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[...] probably seen the news on GigaOM, Automattic has raised a new “series B” round of funding. We’re entering what I consider Act II of the Automattic story. I’ll talk about where [...]

[...] 22, 2008 · No Comments As Om and Matt report, we closed a $29.5 million round of financing for Automattic today. Coincidentally, [...]

[...] sources including Gigaom were used on this article. We promise we didn’t hurt any of them. Digg [...]

[...] news for Automattic, and includes a strategic investment from The New York Times Company. Our bud Om Malik has all the details. Matt is one of the most genuine, affable, clever people I have had the [...]

I’m so glad to see you back writing, Om, but I hope it is not too soon. I wish you good health forever, and I’m glad Matt raised the money. WordPress is truly a great product.

[...] to GigaOm, Automattic and blog/boy wonder Matt Mullenweg has raised $29.5-million from a group of investors [...]

[...] has broken the news that Automattic, provider of the WordPress open-source blogging software and spam filter [...]

[...] my friend Om Malik is reporting — and as founder Matt Mullenweg has confirmed on his blog — the company behind [...]

[...] my friend Om Malik is reporting — and as founder Matt Mullenweg has confirmed on his blog — the company behind [...]

Om, your response to Francine is reassuring. Glad to know that your dabbling according to what your doctor says and how you feel ;)

Let me know if you need anything.

I’m a big fan of Matt’s…best of luck to him!

Excellent! GJ Matt.

congrats to matt and toni, they are a truly inspirational team.

[...] product offerings, such as Gravatar and the spam-protection service Akismet” according to GigaOm. The funding will go towards the hiring of more engineers to build out its [...]

[...] has broken the news that Automattic, provider of the WordPress open-source blogging software and spam filter [...]

Now THAT is what I call a Series B Round!!!! Congrats Matt! (fellow CNET Alumni)

[...] product offerings, such as Gravatar and the spam-protection service Akismet” according to GigaOm. The funding will go towards the hiring of more engineers to build out its [...]

[...] run ads and make some quick bucks, but they are not doing it. Why do they need 30M then? OM Malik mentions about a social network on WP.com. That might be possible and one of the things they might be working on. However, I think [...]

[...] GigaOm [...]

[...] reports that Autmomattic the company behind the open-source blogging platform WordPress, Spam filter [...]

[...] stopped by to see Om to talk about things and in doing so, intentionally or unintentionally shared that the company raised a round of funding led by TrueVentures. The round included a strategic [...]

[...] GigaOm got news for us! Automatic founder raises 29.5 Millions dollars for WordPress no wonder they bump up storage to 3gb just few days ago! [...]

Where’s the money gonna go? Dunno. But I bet WPMU is gonna get attention … including all that “WP as CMS” stuff. That’s non-trivial, and a 20% effort would have hellacious blow-back.

For the moment: a big shout to Matt and all hands!

–bentrem

Congrats to that MONSTER B round. Much deserved for a great group of guys.

[...] If you’re looking for a new opportunity, SingleFeed is hiring in all departments. We are backed by True Ventures and NetService Ventures, the VCs behind Meebo, WordPress, and Aggregate Knowledge. BTW, Automattic, which created WordPress just received $29.5m. The round was led by True. GigaOm, another True portfolio company broke the news. [...]

I just spent two hours chasing down a sneaky WP bug at one in the morning. I hope they hire some Movable Type engineers to clean up WP for the next version. /rant off.

[...] Malik has the scoop, including more details on the San Francisco company’s growth over the [...]

[...] Matt, now Ma.tt1, and Toni have respectively written “Act Two”2 and “Automattic fundraising” about us, Automattic, raising a $29.5 million USD round of financing today. Our friend Om has a head start on journalistic coverage with “WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M“. [...]

[...] who is one of my closest friends, brought his Texan sense of humor and all-around good cheer…read more No [...]

[...] Matt Mullenweg’s post and from Gigaom, Automattic looks to be heading in a direction that will bring many improvements and services to [...]

Just Perfect!

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Om… Good to see you dabbling with work again. Hope you recover soon.

And congrats to Matt. WordPress is without any doubt a great product which i have been using for varied set of my multiple websites/portals.

I was looking at BBPress and will be using for one of my portals. Your post above says some of this funding would go into improving BBPress, which is a great sign of encouragement.

Good luck

[...] GigaOm [...]

[...] big congratulations to Matt and the Automattic team on their series B financing. GigaOM has more details but perhaps the juiciest tidbit is on CEO Toni Schneider’s blog: “In addition to [...]

[...] Auttomatic announced having raised $29.5 million for a minority [...]

[...] Ventures is thrilled to announce its participation in Automattic’s Series B round of financing with co-investors Polaris Ventures and Radar Partners, as well as new strategic [...]

[...] product offerings, such as Gravatar and the spam-protection service Akismet” according to GigaOm. The funding will go towards the hiring of more engineers to build out its [...]

The best part of this development is that there will undoubtedly be some adult supervision coming in. Matt has had a tendency to arbitrarily shut down blogs that get under his skin for one reason or another.

[...] has broken the news that Automattic, provider of the WordPress open-source blogging software and spam filter [...]

[...] Read the rest of this post Print Sphere Comment Tagged: Matt Mullenweg, WordPress.com, Automattic | permalink [...]

“Still, Automattic’s investors are taking pains to keep the company’s founders motivated: Some of the $29 million will be used to help company founders and others cash out some of their holdings in the private company”

That’s a bit of a contradiction in terms isn’t it - buy their ownership out to keep them motivated?

[...] Malik has the scoop, including more details on the San Francisco company’s growth over the [...]

[...] Mercredi 23 janvier 2008 · No Comments Automattic connu notamment pour l’outil WordPress a levé 29.5 M$. [...]

[...] success of blogging platform WordPress (which BloggerTalks incidentally uses) by Matt Mullenweg, have raised another $29.5m in funding, with The New York Times opening its wallet. Matt himself have a [...]

Om,

I am also very glad to see you blogging again, and I’m thrilled that WordPress has raised this capital. Hats off to Matt and everyone on the WP staff. Om, please take care of yourself and don’t push it too soon, as Francine mentioned above. We’ll all be here whenever you return. That’s what friends are for.:-)

Cathryn

[...] GigaOm skriver, at Automattic (folkene, der driver WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, bbPress m.m.) har fået skudt endnu ca. 150 mio. kroner efter sig. Det skulle betyde, at der ikke blot kommer flere penge til udviklingen af WordPress, som vi bruger den, men også til de ovennævnte tjenester. Efter lang tids dvale vil lidt udviklingstid i især Gravatar og bbPress også være på plads: Matt explains that they are going to roll out newer, hosted services such as BBPress (forums), and will expand their other product offerings, such as Gravatar and the spam-protection service Akismet. The money will be spent to hire more engineers and build out a more robust infrastructure. [...]

[...] product offerings, such as Gravatar and the spam-protection service Akismet” according to GigaOm. The funding will go towards the hiring of more engineers to build out its [...]

[...] tech blogger Om Malik is slowly coming back from his “medical episode” as he calls it. Today he posts about WordPress.com’s parent company raising $29.5 Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic and [...]

[...] GigaOm: WordPress creator raises $29.5 million [...]

[...] WordPress (que nous utilisons pour TechCrunch) vient d’annoncer un second tour de table de 29.5 millions de dollars mené par True Ventures. D’autres investisseurs ont participé dont le New York Times, [...]

Om,

A rapid and reasonable way for WordPress to build in vertical and lateral social components on to the WP platform may be to buy into Marc’s Broadband Mechanics. Such a play could also serve as a “spread bet” in the whole “OPEN” aggregation space. WP would also get the benefit of the smart and vocal (this is an understatement!) Marc Canter in the process.

Alexander

[...] Bラウンドで$29.5M（2950万ドル）を調達した、というニュースをGigaOmが発表した。ラウンドにはThe New York Times、Polaris Ventures、Radar [...]

Chris Messina just launched a social networking initiative for WordPress called DiSo (Distributed Social networking). Check it out at http://diso-project.org.

Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com

[...] the fact that Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WordPress.com, secured a whopping $29.5m in funding. That is probably good news, right? I think so, since the founders will stay onboard and [...]

[...] La primicia, como siempre, de Giga Om [...]

[...] Om and Matt report, we closed a $29.5 million round of financing for Automattic today. Coincidentally, [...]

Well looks like with this huge amount of money and 2 million blogs, Automattic is well positioned to get into the online advertising business, if only for their network of blogs.One thing im not too sure about is the NYT becoming an investor in Automattic/WordPress.
NYT being one of the best media organisations and on the other hand an open-source project we all like!

So, what does WordPress do with all that bucks?

Parul Bindra
http://bhopu.com – Web 2.0 Blog

[...] Matt de WordPress.com levanta $29.5 millones [...]

[...] Эта новость облетела все известные сайты, посвященные интернет технологиям. Эта ситуация кажется знаковой, учитываю, что 18 января, Automattic получили награду The Crunchies, как “созданные для успеха”. Возможно, что увеличение ёмкости до 3-х гигабайт для пользователей wordpress.com, это только начало и уже совсем скоро Automattic удивит нас каким-нибудь революционным обновлением своего продукта. Не имеет смысла перепечатывать одно и тоже. Если вам интересны детали, то милости просим на первоисточник. [...]

[...] of the round are over at Matt’s and Toni’s blogs, and covered by GigaOm and The Wall Street [...]

[...] provider of the WordPress open-source blogging software and spam filter Akismet, has raised $29.5M in a Series B round of financing led by True Ventures. Other participants in the round include The New York [...]

[...] some of the $29.5 million will be used to allow some early employees and investors to cash out; GigaOm’s Om Malik suggested that the company may also hire more engineers, anticipating continued [...]

[...] publisher of the open source blogging platform WordPress (which we use for ZDNet blogs) raised $29.5 million in a Series B Round with funding, True Ventures, Polaris Ventures, Radar Ventures and the New York [...]

[...] some of the $29.5 million will be used to allow some early employees and investors to cash out; GigaOm’s Om Malik suggested that the company may also hire more engineers, anticipating continued [...]

Maybe they can spend some of that money towards customer service classes, learning how to deal with complaints about employees making racist and bigoted remarks towards their volunteers and fixing the bugs that have been ongoing at wp.com for months now.

+1 for the adult supervision. Won’t happen though.

[...] to several sources this morning including close personal friend Om Malik to founder Matt Mullenweg, Automattic just raised nearly 30 million in a Series B Round of funding. [...]

[...] Om reported yesterday that Automattic, which makes the blogging platform WordPress (which we use), just raised $29.5 million in a B-round of venture funding. It is a big deal for the blogging industry — one investor is The New York Times, just the latest warning flare over the bow of old media. (True Ventures, an Automattic investor, has also funded GigaOM.) [...]

[...] of coverage including: wsj , GigaOM, new york times, ReadWriteWeb, toni, and matt (sporting his new ma.tt domain [...]

I like WordPress as engine, but wordpress.com is too restrictive to use it as free service - in particular, that hard limitation for no-javascript makes it useless for me, so I moved to blogger.com not even tried to move beyond first automatically created posting.

welcome back Om. Glad to hear you’re on the recovery. WP is an incredible story. I got to meet Matt 2yrs ago at Office 2.0 in SF and he rules. The Akismet plugin that he created should be knighted.

sean

[...] January 23, 2008 at 5:16 pm · Filed under bubble, dot com, forums, idiocy, wank Ah, they’re all celebrating being millionaires. [...]

“Some of the $29 million will be used to help company founders and others cash out …”

Astonished that their isn’t more, well, astonishment that they raised money to give themselves. I guess it’s private money, but I wouldn’t want to be invested in something like that.

[...] WordPress.com Creator Automattic Raises $29.5 Million Series B GIGAOM Automattic has raised a $29.5 million second round led by True Ventures and including a strategic investment by the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT). Previous investors Polaris Ventures and Radar Ventures also took part. Automattic is the parent of WordPress, WordPress.com, Akismet and other projects. The company raised $1.1 million from Polaris, Radar, CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks and others back in April 2006. Source> [...]

[...] Matt Mullenweg, fondatorul platformei de blogging WordPress si seful de la Automattic, a anuntat ca a facut rost de 29,5 milioane de dolari in cadrul seriei B de finantare. Stirea vine de la GigaOM. [...]

Hmmm Well I guess its a good product and I think they are one of 2 leaders when it comes to blogging, just not sure I am really into paying just to change the CSS and such.

[...] Now a Video Publishing Tool In addition to receiving a generous new round of venture capital, Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com (and the backend provider for NewTeeVee and the rest [...]

[...] you haven’t sent your resume to Matt Mullenweg this morning, why not? People with new funding (Matt just got almost $30 million) are the ones who are [...]

[...] you haven’t sent your resume to Matt Mullenweg this morning, why not? People with new funding (Matt just got almost $30 million) are the ones who are [...]

[...] Via [Giga OM] [...]

[...] As seen on GigaOM, Automattic has raised a new “series B” round of funding. [...]

WordPress Act Two: $29.5M worth of identity, wikis, forums, and more

Automattic, the company behind the WordPress blogging platform, just raised $29.5 million. As is often the case, GigaOM has the scoop:

While we were chatting, he let it slip that Automattic had

That’s good news… wish I had that kind of money…

[...] WordPress.comCreator Raises $29.5M [...]

[...] bbPress is still under version 1.0 (as of this writing, it’s at 0.8.3.1). You might think forums are dead, why not just Tweet away on a closed group channel or such. Although not the latest thing, forums are foundational. They are the web version of newsgroups and essential for large groups of people. As a lover of WordPress, I can’t wait to see bbPress develop and mature. Looks like others can’t either: Automattic raised $29.5 million in their Series B round of funding. [...]

[...] to see WP raise series B round…Exciting…We are huge fans of WordPress here at [...]

made my day to see your post Om. My feelings are just as Francine’s and wish you only good things.

I am really glad Matt (”WordPress creator”) got $30M. But I think WordPress.com deserves a lot more…. it is simply (by far) the best available blogging app.

bookmarked @ http://livbit.com

[...] noticia ya es vieja a esta hora y nos cuenta sobre la nueva inversión que recibió Auttomatic, la compañía dueña de WordPress, pero más interesante que la noticia en si, me pareció este [...]

[...] WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M - GigaOM I started blogging on Blogger in 2001, but Om Malik talked me into hosting my own WordPress install in 2003. I haven’t looked back since.  I would declare WordPress to be the single best piece of software-technology-platform I have experienced in 30 years of fooling around with software — and that includes XyWrite (wordprocessor for pros in the DOS days), Civilization II (Sid Meier’s strategy game classic), and every other online service with the possible exception of Google Search. If anyone asks me what to do when they need to open a blog, I send them to wordpress.com. Automattic, the parent company, just raised its series B. If I were looking for a smart acquisition, Automattic would be on the short list. This technology has done more to revolutionize content creation and production, and democratized it, than anything previously seen. “It is quite an event for the company, which began with Matt mucking around with code in his Houston bedroom. As one of the first adopters of WordPress, I got to know Matt well, yelling at him for not fixing bugs (which I still do) and always telling him what “features to add.” He took note of all it, and some of those features have actually shown up in the software. Eventually he moved out to San Francisco and started Automattic.” [...]

[...] WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M - GigaOM [...]

[...] found of Automattic and creator of WordPress has raised 29.5 Million. Automattic had raised a whopping $29.5 million in a Series B Round of funding, including a [...]

[...] Malik reported this evening that Automattic raised a $29.5 million Series B venture round led by Polaris Ventures, and [...]

[...] WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M - GigaOM Interesting news, will we see Automattic taking on Ning and building a social network service to sit alongside the WordPress.com offering? (tags: wordpress funding social networks) [...]

[...] - WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M - GigaOM Automattic had raised a whopping $29.5 million in a Series B Round of funding, including a [...]

[...] eine Reihe von Schlagzeilen gesorgt, die am 22.01.08 ihren (vorläufigen) Höhepunkt erreichte. Om Malik kam als Erster mit der Meldung heraus, dass Automattic, die Firma hinter WordPress, sich in einer [...]

[...] despre finantarea Automattic (compania de care apartine WordPress) o puteti citi aici Post Tags: automattic, funding, WordPress My previous post :Bloggeri si Ion Iliescu My next post [...]

[...] read more | digg story [...]

[...] is indicative of NYT’s commitment to exploring and building its Social Media foundation. Update: As part of this funding, some insiders including senior management whose options had vested were [...]

[...] For a more detailed article, head over to GigaOM [...]

[...] read more | digg story [...]

Congrats Matt, Toni and the Automattic team. Keep changing business as usual and sticking with your gut.

Om - hope you’re feeling better.

[...] “life change” mentioned in a recent twitter. This comes in the wake of a recent $29.5 million round of funding. Matt Mullenweg is the founder and creator of Automattic, the maker of wordpress, the blogging [...]

[...] WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M - GigaOM While we were chatting, he let it slip that Automattic had raised a whopping $29.5 million in a Series B Round of funding, including a strategic investment from The New York Times Co. Previous investors True Ventures, Polaris Ventures, and Radar Ventures also invested in this round. [...]

[...] just got a truckload of money. NYTimes is now an [...]

[...] founder Matt Mullenweg just received $29.5m in series B funding. Wow, a lot of [...]

[...] you remain skeptical then you MUST read Om Malik’s awesome article “WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M” which gives the story of creator Matt Mullenweg and his role in the explosion of the [...]

[...] Fuente: gigaom  [...]

[...] read more | digg story [...]

[...] Company. Many other have reported on this round of funding, so take a look at what has been said at GigaOM, RWW and [...]

[...] some of the $29.5 million will be used to allow some early employees and investors to cash out; GigaOm’s Om Malik suggested that the company may also hire more engineers, anticipating continued [...]

WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M | Deliggit.com

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Automattic had raised a whopping $29.5 million in funding.

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[...] Automattic has raised a US$29.5 million in Series B funding to position the company to execute on our vision of a better web not just in blogging [...]

I wish Automattic all the best in its quest, but to be honest I love the forum idea but I am not sure we need another social network…
http://electronrun.wordpress.com/

[...] about Utterz. I also gush a little bit about WordPress/Automattic/Mullenweg and <a href="http://gigaom.com/…aises-29m/">the funding announcement</a>.Mobile post sent by ccarmichael using [...]

WordPress? one of the best blogging tool…Thumbs Up!

nhick
http://www.itrush.com

I use wordpress and have pushed it all the way with some developers. It truly rox. Here’s to a 290M round next time.

[...] received $29.6 million in series B round funding from none other than the New York Times Company (source GigaOm). The company was started by fellow Texan and photo enthusiast Matt Mullenweg working from his [...]

[...] received $29.6 million in series B round funding from none other than the New York Times Company (source GigaOm). The company was started by fellow Texan and photo enthusiast Matt Mullenweg working from his [...]

[...] WordPress consigue $29.5 de inversion (New York Times entre los inversionistas) [...]

[...] WordPress consigue $29.5 de inversion (New York Times entre los inversionistas) [...]

[...] just celebrated his 24th birthday, Mullenweg is pinching himself extra-hard these days. He recently closed on $29.5 million in funding for Automattic, part of which he wants to use to do for forums what WordPress.com has done for [...]

[...] the rest of you here are some links that cover the [...]

[...] owners get another $29 million in round B funding. I would love to be in round [...]

[...] WordPress consigue $29.5 de inversion (New York Times entre los inversionistas) [...]

[...] from bramus.be to bram.us Q2 2005 * … monkey see, monkey do? (jk) Now if only I were to raise $29.5M too Spread the [...]

[...] was that WordPress’ parent company, Automattiq, got some nice funding from amongst others, The New York… which is a good indication of the support there is for this popular blogging platform with the many [...]

[...] grupo de inversionistas entre los que destaca The New York Times han invertido $29.5 millones de dólares en WordPress.com. Justamente el día antes de esta noticia, WordPress.com aumentó su almacenamiento gratuito de [...]

[...] de Matt Mullenweg que gestiona WordPress.com, Akismet y Gravatar; ha recibido la cantidad de 29.5 millones de dólares en su segunda ronda de inversión por parte de New York Times Co; en la primera ronda figuran Polaris, True y Radar [...]

[...] some of the $29.5 million will be used to allow some early employees and investors to cash out; GigaOm’s Om Malik suggested that the company may also hire more engineers, anticipating continued [...]

[...] Steve thinks that a Google/New York Times marriage would be too much of a culture shock for the folks at the Times. John thinks not - the NYT has been making numerous investments including its most recent investment in Automattic. [...]

[...] blog WordPress (que nous utilisons pour TechCrunch) vient d’annoncer un second tour de table de 29.5 millions de dollars mené par True Ventures. D’autres investisseurs ont participé dont le New York Times, Polaris [...]

[...] the company that created WordPress, just raised $29.5 million in Series B funding. The New York Times is among the [...]

[...] Software WordPress get funding –go social Automatic, the parent company behind wildly popular wordpress blogging software has received $29.5M in funding, (that’s a lot), which will likely develop social features, including a social networking [...]

[...] StumbleUpon edging out Digg in popularity among bloggers bloggers? A recent online survey listed StumbleUpon as the most popular social bookmarking site, with the rest trailing far behind. [...]

[...] StumbleUpon edging out Digg in popularity among bloggers bloggers? A recent online survey listed StumbleUpon as the most popular social bookmarking site, with the rest trailing far behind. [...]

[...] Windows Live Spaces was once reported to be the largest blogging platform, and Yahoo 360 is also notable in the space. Google already has the widely used Blogger platform. Lately though, WordPress is really the one to beat in this market, especially with their latest round of funding lead by the New York Times. [...]

[...] Matt Mullenweg said with a grin in response to the question about Automattic’s recent $29M funding round. Interestingly enough, this funding trails the initial investment of $1M that wasn’t fully [...]

[...] Matt Mullenweg said with a grin in response to the question about Automattic’s recent $29M funding round. Interestingly enough, this funding trails the initial investment of $1M that wasn’t fully [...]

[...] Matt Mullenweg said with a grin in response to the question about Automattic’s recent $29M funding round. Interestingly enough, this funding trails the initial investment of $1M that wasn’t fully [...]