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Who invested in ShareThis

11 rounds we have observed, with the 19 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$108Mraised across 11 rounds since 2007, from 11 sources

$6.0MSeries A$15MSeries B$350KDebt$1.5MDebt$23MSeries C$7.0MSeries C$15MDebt$9.0MSeries C$30MVenture$1.7MDebt
Latest round
Debt, $1.7MOct 2015
Biggest round
$30MVenture · Oct 2014
Investors
19
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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20072009201120132015
$6.0MSeries A$15MSeries B?Secondary$350KDebt$1.5MDebt$7.0MSeries C$15MDebt$9.0MSeries C$1.7MDebt
First round
Series A, $6.0M
Jan 2007
Biggest round
$30M
Venture · Oct 2014
Usual gap between rounds
7 months
the median of 9

The rounds

  1. Oct 2015
    Debt$1.7M

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $1.7M sold, first sale Sept 2015

  2. Oct 2014
    Venture$30M

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Mar 2013

  3. Sept 2014
    Series C$9.0M5 new3 returning

    From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Mar 2013

  4. Mar 2014
    Debt$15M1 new

    From a historical funding record

  5. Aug 2013
    Series C$7.0M1 new2 returning

    Reported by bizjournals.comSEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Mar 2013

  6. Mar 2013
  7. Dec 2012
    Debt$1.5M

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $635 sold, first sale Jun 2012

  8. Jul 2012
    Debt$350K

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding record

  9. Jan 2012
    SecondaryAmount undisclosed1 new

    From a historical funding record

  10. Mar 2008
    Series B$15M1 new

    Reported by techcrunch.com

  11. Jan 2007

Founders and team

From ShareThis's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 7 on the team.

  • Dana C. HayesChief Executive Officeri
  • Chad BurnsChief Financial Officer
  • Huanjin ChenChief Technology Officer
  • Michael GormanChief Product Officer
  • Dan C. ScottChief Financial Officeri
  • Myha C. TrieuChief People Officer
  • Kurt C. AbrahamsonExecutive Chairman

On the board, as filediJohn H. WyantM. Blair H. GarrauPaul C. Schaut

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.

Everyone who backed them

West Capital AdvisorsFamily office3rounds
DFJVC firm2rounds
Mercury FundVC firm2rounds
Jump CapitalVC firm2rounds
Illinois VenturesGovernment2rounds
Fifth Third CapitalCorporate VC2rounds
First Round CapitalVC firm1round
Shasta VenturesVC firm1round
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Investment firm1round
RPM VenturesVC firm1round
137 VenturesVC firm1round
T-VentureVC firm1round
Deutsche TelekomCorporate VC1round
Queen City AngelsAngel network1round
Harbourtonno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list ShareThis 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.

Transmedia CapitalVC firmPer its own site
Runway Growth CapitalPrivate creditPer its own site

Quick answers about ShareThis

Who invested in ShareThis?

ShareThis's investors include West Capital Advisors, DFJ, Mercury Fund, Jump Capital and Blue Chip Venture Company, and 14 more on record.

How much has ShareThis raised?

ShareThis has raised $108M across 11 rounds since 2007. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

When did ShareThis last raise?

ShareThis's most recent round was a Debt of $1.7M in Oct 2015.

What was ShareThis's biggest round?

ShareThis's largest round on record is $30M (Venture), in Oct 2014.

Who backed ShareThis first?

ShareThis's first round on record, in Jan 2007, was backed by Mercury Fund, RPM Ventures and Blue Chip Venture Company and 2 others.

What stage is ShareThis at?

ShareThis's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2015.

Where is ShareThis based?

ShareThis is based in the United States.

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