Cheezburger

company

About

Cheezburger is a Seattle-based company that operates a network of social humor websites.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$2M
Industries
News,Publishing,Social Media
Founded date
Jan 1, 2007
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

Cheezburger is a Seattle-based company that operates a network of social humor websites, including such as I Can Has Cheezburger, FAIL Blog, Know Your Meme, and Memebase. It enables its website visitors to view, create, or remix themes and share their favorite funny pictures.

Cheezburger has published five books: A LOLcat Colleckshun, How to Take Over Teh Wurld, FAIL Nation, GRAPH OUT LOUD, and I HAS A HOTDOG: What Your Dog Is Really Thinking.

Cheezburger was founded by Ben Huh and Eric Nakagawa in September 2007 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$37M
Cheezburger has raised a total of $37M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 29, 2012 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 29, 2012 Series Unknown $5M 1 Detail
Jan 17, 2011 Series Unknown $30M 1 Foundry Group Detail
Aug 1, 2007 Seed $2M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
Cheezburger is funded by 2 investors. Foundry Group and Clear Fir Partners are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Foundry Group Series Unknown
Clear Fir Partners Seed