BlogHer is a community for women who blog.  Last July BlogHer raised $5 million in funding as part of a Series B round.  Now the company has raised an additional $7 million round of funding as part of their Series C.  This brings the company to a total investment of $15.5 million.

The participants of the new round of funding includes previous investors Venrock Capital and Peacock Equity.  BlogHer gained attention for hosting First Lady Michelle Obama’s blog.  BlogHer has about 2,500 bloggers in their network.  There are about 30 direct employees of the company.  BlogHer was started in 2005 by Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins.  Stone currently serves as the CEO.

[via AllThingsD]

“I am incredibly excited to tap into this new online community and superserve both clients and consumers in today’s robust women’s marketplace,” stated Lauren Zalaznick, President of Women/Lifestyle Entertainment at NBC Universal.

BlogHer, a community of women bloggers raised $5 million in series B funding.  In this new round of funding, the company also made a partnership with NBC Universal.  Peacock Equity, the financial arm of NBC was the lead investor.  BlogHer raised about $3.5 million about a year ago as their Series A from Venrock Capital.

BlogHer’s network of 2,200 female bloggers will contribute content on Oxygen.com, iVillage, and BravoTV.  NBC bought iVillage, a women’s social network about 2 years ago for $600 million.  BlogHer gained additional traction when the website started hosting Michelle Obama’s blog.

BlogHer was co-founded by Elisa Camahort Page, Lisa Stone, and Jory Des Jardins.

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