[1][2][3] Startup Digest was founded by Christopher McCann and Brendan McManus in 2009.

[4] After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with an entrepreneurship degree in June 2009, McCann moved to Silicon Valley to work with Plug and Play Tech Center.

[1][4] McCann didn’t know anyone in the area and started going to tech events to meet people.

[5] McCann and his roommate, Brendan McManus, co-founded Startup Digest after the first email.

[7] They took $25,000 in initial funding, and by the end of the first year, their list reached 100,000 subscribers.