We Heart It is an image-based social networking platform that focuses on visual inspiration and expression.
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.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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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 |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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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 |