BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc. is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, and obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to making it better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives. We'll continue to recruit the best founders and creators to join us in this mission, with more additions like Complex Networks and HuffPost to come.
Founding Year
2006
Headquarters
New York
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United States
Sector(s)
Media
Funding State
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Exited
Total Funding Amount
$1,134.30M
Funds that Investested
SVA
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Founder Collective
Led by investors including Micah Rosenbloom, David Frankel & Eric Paley, Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Lerer Hippeau
Helps early-stage founders with the capital and tools they need to build ideas into category-defining companies.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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RRE Ventures
Over the past 28 years, RRE has become one of NYC’s oldest, largest, and most active venture capital firms. They have $2.5B AUM across 10 funds and 400+ portfolio companies. The firm recently raised their $250M Fund VIII.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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Investors that Investested
Kenneth Lerer
Managing Partner, Lerer Hippeau
Kenneth Lerer is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau. He cofounded The Huffington Post and was the longtime Chairman of BuzzFeed. Ken serves as the Chairman of Blade and sits on the Board of Directors of Group Nine Media. He is also on the Board of nonprofits Bank Street College of Education and the Association to Benefit Children. He is a fan of CBD, drinks Sweet Reason, and uses Prima daily.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Andrew Schoen
Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Andrew Schoen is a partner of NEA since 2014, and focused on enterprise technology investments. In 2018, Andrew was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Venture Capital.
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
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