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Snipi, the Evernote-like site that allows user to “snip” content from around the web has raised $530,000 according to SEC filings. We spoke with founder Founder Andre Golsorkhi in 2009. The company also received $150,000 in Ben Franklin Technology Partners money in 2010.
As we wrote about yesterday, OpenView Partners has invested $10.3 million in KoP’s NextDocs. OpenView also was behind the recent Monetate financing.
Speaking of yesterday, we also had a short profile of CloudMine, a Fall DreamIt company that was forced to change business strategies because of Steve Jobs.
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A DreamIt Ventures company has taken to craigslist to look for a mobile developer.
First Round Capital joins Accel Partners and Gary Vaynerchuk in a $10 million investment in Birchbox, a company that delivers beauty samples.
Monetate’s $15 million round has been made official with an SEC filing. Named investors include former ClickEquations CEO Lucinda Duncalfe (formerly Lucinda Holt) and First Round Capital partner Josh Kopelman.
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