BuzzFeed’s Investors Are Back for $19 Million More
BuzzFeed, the fast-growing, Facebook-friendly Web publisher, has raised another $19.3 million. The deal comes a year after the company rounded up $15.5 million in funding, and involves the same set of investors, including New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Ventures, Hearst Media, Softbank and RRE. BuzzFeed has raised more than $46 million since 2008, and says the money will go into international expansion, among other plans.