# iUniverse: Publishing, Bloomington, United States

> iUniverse: iUniverse.com is a self-publishing company that provides digital publishing infrastructure technology. Based in Bloomington, United States.

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

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# iUniverse

iUniverse.com is a self-publishing company that provides digital publishing infrastructure technology.

Funding reported Last round: Undisclosed round

Publishing Bloomington, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 1999 27 years old
- **Team:** 501 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** $39M in dollars
- **Last round:** Undisclosed round Oct 2001

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for iUniverse has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say iUniverse raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$39M** in dollars

Rounds **2**

Last round **Undisclosed round**

Last round date **Oct 2001**

Investors listed **1**

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Malhotra Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/malhotra-group)

Each firm lists iUniverse on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## How it ended, so far

Exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired Author Solutions undisclosed Oct 2007

## Publishing in United States

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