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Atlas Obscura Funding & Investors

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: $32,000,000

Atlas Obscura Funding Rounds

  • Series B

    $20,000,000

    Series B Investors

    Airbnb
    NAV
    A+E Networks

  • Series A

    $7,500,000

    Series A Investors

    North Base Media
    Liontree
    A+E Networks

  • Seed

    $2,500,000

    Seed Investors

    The New York Times
    Kevin Ryan
    Thomas D. Lehrman

  • Seed

    $2,000,000

    Seed Investors

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