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Tout Funding & Investors

San Francisco, CA

Tout was an online social networking service and microblogging service that enabled its users to send and view 15-second videos, known as "touts." The service's core technology was created at SRI International by Michael Downing based on two patents owned by that company.

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Total Amount Raised: $50,109,500

Tout Funding Rounds

  • Series C

    $26,000,000

    Series C Investors

    The Melohn Group
    Windsor Media
    Pittco Management
    819 Capital
    HL Capital
  • Series Unknown

    $6,021,000

  • Series B

    $13,400,000

    Series B Investors

    Phil knight
    Hosain Rahman
    819 Capital
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    Stanley Shuman
    SRI International
    Gordon Crawford
  • Debt Financing

    $2,688,500

  • Series A

    $2,000,000

    Series A Investors

    Riaz Valani
    Eric Chen
    Horizons Ventures
    Anduin Capital
    Jay Gould
Funding info provided by Diffbot.