Trusted by 45M users and growing - the best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more.
Trusted by 45M users and growing - the best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more.
Core product: Local news and information mobile app aggregating local publishers and contributor network
Users: Tens of millions of U.S. users (company-cited ~40–45M)
Founded: 2015 in Silicon Valley (legal name: Particle Media, Inc.)
Recent major funding: Series C $115M led by Francisco Partners (announced Jan 7, 2021)
Local news discovery and distribution; filling local news gaps via aggregation and contributor network.
2015
Local news / news aggregation / media
$115 million
Company press release announcing Series C led by Francisco Partners; press release states prior capital included more than $36M from earlier investors including IDG Capital.
“Francisco Partners led a $115M Series C and took a board seat; prior investors reported include IDG Capital.”