Stocktwits

company

About

Stocktwits is a real-time financial communications platform for the financial and investing community.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$30M
Industries
Financial Services,FinTech,Social Media
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Stocktwits Inc.

Stocktwits is a real-time financial communications platform for the financial and investing community.

Stocktwits created the $TICKER tag to enable and organize “streams” of information around stocks and markets across the web and social media. These streams provide new forms of insight, ideas, and information that are used by investors, analysts, media, and others as they research stocks and manage their investments.

The company was founded in 2008 by long-time investor Howard Lindzon.

Today, more than 300,000 investors, market professionals, and public companies share information and ideas about the market and individual stocks using Stocktwits, producing streams that are viewed by an audience of over 40 million across the financial web and social media platforms.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
9
$43.15M
Stocktwits has raised a total of $43.15M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 16, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 16, 2021 Series B $30M 6 Alameda Research Detail
Jul 6, 2016 Series Unknown $1.25M 2 Social Leverage Detail
Apr 9, 2015 Series Unknown $1.80M 2 Detail
Dec 19, 2013 Series Unknown $1.50M Detail
Oct 19, 2010 Series Unknown $4M 2 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
1
Stocktwits has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 5, 2022, when CryptoSlam raised $9M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jan 5, 2022 CryptoSlam
Seed $9M Blockchain
Series A $9.50M Finance
Jun 11, 2014 Crowdability
Seed $1M Big Data
Feb 25, 2011 DailyWorth
Seed $2M Digital Media Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
18
Stocktwits is funded by 18 investors. Alameda Research and ff Venture Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Alameda Research Yes Series B
ff Venture Capital Series B
Foundry Group Series B
Social Leverage Series B
Times Bridge Series B
True Ventures Series B
Bill Ullman Series Unknown
Renren Series Unknown
Alan Warms Seed
Betaworks Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
10
Stocktwits has 10 current employee profiles, including Board member Howard Lindzon
Board member
Executive
Advisor
Board member
Board member

Exits

Stocktwits has had 1 exits. Stocktwits most notable exits include CryptoSlam

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Jan 17, 2023 CryptoSlam M&A Blockchain Detail

Acquisition

Stocktwits has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Chart.ly on May 12, 2009. They acquired Chart.ly for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
May 12, 2009 Chart.ly
Apps acquisition Detail
Jan 25, 2010 Abnormal Returns
Finance Detail
Jan 18, 2017 SparkFin
Apps acquisition Detail