Sources: Substack dropped efforts to raise money, after talks to raise $75M-$100M at a $750M-$1B valuation, during which the company said 2021 revenue was ~$9M
Good afternoon! Today, Realm's no-code beta enters it's … Michael Spencer / Creator Economy Tips : Substack Halts Plans for Series C Funding Casey Newton / Platformer : Substack's failed fundraise Tw...
Pantheon, which offers SaaS tools for websites to manage marketing and revenue, raises $100M Series E from SoftBank Vision Fund at a $1B+ valuation
WebOps SaaS platform Pantheon, which started out as a Drupal and WordPress hosting service many years ago, today announced that it has raised …
Elementor, a WordPress-focused graphical website building platform, raises $15M from Lightspeed Venture Partners
WordPress has become so ubiquitous, it's easy to forget that it still drives a huge ecosystem of startups that build tools and services around the platform.
Automattic raises $300M Series D from Salesforce Ventures at a post-money valuation of $3B
Today Automattic announced it has closed … Sara Fischer / Axios : WordPress.com owner Automattic raises $300 million Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Automattic Raises $300M Series D from Salesfor...
Managed hosting platform Pantheon, which works with WordPress and Drupal, raises $40M Series D led by Sageview Capital and says it has 10,000+ customers
There's no shortage of choices when it comes to managed hosting platforms (MHP), and some niches are more cutthroat than others.
Report: ~15M indie content creators in US used Amazon Publishing, eBay, Etsy, Instagram, Shapeways, Tumblr, Twitch, WordPress, or YouTube to earn ~$6B in 2016
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @austinj Tweets: Austin Johnsen / @austinj : Great research and great to see how many creators are now making money across the US (although the estimates for some of...
WordPress host WP Engine raises $250M from Silver Lake to fund international expansion, says it has $100M in annual revenue and 75K users, up 30% YoY
WordPress host WP Engine raises $250M from Silver Lake to fund international expansion, says it has $100M in annual revenue and 75K users, up 30% YoY
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :