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Digital media company providing sports news, analysis, and coverage for sports fans, with team-specific content and personalized reporting.
Bleacher Report has raised $58.5M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Bleacher Report.
Bleacher Report has raised $58.5M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Bleacher Report is a San Francisco, California-based digital media company that provides personalized, team-specific sports news, analysis, and cultural coverage for a global audience of sports fans. The platform originally evolved from a user-generated content model into a professional sports media outlet, eventually scaling its operations to reach over 40 million monthly unique visitors and a reported 45 million total users. Prior to its major exit, the enterprise successfully raised $40 million across multiple venture funding rounds to support its rapid digital expansion. The business was subsequently acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for a valuation of $175 million. Following this acquisition, the organization further expanded its digital footprint by launching the B/R Live streaming service alongside Turner Sports. Bleacher Report was founded in 2005 by David Finocchio, Alexander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz.
Bleacher Report has raised $58.5M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $22.0M Other Equity in August 2011.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2011 | $22M Venture Round | Fred Harman | Crosslink Capital, Hillsven Capital | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2011 | $22M Series U | OAK Investment Partners | Crosslink Capital, Hillsven Capital | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2010 | $11M Series C | Crosslink Capital | — | Announced |
| Oct 28, 2008 | $3.5M Series B | — | Gordon Crawford, Jacob Lodwick, Hillsven Capital, Uncork Capital | Announced |
Key people at Bleacher Report.
Bleacher Report has raised $58.5M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Bleacher Report's investors include Fred Harman, Crosslink Capital, Hillsven Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Gordon Crawford, Jacob Lodwick, Uncork Capital.
Bleacher Report (B/R) is a digital sports media company that builds sports news, highlights, opinion and entertainment content delivered across web, social and video platforms and is widely regarded as a technology-enabled media business rather than a pure-tech startup[1].[1]
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Quick final tie-back: Bleacher Report’s core strength is its social‑first, mobile‑native approach to sports content—an approach that transformed a scrappy founder‑led site into a strategic media asset for a major broadcaster and a model for digital sports publishing[1][3].[1]