Who founded Grasswire?

Grasswire was founded by Austen Allred, Levi Notik in 2014.

Who are Grasswire's investors?

Grasswire's investors include Album VC.

How much funding has Grasswire raised?

Grasswire has disclosed $425K raised across 1 round.

Where is Grasswire headquartered?

Grasswire is headquartered in Mapleton, US.

Grasswire

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Mapleton, US · Founded 2014 · 1 known investors

Find your way into Grasswire

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Grasswire operated a crowdsourced news platform where users collectively found, verified, and edited breaking-news stories in real time without traditional editors.

Founders & leadership

Grasswire was founded in 2014 by Austen Allred and Levi Notik.

Austen Allred in 𝕏Co-Founder2014–2015Founder/CEO at Bloom Institute of Technology

Levi Notik inCTO/Cofounder2014–2016He has experience leading cross-functional technical teams and building scalable systems using languages including Scala, Python, Java, Kotlin, Go, Haskell, and Rust.

Board

Ryan CaldwellBoard director

Investors · 1

Album VCLehi · $500K – $3M

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$425K disclosed across 1 round · 2014

▶$425KraisedSep 2014 · 2 investors · Other Technology

Rule 506(b)

Officers, directors & promoters on the filing

Ryan CaldwellDirector
Austen AllredExecutive Officer, Director
Levi NotikDirector

Offering amount: $650K
Amount sold: $425K
First sale: Sep 2014
Incorporated: Corporation, Delaware, 2014
Federal exemptions: 06b

Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

In the news

Grasswire Is Now Sustainable. I would like to take a moment to say… | by Austen Allred | Grasswire Blog | Mediummedium.com · Feb 2016

A Note about Grasswire. When we started Grasswire, we knew we… | by Austen Allred | Grasswire Blog | Mediummedium.com · Jan 2016

Grasswire relaunches as the Wikipedia of news | Fortunefortune.com · Sep 2015

Grasswire Lets Thousands Fact-Check The Newstechcrunch.com · Aug 2014

Do you need to be rich to start your own company? - BBC Newsbbc.com · Sep 2013

Frequently asked questions

What does Grasswire do?: Grasswire operated a crowdsourced news platform where users collectively found, verified, and edited breaking-news stories in real time without traditional editors.
Who founded Grasswire?: Grasswire was founded by Austen Allred, Levi Notik in 2014.
Who are Grasswire's investors?: Grasswire's investors include Album VC.
How much funding has Grasswire raised?: Grasswire has disclosed $425K raised across 1 round.
Where is Grasswire headquartered?: Grasswire is headquartered in Mapleton, US.