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Atlas Obscura Funding & Investors

New York, NY

Atlas Obscura is an online magazine and travel company. It was founded in 2009 by author Joshua Foer and documentary filmmaker/author Dylan Thuras. It catalogs unusual and obscure travel destinations via user-generated content. The articles on the website cover a number of topics including history, science, food, and obscure places.

atlasobscura.com

Total Amount Raised: $35,859,224

Atlas Obscura Funding Rounds

  • Equity Crowdfunding

    $3,859,225

  • Series B

    $20,000,000

    Series B Investors

    Airbnb
    NAV
    A&E Television Networks

  • Series A

    $7,500,000

    Series A Investors

    A&E Television Networks
    North Base Media
    Liontree
    Ruby Ventures

  • Seed

    $2,500,000

    Seed Investors

    The New York Times
    Thomas Lehrman
    Kevin Ryan

  • Seed

    $2,000,000

    Seed Investors

    Graham Holdings
    BDMI
    Thomas Lehrman
    Daniel Saul
    Peter Bloom
    Henry Blodget
    John Battelle
    Albert Wenger
    Josh Spear
    Kristopher Brown
    Scott Belsky
    Brad Flora
    Alexis Ohanian
    The New York Times
    North Base Media
    Seth Teicher
    AlleyCorp
    NAV
    Bryan Goldberg
    Lauren Zalaznick
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