Tech Company Financing Transactions
Upworthy Funding Round
Upworthy, based in New York, scored $8 million in investment from Spark Capital, Catamount Ventures and The Knight Foundation.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
9/16/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company is investing heavily in content development, its tech operations and data analytics system, which the team built from scratch as the basis for measuring and creating virality.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
230 W. 41st St. 15th Floor
New York, NY 10036
USA
New York, NY 10036
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Upworthy is social media with a mission: to make important stuff as viral as a video of some idiot surfing off his roof. Here's a piece by The New York Times' David Carr about our first 100 days.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Eli Pariser
Co-Founder
Peter Koechley
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