Salesforce Ventures leads $6.7m round in content creation firm backed by Sequoia

Hashnode, a developer blogging platform, announced that it has raised US$6.7 million in its latest round of funding.

More funding details

• Lead investor: Salesforce Ventures, the investment arm of Salesforce
• Other investors: Sierra Ventures, Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Accel Partners, AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, Intercom co-founder Des Traynor, Vercel co-founder Guillermo Rauch, HackVC managing director Ed Roman, and Uncorrelated’s Salil Deshpande
• Stage: Series A

More company updates

• The fresh funds will go toward widening Hashnode’s user base by way of improving its services for content related to software development, technology, and engineering.
• Hashnode says its monthly base has grown from 100,000 to 1 million active users in the past year. It currently hosts 60,000 active blogs.
• The platform allows people to publish articles in a familiar domain. It also fosters a community of developers who can interact via reactions, comments, and bookmarks, among other functionalities.
• In December 2020, the startup raised US$2.1 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge.
• It was part of the fourth cohort of 17 early-stage startups selected for funding by Sequoia India’s Surge, an accelerator program that focuses on Southeast Asia and India.

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