Gimlet Media is an American media company. The activity is focused on creating podcasts . The main office is in Brooklyn , New York .
The company was founded in 2014 by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Then Gimlet Media raised $1.5 million in seed funding and later another $200,000.[ 2] [ 4]
In 2015, the company raised $6 million.[ 5]
That year Gimlet Media launched a new kind of paid membership.[ 6]
In 2017, the company received a $15 million investment .[ 7] [ 8]
In 2018, Gimlet started GimletFest.[ 9] [ 10]
In 2019, Spotify announced its entering to the agreement to acquire Gimlet.[ 11] [ 12]
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