Bleacher Report Scores $10.5M

Wade Roush12/21/10

San Francisco-based Bleacher Report, which publishes and syndicates fan-generated sports news online, said yesterday that it has completed a $10.5 million Series C financing round. Crosslink Capital led the round. Bleacher Report previously raised $7.3 million, in a June 2009 round led by Hillsven Capital. The site claims to be the Web’s fifth largest sports media destination, with more than 16 million monthly unique visitors.

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