Hardbound produces visual and interactive "mini-stories" that combine photos, illustrations and text to explain topics in about five minutes. The app originally sent a weekly Thursday link to new editions but launched Hardbound 2.0 to add "The Nightcap," a Monday–Thursday 8 PM section summarizing the day’s top stories. The Nightcap pairs traditional news with at least one offbeat or fascinating story and includes an "our take" editorial plus one-page highlights; stories are sourced from major newspapers and blogs. The service reports roughly 100,000 readers across web and mobile and over 5 million pages read. Hardbound is a free iOS download with in-app purchases for access to its back catalog; the team plans to work with partners on content and may eventually run brand ads using its visual format. The company is led by co-founders Nathan Bashaw and Joe Nguyen and has been backed by $300K in seed funding from Full Tilt Capital, Betaworks, Maveron, and angel investors.

Total raised

$0M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Nov 2016