What MYGNAR does

MYGNAR is a Santa Monica-based, privately held for-profit company founded in 2015 that developed GNARBOX, a rugged backup device targeted at professional content creators. The company's product positioning addresses the field-data backup workflow problem for photographers, videographers, and similar creators who generate large media files outside of traditional studio environments. The GNARBOX product is a hardware device, implying a unit-based revenue model rather than subscription or SaaS economics.

The company has been led since founding by co-founder and CEO Tim Feess. Over its operating history, MYGNAR has completed three disclosed funding rounds totaling approximately $13.4 million, with rounds occurring in May 2017 ($8.5M), October 2018 ($4.06M), and August 2020 ($851K). The progression of these round sizes shows steep deceleration. Headcount is disclosed in the 11–50 range, consistent with a small hardware-focused team.

The current state of the company's external presence is concerning from an investment perspective: the gnarbox.com website resolves only to a verification/loader page with no operational content, and no recent product launches, partnerships, customer logos, revenue disclosures, or operational updates were available in the source data. The absence of these signals, combined with the funding deceleration, suggests the company is in a stalled or contracting operating state.

Name

MYGNAR

Website

https://gnarbox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MYGNAR is a privately held Santa Monica hardware company that developed GNARBOX, a rugged backup device for professional content creators to offload and store field media. Founded in 2015 and led by co-founder and CEO Tim Feess.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portable Data Storage Devices

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (3341), Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572), Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861)

akta.pro primary industry

Camera Power, Storage & Connectivity (Batteries, Chargers, Memory Cards, Card Readers, Wireless Transmitters) (CRACAPAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Memory Cards (SD/microSD/CFexpress) (HDACAIAD)

Keywords

• Rugged backup devices
• Content creator storage
• Portable data backup
• Field backup solutions
• Media backup hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

MYGNAR develops and sells GNARBOX, a rugged backup device designed for professional content creators. The device enables photographers, videographers, and other media professionals to back up, organize, and manage their photos and video files in the field, providing durable and portable storage for on-location shoots.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GNARBOX GNARBOX is a rugged backup device for professional content creators that enables on-location backup, organization, and management of photos and video files in the field. It is targeted at photographers, videographers, and other media professionals who need durable, portable storage during shoots.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• LaCie (Seagate): LaCie, owned by Seagate, sells rugged portable drives (e.g., Rugged SSD, Rugged Mini) explicitly targeted at creative professionals for field backup. It is the closest direct peer to GNARBOX in form factor, target customer, and use case.
• G-Technology (Western Digital): G-Technology, a WD brand, builds rugged and high-capacity portable drives aimed specifically at photographers and videographers — directly overlapping GNARBOX's product positioning and customer base.
• OWC (Other World Computing): OWC makes rugged, high-performance portable SSDs and memory card readers targeted at photographers, videographers, and Mac-based creative workflows. It directly overlaps with GNARBOX on form factor and target user.
• Glyph Production Technologies: Glyph manufactures rugged, high-throughput portable and rackable storage solutions marketed to creative professionals for on-location and post-production backup — closely overlapping with GNARBOX's professional-creator niche.
• ProGrade Digital: ProGrade Digital focuses on memory cards, card readers, and portable SSDs for professional photographers and videographers. It is a comparable niche player serving the same professional-content-creator backup workflow as GNARBOX.

Broad incumbents

• Blackmagic Design: Blackmagic Design sells cameras, capture hardware, and storage products (e.g., disk packs for HyperDeck) used by the same professional video creator base that GNARBOX targets. While broader in scope, its storage products address overlapping on-set backup needs.
• SanDisk (Western Digital): Western Digital's SanDisk brand is the dominant consumer/prosumer portable SSD and memory card maker. It competes directly with GNARBOX in the rugged portable backup category for content creators, while also serving a much broader storage portfolio.
• Samsung (Portable SSD T-series): Samsung's Portable SSD T5/T7/T9 line is a leading portable SSD choice for creators needing fast, compact, durable backup. As a broad incumbent with massive retail reach, it represents a key competitive benchmark for GNARBOX.

Emerging players

• CRU (WiebeTech): CRU/WiebeTech builds rugged portable storage, drive enclosures, and forensic/data-transfer devices, including products used by photographers and field-content professionals. It is a comparable niche hardware peer with overlap in rugged portable storage.
• Angelbird: Angelbird designs SSDs, memory cards, and card readers built for professional film and photography workflows. It is a niche peer that competes in the same creator-grade portable storage category as GNARBOX.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gnarbox

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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