Digg
Digg is a user driven social content website where community members determine what is best to read. After members submit stories, other people read the submission and “Digg” what they like best. If a story receives enough Diggs, it’s promoted to the “Popular” section and listed on the front page for other visitors to see. This effectively allows the Digg community to control their own content in a unique and valuable manner. Digg is a user driven social content website where community members determine what… more
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Company Overview
Digg is a user driven social content website where community members determine what is best to read. After members submit stories, other people read the submission and “Digg” what they like best. If a story receives enough Diggs, it’s promoted to the “Popular” section and listed on the front page for other visitors to see. This effectively allows the Digg community to control their own content in a unique and valuable manner. Digg is a user driven social content website where community members determine what is best to read. After members submit stories, other people read the submission and “Digg” what they like best. If a story receives enough Diggs, it’s promoted to the “Popular” section and listed on the front page for other visitors to see. This effectively allows the Digg community to control their own content in a unique and valuable manner.
Digg provides functionality to publishers, like Yahoo.com, CNN.com, and ESPN.com among countless others, that allows users of those sites to submit stories or content to Digg. There is also a Firefox extension that allows users to submit stories or see if a story has already been submitted.
Digg has reportedly received $40 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Greylock, and others.
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CEO:
Kevin Rose
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HQ:
San Francisco, CA
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Capital Raised:
$40M
Financings
- Type: Series C
- Date: December-2008
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $28,700,000.00
- Investors:
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- Highland Capital Partners
- Greylock Partners
- Omidyar Network
- SVB Financial Group
- Type: Series B
- Date: December-2006
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $8,500,000.00
- Investors:
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- Omidyar Network
- Greylock Partners
- Type: Series A
- Date: October-2005
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $2,700,000.00
- Investors:
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- Greylock Partners
- Omidyar Network
- Marc Andreessen
- Reid Hoffman
- Ron Conway
- Mike Maples
- Al Avery
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