Tumblr

Tumblr is a re-envisioning of tumblelogging, a subset of blogging that uses quick, mixed-media posts. The service hopes to do for the tumblelog what services like LiveJournal and Blogger did for the blog. The difference is that its extreme simplicity will make luring users a far easier task than acquiring users for traditional weblogging. Anytime a user sees something interesting online, they can click a quick “Share on Tumblr” bookmarklet that then tumbles the snippet directly. The result is varied string of media ranging links and text to pictures and videos that takes very little time and effort to maintain.
There is little to no learning curve involved in using tumblr. Features are intuitive and quick to establish. Users simply sign up and begin posting in a minute.
Tumblr is backed by Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital and Sequoia Capital.

Milestones

• Tumblr added Buzz Andersen as Director of Mobile. (6/1/11)
• Tumblr added John Maloney as President.
• Tumblr added Blake Matheny as Sr Engineer. (5/1/11)
• Tumblr added Tyler Love as Senior Engineer.
• Tumblr added Roelof Botha as Board Member.
• Tumblr added Jared Hecht as Business Development Manager.
• Tumblr added Brad Burnham as Director.
• Tumblr added Marco Arment as Lead Developer.
• Tumblr added Bijan Sabet as Director.
• Tumblr added David Karp as Founder.
• Tumblr received $85M in Venture Round funding. (9/26/11)
• Tumblr received $30M in Series D funding. (11/19/10)
• Tumblr received $5M in Series C funding. (4/20/10)
• Tumblr received $4.5M in Series B funding. (12/11/08)
• Tumblr received $750k in Series A funding. (10/31/07)
• Tumblr — Tumblr on verge of raising up to $100M with massive $800M valuation (8/26/11)
  

  Products

  Tumblr

  Website

  tumblr.com

  Blog

  staff.tumblr.com

  Stage

  Live

  Tags

  blogging-platform, ichisel