WordPress parent company Automattic sees $50M investment from Tiger Global

May 24, 2013 9:04 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Blogging service WordPress’s parent company Automattic is getting a $50 million investment from Tiger Global, according to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg.

The announcement comes from a blog post on Mullenweg’s personal site today, and this comes just days after rival …

Stock sale puts Twitter’s valuation at an estimated $9B

January 25, 2013 10:23 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Several early employees of Twitter are participating in a deal to sell their stock to BlackRock group at a valuation of over $9 billion, according to a Financial Times report published today.

Pinterest sees $30M from SV Angel in secondary sale

January 24, 2013 8:35 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

SV Angel raised a $30 million fund to purchase shares of the popular online pinboard social network Pinterest from current investors, SV Angel's David Lee confirmed to VentureBeat today.