SameGrain closes $800K seed funding round [Startup Roundup]

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who’s getting funded?

SameGrain, based out of the Emerging Technology Center in Highlandtown, has completed raising a seed round of $800,000, according to CityBizList. In February, as Technical.ly Baltimore reported, the startup announced it had raised $550,000 of the round, according to SEC filings. The social networking startup, yet to launch, allows users to “discover” other people with similar interests anonymously.

who’s making moves?

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