A Tumblr Guide for Newbies USA Today, May 21, 2013 Tumblr is an aesthetic pleasure, like entering a modern art museum for the first time More Eight Companies Spark Capital Has Backed in Boston Boston Business Journal, May 21, 2013 Boston-based Spark Capital may be best known for making investments outside its home city, such as Tumblr and Twitter.

But Spark also ranks among the VC firms which frequently back Boston-area startups: Spark invested $25 million into Massachusetts-based firms in 2012, across nine deals, according to figures provided by the firm.
More Early Tumblr Investor Saw ‘Raw Talent,’ Capital Efficiency Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2013 One of Tumblr’s biggest fans is a venture capitalist who helped steer the blogging service from its earliest days to a deal to be acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion in cash.

Bijan Sabet, a general partner at Spark Capital who is best known for leading the Boston firm’s investment in Twitter, said he first started using Tumblr when it was just one of several Web applications that founder and Chief Executive David Karp had developed while running a Web
More Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion New York Times, May 20, 2013 The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media. More Biz Stone’s New Startup Jelly Raises Series A From Spark Capital, SV Angel, Square CEO Jack Dorsey, Reid Hoffman, Al Gore, Bono & Others TechCrunch, May 18, 2013 Twitter co-founder Biz Stone’s new and mysterious startup called Jelly still isn’t saying what it’s up to, but it has announced funding. According to details posted to the official company blog this morning, the team has raised a Series A from a notable lineup of investors in a round led by Spark Capital, with additional investment from SV Angel, and a group of angels that includes Square CEO Jack Dorsey; Reid Hoffman; Bono (what!), Evan Williams and Jason Goldman via Obvious; Al Gore; Emmy-winning director Greg Yaitanes; and Afghan entrepreneur Roya Mahboob. More