Formspring is a social Q&A site that launched in November 2009 and lets users invite friends to ask questions and post answers to their profiles. The company announced a new 'Respond' button that publishers can add to their sites to prompt visitors to answer article-related questions and syndicate those answers back to Formspring profiles. Formspring claims heavy engagement: about 2 billion responses submitted to date and roughly 10 million responses per day. Traffic peaked near 40 million monthly uniques and has stabilized at about 22.2 million monthly uniques per Quantcast, ranking it roughly the 157th biggest site in the U.S. Today’s announcement included an $11.5 million funding round, which bolsters the company’s financial position as it rolls out publisher integrations. The product emphasizes lightweight, social Q&A sharing rather than traditional on-article comments.

Total raised

$12M

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Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2011