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Tyra Banks, Shonda Rhimes and Other Female Investors Back theSkimm's Latest Funding

Willow Bay and Jesse Draper are also investors

theSkimm recently completed its $12 million Series C funding.Sources: Getty Images
By Sara Jerde

May 21, 2018

Newsletter and media company theSkimm, made popular by its millions of fans, or so-called Skimm’ers, completed its $12 million Series C funding thanks to a group of nearly all female investors.

Sara Jerde

Sara Jerde is publishing editor at Adweek, where she covers traditional and digital publishers’ business models. She also oversees political coverage ahead of the 2020 election.

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