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Tumblr Raises $30 Million In New Round Led By Sequoia

Dec 17, 2010 7:47 PM

Tumblr, which has become a favorite blogging tool for hip consumers and wannabe-hip media companies, has raised $30 million in a new funding round. The site, which is now home to 11 million blogs, says it’s “prepping some huge developments to show off soon,” although it does not specify them…

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Tumblr Raises $4.5 Million Second Round; Staffs Up, Preps Premium Model

Robert Andrews

Dec 11, 2008 6:38 AM

If blogs are over, tumblelogs never even got going. But that isn’t stopping Tumblr, short-form scrapbook blogging’s biggest exponent, from raising a $4.5 million second VC round. Beefing up, the outfit is adding former Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) technology SVP John Borthwick to its board and former CNET director John…

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