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September 22, 2011 06:45 pm GMT

IVP Leads $7 Million Investment In Business Insider

Business InsiderDigital media startup and online news platform Business Insider has raised $7 million in new funding. The round was led by new investor IVP, writes the site's co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget. The company had previously raised funding from RRE Ventures, Allen & Co., Marc Andreessen, Gordon Crovitz, Ken Lerer, and others. This latest round bring Business Insider's total funding to nearly $14 million.Blodget says that the company was originally planning to raise $2 million but had enough interest ro raise more. He also reveals that the site is seeing 12 million visitors per month, and around 150,000 visitors per day. And Business Insider, which includes properties Silicon Alley Insider, Clusterstock and others, now employs a staff of 60 (which is up from around 45 in earlier this year).

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