Company Growth (employees)
The Skimm was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, US
Key People at The Skimm
Carly Zakin
Co-founder
Danielle Weisberg
Co-founder
The Skimm Office Locations
The Skimm has an office in New York
New York, US (HQ)
30 EAST 20TH STREET
The Skimm Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2012 |
Total Funding | $18 m |
Latest funding size | $500 k |
Time since last funding | 11 months |
Investors | Gordon Crawford, Bob Pittman, Greycroft Partners, Yannick Bolloré, The New York Times, Mariska Hargitay, 21st Century Fox, Homebrew, Sherpa Capital, Irving Azoff, Richard Greenfield, AFSquare, Troy Carter, RRE Ventures, Five Island Ventures, MediaLink |
The Skimm's latest funding round in September 2016 was reported to be $500 k. In total, The Skimm has raised $18 m
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The Skimm Online and Social Media Presence
The Skimm News and Updates
April 24, 2017
The NYT brings its news – and a mini crossword – to Snapchat Discover
The New York Times announced today it’s joining Snapchat Discover – the feature in Snapchat which includes updates and news from a variety of media publications. The paper’s “daily edition” on Snapchat will include a handful of The NYT’s stories, distilled down to the quick, more consumable format …
March 02, 2017
New skimmers fit right on top of chip and PIN credit card scanners
As usual Mr. Krebs has some great images of a credit card skimmer found in the wild. This model uses Samsung phone parts and lays right over the Ingenico card scanners you’ve probably seen in stores. The interesting thing is that these scanners also support chip and PIN technology but, as evidenced…
November 30, 2016
Hardbound’s app uses visual stories to catch you up on the day’s news and more
Instead of killing time on your phone playing games or browsing Facebook, the recently launched application Hardbound aims to help you fill your spare minutes by learning something new instead. The months-old app introduces its own visual and interactive format for mobile storytelling, allowing you…
October 13, 2016
Almost 6,000 online shops hit by hackers
Almost 6,000 web shops are unknowingly harbouring malicious code that is stealing the credit card details of customers, suggests research.
September 12, 2016
Eddie Antar, Retailer and Felon Who Created Crazy Eddie, Dies at 68
Mr. Antar expanded his business from a single Brooklyn store, founded in 1969, into the largest consumer electronics chain in the New York metropolitan area.