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Who invested in Contently?
Contently's investors include ff Venture Capital, Lightbank, Contour Venture Partners, Innovation Group Investors and 500 Global, and 7 more on record.
201220132014
$335KDebt$2.0MSeries A$990KVenture?Series B$9.0MSeries B
United States · Series B startup
Who invested in Contently
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$12Mraised across 5 rounds since 2011, from 5 sources
$335KDebt$2.0MSeries A$990KVenture$9.0MSeries B
- Latest round
- Series B, $9.0MJan 2014
- Step-upi
- 9.1×
- Investors
- 12
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Debt, $335K Jul 2011
- Biggest round
- $9.0M Series B · Jan 2014
- Usual gap between rounds
- 9 months the median of 3
ContentlyInformation technology & services1 / 14Their pitch deckContently's pitch deck, 14 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→The rounds
- Jan 2014Series B$9.0M5 new4 returning
ff Venture Capital
Lightbank- Contour Venture Partners
NYC Seed
Jackson Square Ventures
Sigma Prime Ventures- Sigma West
- Dave Lerner
Innovation Group Investors
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $8.5M sold, first sale Dec 2013
- Apr 2013Series BAmount undisclosed2 new1 returning
From a historical funding record
- Jan 2012Venture$990K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.govSEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale Dec 2011
- Jan 2012Series A$2.0M4 new
Reported by betabeat.comSEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale Dec 2011
- Jul 2011Debt$335K1 new
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $18K sold, first sale Jun 2011
Founders and team
From Contently's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 14 on the team.
- Heather BlackfordCreative Manager
- Holly TranthamContent Manager
- Jaime BoddorffCreative Manager
- Jennifer Fernández-SolanoSenior Managing Editor
- Jessica Benavides CanepaSenior Managing Editor
- Jessie EckCreative Manager
- Lee GlynnCreative Manager
- Natalie BurgSenior Managing Editor
- Nick VakaCreative Manager
- Patricia AlvarezCreative Manager
- Robert DiGiacomoSenior Managing Editor
- Stacey ClosserSenior Managing Editor
- Gyongyi CollingsExecutive Officer, Directori
- Magdalena MajewskiExecutive Officeri
On the board, as filediJoshua BreinlingerMatt GorinShane Snow
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Debt2011Series A2012Venture2012Series B2013Series B2014ff Venture CapitalLightbankContour Venture PartnersInnovation Group Investors
500 Global
Founder CollectiveNYC SeedJackson Square VenturesSigma Prime VenturesSigma West
ff Venture CapitalLightbankContour Venture PartnersInnovation Group Investors500 GlobalFounder CollectiveNYC SeedJackson Square VenturesSigma Prime VenturesSigma WestEveryone who backed them
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Contently 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.
Quick answers about Contently
How much has Contently raised?
Contently has raised $12M across 5 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Contently last raise?
Contently's most recent round was a Series B of $9.0M in Jan 2014.
What was Contently's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $9.0M in Jan 2014, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Contently first?
Contently's first round on record, in Jul 2011, was backed by Founder Collective.
What stage is Contently at?
Contently's latest named round is a Series B, in Jan 2014.
Where is Contently based?
Contently is based in the United States.
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