Tumblr

company

About

Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website, enables users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series E
Last Funding Money Raised
$85M
Industries
Blogging Platforms,Collaboration,Social Media,Social Network
Founded date
Feb 1, 2007
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active

Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website allowing users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Its users also have the ability to follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private. Much of the Tumblr’s features are accessed from the dashboard interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear. This media network is powered by an army of independent creators and is the home to an audience of more than 400 million unique visitors.


Founded by David Karp in 2007, Tumblr is headquartered in New York. The company was acquired by Yahoo in 2013.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$85M
Tumblr has raised a total of $85M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 26, 2011 from a Series E round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 26, 2011 Series E $85M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Tumblr is funded by 1 investors. Sequoia Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Sequoia Capital Series E