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Posterous

Posterous emerged from Y Combinator in the summer of 2008 as an innovative company focused on making blogging simple - as simple as sending an email - and now has more than 15 million monthly users.

Funding reportedLast round: Undisclosed round

EmailSan Francisco, United States

About Posterous

Posterous emerged from Y Combinator in the summer of 2008 as an innovative company focused on making blogging simple - as simple as sending an email - and now has more than 15 million monthly users.

With the launch of Posterous Spaces, the company is bringing its trademark simplicity to help people share smarter with intuitive privacy controls to share selectively across multiple platforms.

What company datasets say Posterous raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all$10Min dollars
Rounds5
Last roundUndisclosed round
Last round dateJan 2013
Investors listed19
Y CombinatorS08

On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

Each firm lists Posterous 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

ExitBuyerPriceWhen
AcquiredTwitter$10MMar 2012

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