Who are Netskrt Systems Inc.'s investors?
- Netskrt Systems Inc.'s investors include WUTIF Capital, Yaletown Partners.