Under the Turner corporate umbrella, Finocchio remains at Bleacher Report as the CEO. Eight months later, in October 2008, Bleacher Report secured $3.5 million in Series B funding from Hillsven, Gordon Crawford, and SoftTech VC. The undisclosed sum came from Hillsven Capital, Transcoast Capital, and Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick. Long and Ryan Alberti, the company's nucleus took up residence in a Menlo Park office space, in the spring of 2007, for $650 a month.īleacher Report announced the completion of a round of Series A funding on the occasion of its public launch in February 2008. Inspired by Ken Griffey Jr, they wanted to start writing about sports.
History Founding: 2005–2011 īleacher Report was formed in 2005 by David Finocchio, Alexander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz-four friends and sports fans who were high school classmates at Menlo School in Atherton, California. In March 2018, Bleacher Report and Turner Sports launched B/R Live, a subscription video streaming service featuring live broadcasts of several major sports events. īleacher Report was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for $175 million. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. Discovery Sports Interactiveīleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture.
