Snopes Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1994

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 28

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 1

Snopes General Information

Description

Developer of an online search engine platform intended to check and confirm facts and news affecting society as a whole. The company's fact-checking site has an inbuilt search engine that applies debunking standards to all political, social, economic and related stories flowing across multiple social and media sites, thereby enabling users to validate or debunk urban legends, Internet rumors and other stories of unknown or questionable origin.

Contact Information

Website
www.snopes.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Corporate Office
  • 2522 North Proctor Street 524
  • Tacoma, WA 98406
  • United States
+1 (858)
Primary Industry
Internet Software
Other Industries
Information Services (B2C)
Application Software
Parent Company
Proper Media
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • 2522 North Proctor Street 524
  • Tacoma, WA 98406
  • United States
+1 (858)

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Snopes Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Key Data Points

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Snopes FAQs

  • When was Snopes founded?

    Snopes was founded in 1994.

  • Where is Snopes headquartered?

    Snopes is headquartered in Tacoma, WA.

  • What is the size of Snopes?

    Snopes has 28 total employees.

  • What industry is Snopes in?

    Snopes’s primary industry is Internet Software.

  • Is Snopes a private or public company?

    Snopes is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Snopes?

    The current valuation of Snopes is .

  • What is Snopes’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Snopes is .

  • When was Snopes acquired?

    Snopes was acquired on 01-Jul-2017.

  • Who acquired Snopes?

    Snopes was acquired by Proper Media.

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