Gimlet Media and Mouth Foods each raise $5M+

You may know Gimlet Media from its popular podcast about the internet, Reply All, hosted by P.J. Vogt and Alex Goldman (or is it Goldmund?). But did you know they’re headquartered in Fort Greene, just down the block from BAM? And did you know they just raised $5.4 million, according to a Dec. 7 SEC filing? Well, in true meta fashion, you did know that if you listen to Gimlet’s StartUp Podcast. Let Nieman Lab’s Hot Pod newsletter explain.
The equity funding round brings the company up to $6.3 million in total funding since last year. The company made news in 2014 when it became probably the first Brooklyn company to take advantage of the equity crowdfunding portion of the JOBS Act. Way back in October 2014, when Gimlet was still the cheekily named American Podcasting Corporation, Technical.ly broke the news of its first funding round.

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A photo posted by Gimlet Media (@gimletmedia) on Dec 10, 2015 at 2:29pm PST

//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.jsIn other trendy industries, Dumbo’s Mouth Foods raised $5.7 million earlier in December, bringing its total amount raised to over $8 million.
Mouth Foods was started by Craig Kanarick, who, after visiting a small-batch food maker wondered why they weren’t selling their products online. He was told that wasn’t the business the store wanted to do. They wanted to make their foods, which gave Kanarick the idea of setting up a site for really unique creations. Now you can buy a monthly pickle subscription for $58 a month.

  Official New Mouth Initiation Policy: You must carve a bird at the next staff lunch. ? And @arthurbovino really did a number on the @greenbergsmokedturkey. #mouthlunch #familymeal #mouthteam   A photo posted by Mouth.com (@mouthfoods) on Dec 14, 2015 at 10:31am PST

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