# Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO > Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) US · Partner # Jonah Peretti Founder and CEO at [BuzzFeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-venture) Latest rounds - **RebelMouse** Seed · $2.5M Oct 2012 Backs *IT Services* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Oct 2012 - **Filings:** 4 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At BuzzFeed - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=jonah-peretti)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=jonah-peretti) ## The firm [**BuzzFeed** VC firm · GB **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-venture) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $2.5M - **Active:** 2012 2012 - [RebelMouse](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebelmouse) *Seed* **$2.5M** *US* Oct 2012 Joined · +12 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** What they backed IT Services **1** Alongside - [BoxGroup *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) - [Chris Dixon *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon) - [First Round Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) - [Gary Vaynerchuk *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gary-vaynerchuk) - [Greg Coleman *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-coleman) - [Howard Lindzon *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-lindzon) - [John Batelle *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-batelle) - [Lerer Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [RebelMouse](https://millionrounds.com/startup/rebelmouse) ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Camp NYC, Inc.** Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BuzzFeed, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 4 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Kingfish Labs, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2012 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BUZZFEED INC** Executive Officer, Director on 4 filings · since 2010 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 7 May 2026 · 47 min Advice Line with Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode Today’s callers: Anthony from Miami considers the best method to grow his pop-up outdoor movie theater business. Then Andrew in San Francisco asks how to set his cat wrestling toy apart from competitors. Finally, Melissa in Massachusetts seeks strategies for getting busy parents excited about her… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) · 25 Mar 2025 · 34 min Why the founder of BuzzFeed is building an AI-Native social media platform with Jonah Peretti With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode Today Connie and Alex are joined by Jonah Peretti who has been working in digital media for the past two decades as the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, a brand that has seen a ton of evolution. Last month, Jonah announced the next phase of Buzzfeed, a social media platform that will use AI to ensure a… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 4 May 2023 · 26 min Rapid Response: Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode Rapid Response with Bob Safian: If the most prestigious aspect of your business isn’t paying dividends, should you leave it in the past? BuzzFeed’s co-founder and CEO, Jonah Peretti discusses the surprising decision to shutter the Pulitzer Prize-winning BuzzFeed News, and how the company seeks to… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 8 Jul 2021 · 28 min Rapid Response: How BuzzFeed bounced back, w/Jonah Peretti With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode Millennials and Gen Z want different experiences, different content, different opportunities. But catering to those distinct needs wasn't enough, says BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti; the digital-media outfit also needed to create a flywheel for value. When the pandemic trimmed tens of… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 6 Jun 2020 · 32 min Rapid Response: BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: Record-high audience, record-low revenue With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode BuzzFeed audience is at record highs. But the pandemic's economic effects have crushed the bottom line. BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti shares how his company is making hard decisions to build long-term stability. “But the transition is painful,” he says. While BuzzFeed is leaning into… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 27 Jul 2017 · 52 min Live Episode! BuzzFeed: Jonah Peretti With [Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode In 2001, when most of us had no idea what it meant to "go viral," Jonah Peretti shared an email prank among his friends, and saw it spread to millions. That began his fascination with how information spreads, and set him on the path to launch two of the most powerful media organizations of the… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Jonah Peretti in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 14 Mar 2023 · 36 min The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Neil Blumenthal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neil-blumenthal)[Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti)[Stacy Brown-Philpot](https://millionrounds.com/person/stacy-brown-philpot) About this episode To survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only weeks before Covid hit. Through her years as a leader, Ellen… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 25 Jan 2022 · 36 min The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Neil Blumenthal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neil-blumenthal)[Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti)[Stacy Brown-Philpot](https://millionrounds.com/person/stacy-brown-philpot) About this episode To survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only weeks before Covid hit. Through her years as a leader, Ellen… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 7 Jan 2021 · 55 min 8 reliable lessons for unreliable times Mentions [Susan Wojcicki](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susan-wojcicki)[Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti)[Mary Barra](https://millionrounds.com/person/mary-barra) About this episode If 2021 is even half as unpredictable as 2020 was, you'll need to dig deep into your resilience and wisdom to get through. We've pulled together this special episode of Masters of Scale to serve as a sort of primer for the new year, full of lessons learned from the sometimes devastating, sometimes… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 7 Jul 2020 · 36 min The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Neil Blumenthal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neil-blumenthal)[Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti)[Stacy Brown-Philpot](https://millionrounds.com/person/stacy-brown-philpot) About this episode To survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only weeks before Covid hit. Through her years as a leader, Ellen… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 19 Jan 2020 · 41 min What's Next for the Internet? Mentions [Chris Dixon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon)[Jonah Peretti](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonah-peretti) About this episode How can we evolve the web for a better future? Has the web become a mature platform, or are we still in the early days of knowing what it can do and what role it might have in our lives? Just as “social/local/mobile” once did, what are the new trends, like crypto and blockchain networks and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=jonah-peretti). ## Find people like Jonah Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. 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