Tech Company Financing Transactions

theSkimm Funding Round

Homebrew Ventures, private investors and RRE Ventures participated in a $1.1 million Seed funding round for theSkimm. The financing round was announced on 11/6/2013.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/6/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,100,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Homebrew Ventures (Lead Investor)

private investors (Bob Pittman)

private investors (Dany Levy)

private investors (Gordon Crawford)

private investors (Jeffrey Lane)

private investors (Jonathan Tisch)

private investors (Laurie Racine)

private investors (Richard Greenfield)

private investors (Troy Carter)

RRE Ventures (Steven Schlafman)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
30 East 20th St. 2RW
New York, NY 10003
USA
Email Address
Overview
theSkimm is the daily newsletter that simplifies the headlines for the educated professional who knows enough to know she needs more. We do the reading for you and explain it with fresh editorial content, breaking down what you need to know to start the conversation.
Profile
theSkimm LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
theSkimm Company Twitter Account
Company News
theSkimm News
Facebook
theSkimm on Facebook
YouTube
theSkimm on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Carly Zakin
  Carly Zakin LinkedIn Profile  Carly Zakin Twitter Account  Carly Zakin News  Carly Zakin on Facebook
Co-Founder
Danielle Weisberg
  Danielle Weisberg LinkedIn Profile  Danielle Weisberg Twitter Account  Danielle Weisberg News  Danielle Weisberg on Facebook


 

 

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