on Jul 5, 2023, bluesky raised $8 million in a Seed funding round

bluesky raised $8 million in a Seed funding round by Protocol Labs, Jeromy Johnson, Neo, Mana, Joe Beda (Kubernetes), Bob Young (Red Hat), Amjad Masad (Replit), Amir Shevat (Darkmode), Heather Meeker, Automattic, Sarah Drasner, Katelyn Donnelly, Ali Evans, Stav Erez, Kris Nóva, Brad Fitzpatrick, Abdul Ly, and others.