Scribd Overview

  • Status
  • Private
  • Employees
  • 399
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private
  • Investors
  • 22

Scribd General Information

Description

Provider of an online subscription-based library intended to offer a wide range of reading items on any device. The company's library features books, audiobooks, news, magazines, documents, and music sheets from global publishers and articles from leading magazines and newspapers, enabling users to stay informed, discover new passions, and read and learn anything anytime, as per their need.

Contact Information

Website
www.scribd.com
Formerly Known As
Nowigo
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Publishing
Other Industries
Information Services (B2C)
Social Content
Primary Office
  • 460 Bryant Street
  • Suite 100
  • San Francisco, CA 94107-2594
  • United States
+1 (415) 000-0000
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Scribd Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
8. Secondary Transaction - Private 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC (Series E) 25-Nov-2019 0000 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series D) 02-Jan-2015 0000 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC (Series C) 18-Jan-2011 000.00 000.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series B) 19-Dec-2008 000 000.00 000.00 Completed Startup
3. Early Stage VC (Series A) 05-Oct-2007 00.000 00.000 000.00 Completed Startup
2. Angel (individual) 06-Mar-2007 $300K $312K Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Mar-2006 $12K $12K Completed Startup
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Scribd Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series E 0,000,000 00.000000 00.0 000.0 000.0 00 000.0 0.000
Series D 0,000,000 00.000000 00.0 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series C2 0,000,000 00.000000 00.0 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 0.000
Series C1 0,000,000 00.000000 00.0 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 0.000
Series B 5,149,669 $0.000010 $0.16 $1.96 $1.96 1x $1.96 15.79%
Series A 2,650,180 $0.000010 $0.12 $1.48 $1.48 1x $1.48 8.13%
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Scribd Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Publishing
San Francisco, CA
399 As of 2021
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Scribd Competitors (13)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Issuu Venture Capital-Backed Palo Alto, CA 000 000.00 000000000 000.00
0000000 Formerly VC-backed Utrecht, Netherlands 00 00.000 000000&0 00.000
00000 (000000 0000 Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY 00 0000 00000000000 0000
0000000 Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY 000 000.00 00000000000
000000 Formerly VC-backed Växjö, Sweden 000 00000 00000000000 00000
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Scribd Patents

  • 4

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 1

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Scribd Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20120042236-A1 Integrated document viewer Abandoned 20-Apr-2010 0000000000 00
US-20120110436-A1 Integrated document viewer Granted 20-Apr-2010 0000000000 00
US-8707164-B2 Integrated document viewer Active 20-Apr-2010 0000000000 0
US-20110258535-A1 Integrated document viewer with automatic sharing of reading-related activities across external social networks Abandoned 20-Apr-2010 G06F40/126 00

Scribd Executive Team (21)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
John Adler III Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Tony Grimminck Chief Financial Officer
Greg Hintz Chief Operating Officer
Suresh Duddi Chief Technology Officer
Simon Bond Chief Marketing Officer
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Scribd Board Members (9)

Name Representing Role Since
Betsey Nelson Self Board Member 000 0000
Geoffrey Yang Redpoint Ventures Board Member 000 0000
Jared Friedman Y Combinator Board Member 000 0000
John Adler III Scribd Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 000 0000
Keith Rabois JD Khosla Ventures Board Observer 000 0000
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Scribd Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Scribd Investors (22)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Edward Kinsey Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
John Leggett Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Raju Sagiraju Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Saints Capital Secondary Buyer Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Silicon Valley Bank Lender/Debt Provider Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Scribd Acquisitions (3)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
0000000000 12-Aug-2020 0000000000 Social Content 0000 0000
0000000 14-Nov-2016 0000000000 Information Services (B2C) 0000 0000
Librify 24-Jun-2015 Merger/Acquisition Social/Platform Software
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Scribd Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
0000000000 Social Content San Francisco, CA 0000
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