Scribd is the largest social publishing company in the world, the Website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents. On Scribd, you can quickly and easily turn nearly any file—including PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel—into a Web document and share it with the world.

Scribd is breaking down barriers to the publishing process, making written works available to people on the Web and mobile devices, and most importantly, fueling the conversations happening around them.

Documents published on Scribd are accessible to Scribd’s community of readers, indexed by search engines, and easily embedded and shared on thousands of other Websites, including Twitter and Facebook. Many leading media companies and businesses distribute content through Scribd, including The New York Times, Ford Motor Company, Simon & Schuster, O’Reilly, World Bank, Chicago Tribune, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and more.

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
06/01/06 Seed 0.012M Fluid Ventures Unknown
01/01/07 Seed 0.04M GrandBanks Capital Unknown
03/01/07 Seed 0.3M Unknown
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People

David Sacks (Board member)

Tikhon Dernstan (co-Founder)

Geoffrey Yang (Board Member)

Trip Adler (Co-Founder)

Jared Friedman (Co-Founder)

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News

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