Medium
We make Medium: A Publishing Platform.
– Great ideas can come from anywhere
– People create better things together
– Design matters at a deep level
We also care deeply about how media shapes the lives of individuals and the decisions of society — and we think it can be better.
We have a world-class engineering and design team, which we are looking to grow slowly and deliberately. Let us know if you’re interested.
Founders
Funding
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Series AJan 28, 2014$25,000,000
INVESTORS from previous rounds
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Investor, agent and advisor. Now Broad Beach Ventures; co-founded@Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
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Co-Founder/Partner at @Science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. a few startups – @Photobucket, @Billshrink
Always the first on the dance floor. -
Over $1B in exits – Angel in GoodReads, MakerStudios, DogVacay, Scopely, FameBit, Wishbone, DollarShaveClub, DocStoc, Userplane – Current CEO@Science
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Team
EMPLOYEES
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A decade covering tech and launching media products at the Guardian, GigaOM and more. Crowdfunded + started up publisher MATTER, sold to Obvious Corp.
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Recruiter
I do recruiting stuff for eero, previously at Medium, Greylock, Yammer, Google, Netflix, Salesforce, Microsoft and Gravity.
PAST EMPLOYEES
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Product Science Lead, Product Lead
Entrepreneurial product and analytics obsessive. Built products and data teams at @Medium and @Automattic. Previously a journalist for @BBC Radio News.
ADVISORS
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I believe very deeply that great digital tools can help writers to organize their thoughts and achieve their goals. It’s always going to be up to the writer to think hard and craft their sentences and paragraphs, but a good, low-distraction workbench… more
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Obvious is focused on transforming the way ideas are developed and delivered in the era of of the public Internet. I believe this is a mission of incredible significance. -
Advisor
WRITER – DESIGNER
Advisor: @Medium – @SmartNews
Mentor at @500 Startups –@Designer Fund
Investor: @Stripe – @GitHub
Previously: @Flipboard
BOARD MEMBERS
Medium is rethinking how ideas and stories are shared with the world.
See Campaign: https://angel.co/medium?utm_source=trending
Contact Information:
Evan Williams
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Source: ICNW
