Fandom

We power fan experiences.

Fandom was founded in 2004, is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, lists 501–1000 employees, and has $146.2M in recorded funding across 5 rounds.

Employees
501–1000
Founded
2004
Business Model
B2C
Website
fandom.com
Total Funding
$146.2M
Last Round
$106.4M Growth EquityFeb 2018
Rounds
5

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

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About

Fandom is the entertainment and gaming community platform founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling, originally as Wikicities and later Wikia. It hosts fan-curated wikis that document fictional universes in depth, growing from about 1,500 pages to more than 40 million content pages across 250,000 wikis in over 80 languages. Beyond wikis, Fandom operates services such as GameSpot, TV Guide, Metacritic, Bingebot, and Fanatical so fans can discover, discuss, and celebrate the stories they love. The company's mission is to understand, inform, entertain, and celebrate fans by building entertainment and gaming communities, content, services, and experiences.

Summary

Fandom is a SaaS company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2004. It lists 501–1000 employees. It has raised $146.2M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $106.4M Growth Equity round in Feb 2018. Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, TPG (Growth/Rise) and Digital Garage.

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Funding History

Growth EquityGrowth EquityFeb 2018
$106.4M

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