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| Date | Company | Series | Funding Amount |
| May 2000 | Answers Corporation | D | $28,000,000 |
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| Round Details | |
| Funding Amount | $28,000,000 |
| Has Liquidation Preference? | Yes |
| Has Anti-Dilution Protection? | Yes |
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| Company Age At Funding | 2 years |
| Investor | Investor Type | Investment | Stake Acquired |
| Flatiron Partners1 | Venture Capital | ||
| Chase Capital2 | Corporate | ||
| AOL Inc.3 | Corporate | ||
| The Goldman Sachs Group4 | Investment Banking Firm | ||
| Robertson Stephens5 | Angel / Individual | ||
| Highland Capital Partners, LLC.6 | Venture Capital |
| Financials for Answers Corporation | Valuation Multiples | ||
| Total Assets | N/A | V / A | |
| Stockholder's Equity | N/A | V / SE | |
| Revenues | N/A | V / R | |
| Net Income (Loss) | N/A | V / E | |
| Cash Flow | N/A | V / CF | |
| EBITDA | N/A | V / EBITDA | |
| Operating Income (Loss) | N/A | V / OI | |
| Business Description for Answers Corporation |
Answers Corporation is a privately held internet service provider company that does business as Answers.com, WikiAnswers and ReferenceAnswers. Answers.com and its affiliates provide user generated questions, answers and references, and supports several international languages. Users of Answers.com are also able to ask, answer, edit or collaborate on answers. The combined result of these interactions has developed Answers.com and its associated Q&A sites into a large community, whose social platform runs on a variation of wiki technology. Answers Corporation was founded in 1998 by Bill Gross and Henrick Jones, and Answers Corporation has headquarter locations in New York, New York. |
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| 1 | $34.53 per share |
| 2 | $34.53 per share |
| 3 | $34.53 per share |
| 4 | $34.53 per share |
| 5 | $34.53 per share |
| 6 | $34.53 per share |