The Huffington Post
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Overview
HuffPost is an online news provider and blog that offers coverage of U.S. politics, entertainment, style, world news, technology, and comedy. It is comprised of 80,000 bloggers and 126 million monthly visitors. In 2012, HuffPost became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. It was launched in 2005 and is based in New York, N.Y.
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- Roozt.com
Participated · Seed · Apr 2011
Roozt.com is an Internet platform that connects cause-conscious brands with Gen Y (18–35) online shoppers. Launched six months prior to the article, the site offers daily deals from socially-responsible companies and has amassed over 50,000 members. The company recently launched the “Roozt Cause” program, featuring a new monthly cause (Water, Education, Hunger, Environment) as the direct beneficiary of customer purchase donations. Roozt is led by CEO and co-founder Brent Freeman and operates satellite offices in San Francisco and New Orleans in addition to its Los Angeles base. Financially, the company completed a $250K seed round from undisclosed angel investors and received an additional strategic investment from Causecast.
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