bitly
URL shortener
bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. bit.ly can be accessed through our website, bookmarklets and a robust and open API. bit.ly is also integrated into several popular...Founded in 2008
Homepage: http://bit.ly
Blog: http://blog.bit.ly
Total money raised: $30M
New York
USA NY
Phone: 626-839-8575
bitly at CrunchBase
Hilary Mason Chief Scientist
Todd Levy CTO
Joshua Stylman Investor
Andrew Cohen General Manager
Dave McClure Investor
Roger Ehrenberg Investor
Eric Wiesen Director
Tim Devane Director, Business Development & Sales
Chris Sacca Advisor/Investor
Peter Hershberg Investor
Jay Ridgeway Architect
Matthew Rothenberg Head of Product
Max Samis Sales & Business Development
Past
Peter Stern CEO
Nathan Folkman System Architect
James Altucher Board Director
Frank Mashraqi Advisor
July, 2012
bitly raised $15M in unattributed round from O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Khosla Ventures
October, 2010
bitly raised $10M in a Series B round from RRE Ventures, AOL Ventures, betaworks, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Mitch Kapor, Peter Hershberg, David Shen, and Joshua Stylman
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March, 2010
Bit.ly receives "New York City Hot 125" Award
February, 2010
bitly raised $1.5M in debt_round round from SoftTech VC and betaworks
March, 2009
bitly raised $2M in a Series A round from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Ron Conway, Joshua Stylman, Peter Hershberg, David Shen, The Accelerator Group, Chris Sacca, FF Angel LLC, Roger Ehrenberg, SoftTech VC, Howard Lindzon, James Altucher, and SV Angel
January, 2008
bitly raised $1.5M in seed round from betaworks
2008
bitly was founded in 2008