# BuzzFeed's pitch deck

> BuzzFeed's pitch deck: 21 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/decks/buzzfeed (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

**BuzzFeed** Consumer internet 1 / 21 Read in the app

Pitch deck

# BuzzFeed's *pitch deck*

The deck, and the 7 rounds we watched BuzzFeed raise afterwards, with the investors each report named.

BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.

21 slides 2.0MB US Consumer internet

Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to BuzzFeed, so reading it needs one; everything on this page is public.

What is in it

## The deck, slide by slide

Each slide by what it argues. 21 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold.

*median*

- 1 **Cover**
- 2 **Competition**
- 3 **Product**
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- 8 **Product**
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- 12 **Business model**
- 13 **Market**
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- 18 **Competition**
- 19 **Product**
- 20 **Team**
- 21 **Contact**

Cover Competition Product Business model Market Team Contact

What happened next

## $496M across 7 rounds

**7** rounds observed **$496M** reported in total **Jul 2008** first we saw **Nov 2016** most recent

- Nov 2016 Round **$200M** [NBCUniversal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbcuniversal) Reported by FinSMEs
- Aug 2015 Growth **$200M** [NBC Universal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbcuniversal) Source recorded
- Aug 2014 Series E **$50M** [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) Source recorded
- Jan 2013 Series D **$19M** [Lerer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures)[Michael Lazerow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-lazerow)[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[SoftBank Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-capital-2) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Jan 2012 Series C **$16M** [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures)[Lerer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures)[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[SoftBank Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-capital-2) Reported by techcrunch.com
- May 2010 Series B **$8.0M** [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures)[John Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-johnson)[Ken Lerer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-lerer)[RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway)[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[SoftBank Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-capital-2) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Jul 2008 Series A **$3.5M** [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures)[John Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-johnson)[Ken Lerer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-lerer)[SoftBank Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-capital-2) Reported by paidcontent.org

[Everyone who backed BuzzFeed](https://millionrounds.com/company/buzzfeed)

Form D

What they told the regulator

## BuzzFeed filed 8 Form Ds with the SEC

The company reporting its own raise, rather than a journalist reporting it.

**$200M** sold under the offering **Nov 2016** most recent filing

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The deck itself

## Read BuzzFeed's full pitch deck

All 21 slides, each read for what it argues and set against the decks that raised at the same stage. The cover is shown here; the rest is read in the app.

Read the deck *→* Free account. The deck belongs to BuzzFeed.

## Investors who claim them

Firms listing BuzzFeed on their own portfolio page: the firm's own account rather than a round we watched. Weaker than an announcement, much stronger than a list somebody sold us.

[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Umana Venture Studio** Venture studio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/umana-venture-studio)

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