We Heart It (WHI)

company

About

We Heart It is an image-based social networking platform that focuses on visual inspiration and expression.

  • San Francisco,California,United States
  • 11 - 50

Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
$6.31M
Industries
Mobile,Photo Sharing,Social Media,Social Network
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Super Basic, LLC.

WHI is an image-based social networking platform, focused on visual inspiration and expression, that is reminiscent of Pinterest in functionality with a dash of Tumblr’s youthful appeal.

We Heart It dates back to the Fall of 2007 when founder Fabio Giolito created a section within his own website that he called “I Heart It” to help him aggregate images that he found inspiring as part of his graphic design studies in a Rio de Janeiro college. Giolito showed the site to some of his fellow students, and they all asked him if there was a way that he could build a similar tool for them. So in December of 2007, We Heart It was officially born — two years before Pinterest.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$19.31M
We Heart It (WHI) has raised a total of $19.31M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 13, 2015 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Feb 13, 2015 Debt Financing $6.31M Detail
Apr 2, 2014 Seed $5M Detail
Mar 17, 2014 Series Unknown 1 Detail
Jun 27, 2013 Series A $8M 4 Ridge Ventures
White Oak Financial
Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
5
We Heart It (WHI) is funded by 5 investors. Ridge Ventures and White Oak Financial are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Ridge Ventures Yes Series A
White Oak Financial Yes Series A
Warner Media Series Unknown
Plough Penny Partners Series A
Valor Capital Group Series A

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
2
We Heart It (WHI) has 2 current employee profiles, including Board member Ben Curwin
Board member
Board member

Acquisition

We Heart It (WHI) has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Embly on Apr 22, 2013. They acquired Embly for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Apr 22, 2013 Embly
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