Gimlet Media than advertising. Members were given early access to pilots for new Gimlet shows, a Gimlet T-shirt, and access to the company's Slack channel. Gimlet then hired Blumberg's spouse and former "Rachel Maddow Show" producer Nazanin Rafsanjani to explore other ways to diversify the company's revenue. Rafsanjani spearheads Gimlet Creative, a wing of the company that "creates highly produced narrative audio in partnership with brands." On August 2, 2017, Gimlet announced it closed a $15 million Series B investment round, led by Stripes Group. Emerson Collective, Graham Holdings, Betaworks, and Cross Culture Investors also contributed to the round. In September, 2017,
Gimlet Media October 17, 2018. The following shows premiered as ongoing series. Each was eventually pulled from the network. "Mystery Show", Gimlet's third show, was launched on May 22, 2015. The show featured host Starlee Kine solving mysteries that could not be solved by using the Internet, brought to her by listeners and friends. The mysteries tended to deal with missing objects, people, or other day-to-day questions. The final episode of "Mystery Show's" first season was released in July 2015. On October 6, 2016, Alex Blumberg announced on an episode of "StartUp" that "Mystery Show" had been canceled. In January 2016, Gimlet