Buzzfeed

Published on Twitter, August 10, 2014

Tonight I'm tickled pink to be able to talk about our new investment in Buzzfeed!

My partner Chris Dixon discusses our new investment in Buzzfeed here: http://cdixon.org/2014/08/10/buzzfeed/

We think of BuzzFeed as a technology company. They embrace Internet culture. Everything is first optimized for mobile and social.

BuzzFeed has technology at its core. Its 100+ person tech team has created world-class systems... Engineers are first class citizens.

And then on top of its technology core, Buzzfeed's reporting team is now routinely committing breathtaking investigative journalism... Examples:

• @maxseddon at the Malaysian airlines crash site in Ukraine: http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/chaos-at-malaysian-airlines-crash-site-leaves-victims-by-the

• @mike_giglio's war reporting from Syria: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikegiglio/inside-syria-al-qaeda-was-here

• @itsjina's amazing story of Rwandan women flexing their political muscles: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/how-rwandan-women-got-their-power

• @jlfeder on how Vladimir Putin uses anti-gay policies as a geopolitical strategy: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/russia-exports-homosexual-propaganda-law-in-effort-to-fight

• @AramRoston on how the US covertly arms its proxies around the world: http://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/how-a-one-time-pig-peddler-helped-the-us-flood-war-zones-wit

We think the opportunity in front of @peretti, @BuzzFeedBen, @zefrank, and their colleagues is effectively unbounded. We are very excited to work with everyone at Buzzfeed to help them realize their dreams of a profoundly important new media institution.