# BuzzFeed

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/buzzfeed

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.buzzfeed.com
- Total disclosed funding: $96M
- Latest round: Series E (Jul 28, 2014)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Established in 2006 and based in New York, US, BuzzFeed, Inc., is a technology and media company that provides multimedia content on the web. The company was founded by its CEO Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III. In 2020, BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost.

BuzzFeed, Inc. provides online quizzes, listicles, podcasts, and pop culture articles, and also offers news coverage on a variety of topics ranging from politics, do-it-yourself to animals, and businesses. The company operates through a network of cross-platform brands that work together to provide free content to its users. The brands are BuzzFeed Originals, (articles, lists, quizzes, and videos); BuzzFeed Media Brands (Nifty, Goodful, As/Is) and Tasty (social food network); BuzzFeed Studios, (original content creation platform); and BuzzFeed News and HuffPost, (reporting and investigative journalism). The company's portfolio also includes BuzzFeed Commerce, that develops products and experiences for its users and licenses the overall BuzzFeed’s contents and creates strategic partnerships with other publication.

BuzzFeed generates revenue by displaying ads, affiliate marketing, native and podcast advertising, and the distribution of its digital and physical products.

## Funding rounds

- Series E, Jul 28, 2014, $50M — General Atlantic, Andreessen Horowitz
- Series D, Dec 19, 2012, $19M — New Enterprise Associates, RRE Ventures, Softbank Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Hearst Ventures
- Series C, Dec 23, 2011, $16M — New Enterprise Associates, RRE Ventures, Softbank Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Hearst Ventures
- Series B, May 3, 2010, $8M — RRE Ventures, Softbank Capital, SV Angel, Hearst Ventures, Founder Collective, TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc., GC Capital
- Series A, Jun 25, 2008, $3.5M — Softbank Capital, Hearst Ventures, TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.

## Investors

- Softbank Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/softbank-capital) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Hearst Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hearst-ventures) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. — Series A, Series B
- RRE Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rre-ventures) — Series B, Series C, Series D
- SV Angel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sv-angel) — Series B
- Founder Collective (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/founder-collective) — Series B
- GC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gc-capital) — Series B
- New Enterprise Associates (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/new-enterprise-associates) — Series C, Series D
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures — Series C, Series D
- General Atlantic (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/general-atlantic) — Series E
- Andreessen Horowitz (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/andreessen-horowitz) — Series E