Lanyrd
AcquiredEventbrite
London · Founded 2010 · $1.4M raised
- Headquarters
- London
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2010
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- lanyrd.com
- Total Funding
- $1.4M
- Last Round
- $1.4M SeedSep 2011
- Rounds
- 1
- Acquired by
- EventbriteSep 2013
About
Lanyrd was a conference directory website founded in 2010 by Simon Willison and Natalie Downe and based in London's Old Street Roundabout area. The site compiled blog posts, photos, and other coverage from tech and industry events, organizing content by session and speaker, and used the Twitter API to recommend events based on users' social graphs. A Y Combinator alum, Lanyrd raised $1.4 million in seed funding in 2011 before being acquired by Eventbrite in September 2013, after which the site was shut down.
Summary
Lanyrd is a SaaS company based in London, founded in 2010. It has raised $1.4M in total across 1 round, most recently a $1.4M Seed round in Sep 2011. Investors include Index Ventures.
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