Mashable to Open Singapore Office in Global Push

Financial Times: Mashable plans to launch operations in Asia as part of an international growth plan fueled by $31 million in venture funding the business has raised in the past 16 months. Mashable is among a crop of online media sites benefiting from the rapid rise of social media to deliver content and advertisers willing to pay for sponsored content. The past year has seen an influx of investment into groups including BuzzFeed, Business Insider, Vox Media. Mashable was founded in Scotland in 2005, and has carried out two funding rounds in quick succession, led by Tribune Media’s Tribune Digital Ventures and the venture arm of Time Warner.