Paper.li launched in 2008 as a project of Lausanne-based startup SmallRivers, offering a content-curation platform that helps users find, engage and build communities of like-minded individuals. Today, over 3.7 monthly users are curating over 50 million articles in 7 languages daily. In 2012 the company invested heavily in its technical architecture, replacing its original system with a telecom-grade platform to reduce downtime and improve content processing, loading times and stability. For 2013 the company focused on branding, collaboration and engagement features aimed at marketers and small business owners. Its PRO user base grew more than 400% in the past three months, and the company was forecasting to hit break-even in the coming three quarters. (Update – April 2023: the startup appears no longer in business under this website and the original link was deactivated.) Paper.li operates a social news curation service that aggregates and curates content from social sources for readers. TechCrunch reports the company has reached 2 million users. The article states Paper.li raised $2.1 million to support its social news curation efforts. The report emphasizes the user milestone alongside the funding. The TechCrunch piece highlights the funding amount and product focus but does not provide investor names, the financing instrument, or additional financial terms.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Sep 2013