[1][2] Founded in 2011 from research out of the University of Melbourne, MetaCDN is backed by Australian venture capital firm Starfish Ventures and the University of Melbourne's commercialization arm.

[3][4] MetaCDN leverages services such as Amazon Web Services, Edgecast, and Windows Azure to offer users access to an integrated global network for content delivery.

[5][6] As of July 2012, the company reported having 102 access points in 5 continents on their website.

In September 2015 MetaCDN rebranded its live streaming platform to StreamShark.

[7] The launch of StreamShark included a complete rebuild of the live streaming & video on demand platform.