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Tumblr Funding Round

On 9/26/2011, Tumblr secured $85 million in funding from Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/26/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$85,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Greylock Partners (John Lilly)

Insight Venture Partners (Devon Parekh)

private investors (Richard Branson)

Spark Capital (Bijan Sabet)

Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson)

Proceeds Purpose
This additional capital allows us to continue to scale our business and give real focus to the further development of Tumblr.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
35 East 21st Street 9th Floor
New York, NY 10010
USA
Email Address
Overview
To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.
Profile
Tumblr LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tumblr Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tumblr News
Facebook
Tumblr on Facebook
YouTube
Tumblr on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Karp
  David Karp LinkedIn Profile  David Karp Twitter Account  David Karp News  David Karp on Facebook
President
John Maloney
  John Maloney LinkedIn Profile  John Maloney Twitter Account  John Maloney News  John Maloney on Facebook


 

 

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