United States · Funded startup
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$496Mraised across 7 rounds since 2008, from 7 sources
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
BuzzFeedConsumer internet1 / 21Their pitch deckBuzzFeed's pitch deck, 21 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $200M sold, first sale Sept 2015
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $50M sold, first sale Jul 2014
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $19M sold, first sale Dec 2012
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $16M sold, first sale Dec 2011
SV Angel
Founder Collective
RRE Ventures
Hearst VenturesReported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $8.0M sold, first sale May 2010
From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.
On the board, as filediChris DixonEric HippeauJohn JohnsonKen LererPatrick KerinsScott EnglishWill Porteous
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
RRE VenturesHearst Ventures
New Enterprise AssociatesLerer Ventures
NBCUniversalKen LererJohn Johnson
Andreessen HorowitzSV AngelMissing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.
These 2 firms list BuzzFeed as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
BuzzFeed's investors include SoftBank Capital, RRE Ventures, Hearst Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Lerer Ventures, and 8 more on record.
BuzzFeed has raised $496M across 7 rounds since 2008.
BuzzFeed's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $200M in Nov 2016.
Its most recent round, $200M in Nov 2016, is also its largest on record.
BuzzFeed's first round on record, in Jul 2008, was backed by SoftBank Capital, Hearst Ventures and Ken Lerer and 1 others.
BuzzFeed's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2016.
BuzzFeed is based in the United States.
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