INACTIVE/DISSOLVED
Address
Posterous Inc
San Francisco, CA
United States
Website
Industry
VCID: 134755
Profile
Corporate information
Official name
Posterous Incorporated
Registration country
Official name
Posterous Incorporated
Registration country
Investment activity status
Not investing
Company type
Web-based software company providing easy-to-use powerful posting platform.Overview
Posterous emerged from Y Combinator in the summer of 2008 as an innovative company focused on making blogging simple - as simple as sending an email - and now has more than 15 million monthly users. With the launch of Posterous Spaces, the company is bringing its trademark simplicity to help people share smarter with intuitive privacy controls to share selectively across multiple platforms.
Funding
Funding rounds
(12 Mar 2012)
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Twitter Inc | Social networking and micro-blogging. | United States |
(5 Mar 2010)
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Brian Pokorny | |||
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Founder Collective | Seed-stage venture capital fund | United States | |
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Lowercase Capital LLC | Venture capital firm managed by Chris Sacca | United States | |
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Redpoint Ventures | Venture capital capital firm that invests in startups across the seed, early and growth phases. | United States | |
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SV Angel | Silicon Valley-based angel fund. | United States | |
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Trinity Ventures | Venture capital firm. | United States |
(1 Dec 2008)
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Aydin Senkut | |||
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Eric Hahn | |||
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Guy Kawasaki | United States | ||
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Mitchell Kapor | United States | ||
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Peter Barrett |
(1 May 2008)
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Y Combinator | American technology startup accelerator. | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. |
Cap Table
Current and past shareholders
| Investor | Contacts | Round | |
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Aydin Senkut |
Seed Series A |
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Founder Collective Seed-stage venture capital fund |
Series A | |
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JAFCO Ventures Inc |
+1 (650) 463-8800 |
Series B |
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Lowercase Capital LLC Venture capital firm managed by Chris Sacca |
Series A | |
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Redpoint Ventures Venture capital capital firm that invests in startups across the seed, early and growth phases. |
+1 (310) 477-7678 |
Series A |
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SV Angel Silicon Valley-based angel fund. |
+1 (650) 854-4500 |
Series A |
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Trinity Ventures Venture capital firm. |
+1 (650) 854-9500 |
Series A |
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Twitter Inc Social networking and micro-blogging. |
(415) 896-2008 |
Acquisition |
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Y Combinator American technology startup accelerator. |
Seed |