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Blurb, Inc. is a privately-held, venture capital backed customized book seller. Blurb generates revenues through sales of customized books to individuals and professionals. The privately-held customized book company offers users a free software platform to design their books. Founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins, Blurb is based in San Francisco with offices in London.
| Company Tags: | VC Backed Woman Owned |
| Year Founded: | 2005 |
| Formerly Named: | Blurb Acquisition Corp. |
| Fiscal Year End: | 12/31 |
| 1YR Revenue Growth Rate: | View % |
| 3YR Revenue Growth Rate (CAGR): | View % |
| 1YR Employee Growth Rate: | View % |
| 3YR Employee Growth Rate (CAGR): | View % |
| City: | San Francisco |
| State/Province: | California |
| Country: | United States |
| Phone: | View |
| Website: | www.Blurb.com |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/BlurbBooks |
| LinkedIn: | http://www.linkedin.com/company/blurb |
| Blog: | http://blog.blurb.com |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/BlurbBooks |
| Brands: | BookSmart Bookify |
| Founders: | Eileen Gittins |
| Technology > Software > Application Software |
| Technology > Software > Other Software |
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$99 Single Company AccessInstant Full Site-Wide Access| Date | Investor | Round | Investor Type | |
| May. 2005 | Eileen Gittens | A | Angel / Individual | |
| May. 2005 | Dan Crow | A | Angel / Individual | |
| May. 2005 | Anthem Venture Partners | A | Venture Capital | |
| May. 2005 | Canaan Partners | A | Venture Capital | |
| Details | Total Round A $2,050,000 | |||
| Mar. 2006 | View | Bridge Loan | Angel / Individual | |
| Mar. 2006 | View | Bridge Loan | Venture Capital | |
| Mar. 2006 | View | Bridge Loan | Venture Capital | |
| Mar. 2006 | View | Bridge Loan | Business Incubator / SBDC | |
| Details | Total Round Bridge Loan View | |||
| Oct. 2006 | View | B | Angel / Individual | |
| Oct. 2006 | View | B | Angel / Individual | |
| Oct. 2006 | View | B | Venture Capital | |
| Oct. 2006 | View | B | Venture Capital | |
| Oct. 2006 | View | B | Business Incubator / SBDC | |
| Details | Total Round B1 View | |||
| Jan. 2007 | View | Bridge Loan | Venture Capital | |
| Details | Total Round Bridge Loan View | |||
| Jun. 2008 | View | Bridge Loan | Venture Capital | |
| Details | Total Round Bridge Loan View | |||
| Nov. 2008 | View | C | Venture Capital | |
| Nov. 2008 | View | C | Venture Capital | |
| Nov. 2008 | View | C | Angel / Individual | |
| Details | Total Round C2 View | |||
| Total of Funding Shown Above View | ||||
| 1 | 13 accredited investors participated...Read More → |
| 2 | 20 accredited...Read More → |
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$99 Single Company AccessInstant Full Site-Wide AccessBlurb, Inc. Business Model
Blurb allows its customers to access and publish their work through multiple mediums. The first is the award-winning book-publishing software, BookSmart, and PDF-to-Book workflow. It also has a marketing application called Bookify, which advertises the work of its users. In addition, Blurb offers a community-based bookmaking service that allows multple collaborators to contribute on a product together. Recently, Blurb has expanded into offering an iPad and iPhone app that allow clients to remotely upload pictures and works. The company has further expanded its operations into Europe when it opened a London office.
Blurb's business model is benefiting from the trend for content to become more and more structured online, making it easier to spit it out into a linear form like a book. 40% of the business comes from personal bookmakers making family albums, holiday books, and cookbooks, with no intention of selling for profit. 30% comes from promotional… Continue Reading →
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