Company Growth (employees)
Medium was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US
Key People at Medium
Evan Williams
Co-Founder & CEO
Julie Russell
Head of IT
Michael Sippey
Head of Product
Medium Office Locations
Medium has an office in San Francisco
San Francisco, US (HQ)
900 760 Market St
Medium Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2011 |
Total Funding | $132 m |
Latest funding size | $50 m |
Time since last funding | over 1 year |
Investors | Vayner/RSE, Bryan Mason, Ronald Conway, Science, Obvious Ventures, Spark Capital, Peter Chernin, GV, Philip Kaplan, Chris Sacca, CAA Ventures, Betaworks, Tim O'Reilly, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, CODE Advisors, Michael Ovitz, Lowercase Capital, James Hong, The Chernin Group, Gary Vaynerchuk |
Medium's latest funding round in April 2016 was reported to be $50 m. In total, Medium has raised $132 m. Medium's latest valuation is reported to be $600 m.
Medium Financial Metrics
USD
Market valuation | 600 m |
Medium Operating Metrics
Medium's Monthly Unique Visitors was reported to be 60 m in 2016, which is a 140% increase from the previous period
- Source: venturebeat.com
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Medium News and Updates
May 11, 2017
Hasselbad’s X1D puts other medium format cameras on notice
Back in June of last year, I previewed the Hasselblad X1D. Then, it was a pre-production model, which I had hoped would launch and become the powerful mirrorless medium format camera that it is now. Read More
March 22, 2017
Twitter's cofounder wants Medium readers to pay $5 a month to fix ‘broken’ media
Medium, the blogging and online publishing site started by Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, took the wraps off a new business model on Wednesday that it hopes will allow it to operate without advertising.
The company wants to create a club of special members who pay $5 a mon…
March 22, 2017
Medium's next big idea to 'fix' the internet: $5 subscriptions
Ev Williams wrote at the start of 2015 that he was taking Medium in a new direction because ad-driven media on the internet was "broken."
The future? Subscriptions.
"Medium will remain the best place to share ideas that matter and to find independent voices and fresh perspectives — for free. F…
March 22, 2017
Medium debuts its paid membership subscription program
Official platform of hot takes Medium has launched its new business model: paid subscriptions, which the company said it would debut sometime this quarter at Upfront Summit back in early February. Medium started the year with some tough times, including layoffs and a change in direction, so it’s go…
March 04, 2017
In the new age of ubiquitous connectivity the message is the medium
In the new internet age, contextual content is king and no single platform wears a crown. Read More
March 02, 2017
WordPress.com lets you ditch Medium with new import tool
Publishing platform Medium recently laid off dozens of people. So if you don’t want to hand away your precious writing to a startup that is still looking for its business model, you can move your content to WordPress.com in just a few clicks.
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, just launc…