The Skimm Stock
Female-focused digital media company
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About The Skimm Stock
theSkimm is a daily newsletter with a target audience of female millennials that aims to simplify the headlines for educated professionals. The company started as a newsletter, The Daily Skimm, which breaks down the prominent news daily. Afterwards, the company launched theSkimm App, a subscription product that integrates future events in culture, politics, and tech, among others, by integrating directly into user calendars. theSkimm has also expanded into video and audio. The company was founded in 2012 by two former news producers and is based in New York City. theSkimm can be accessed on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, the App Store and email.
Source: theSkimm; Crunchbase
Investors
GV
Uber, Robinhood, Jet, Impossible Foods, Lacework, Slack, Snyk, SambaNova Systems, DocuSign, Gusto
RRE Ventures
Avant, Bolt Financial, Collective Health, Noom, Bowery Farming, BuzzFeed, Knock, VTS, Wag!, Moda Operandi
Greycroft Partners
Scopely, Acorns, The RealReal, Boxed, Thrive Market, MNTN, Data.ai, Joyent, NewsCred, Azimo
Sherpa Capital
Airbnb, Virgin Hyperloop One, Wag!, Apartment List, Doctor On Demand, AltSchool, PillPack, The Skimm
Homebrew
Chime, Carbon Health, Gusto, Plaid, Shield AI, Bowery Farming, Mercury, Tia, Shyp, Chain
Funding History
April 2014 | $1.6M |
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December 2014 | $6.2M |
May 2016 | $8.5M |
March 2018 | $15.0M |
Management
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Danielle Weisberg
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Carly Zakin
Press
TechCrunch - Feb, 6 2024
Navigating media’s ups and downs with theSkimm co-foundersdigiday - Jan, 19 2024
How theSkimm plans to grow its new wellness newsletter to 1 million subscribersprnewswire - Jun, 26 2023
theSkimm and Moms First launch #ShowUsYourChildCare Campaignbusinessinsider - May, 2 2023
Newsletter publisher TheSkimm has laid off 13%, its second layoff this year as cuts ripple across mediafinance - Mar, 10 2023
theSkimm co-Founders talk women, mental health, financial stability