• GigaOm Raises Another $6 Million At $40 Million+ Valuation

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    Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

    Tech blog and research startup Giga Omni Media (GigaOm) has raised another $6 million in venture capital, on top of the $8.33 million previously raised. New investor Reed Elsevier Ventures led the round, with participation from previous investors True Ventures and Alloy Ventures.

    The rumored valuation of the company, we’ve heard from sources, was over $40 million. They aren’t commenting on valuation.

    This round is to help fuel growth of GigaOm’s research arm, which now has more than 20,000 subscribers and is “growing fast,” says founder Om Malik. Ten of the companies 41 employees are on reasearch full time. Malik says the number of research employees will grow rapidly in the near future.

    Company: Giga Omni Media
    Website: gigaom.com
    Launch Date: July 1, 2006
    Funding: $14.3M

    Founded in 2006, GigaOM has grown into the leading independent voice on emerging technologies and the disruption of media. The GigaOM news network’s online audience of 5.5 million monthly unique readers relies on its definitive coverage of cloud, mobile, cleantech, consumer web and media. GigaOM Events bring together the people innovating, shaping and defining the ongoing evolution of the technology industry. GigaOM Pro offers the highest quality research and analysis of emerging technology markets and the companies making a...

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