Funded with $163m since 2013 and the tap's now turned off. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/medium

Total was $82m as of 2015.

8 acquisitions funded with VC money.

With Musk paying $44bn for Twitter and Ev Williams hiring Coach Tony to fleece the writers, both these alleged serial entrepreneurs can be defined as serial company killers. It's also clear that some of the funding for Williams to kill his Medium baby came from Musk: https://www.vox.com/2017/4/6/15208314/twitter-ev-williams-founder-board-selling-stock