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Vanilla Forums Gets Funding For Website Forums

Jan 19, 2010 8:10 PM

Community forum startup Vanilla Forums, has raised $500,000 in a first round of funding. The company claims that more than 300,000 people have used its hosted forums, which can be customized with various plugins. The platform is free, although Vanilla charges for premium features, including paid support. The round was…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Community, eonbusiness, klein venture partners, montreal start up, norseman capital, vanila forums

Control Yourself Gets Seed Round For Identi.ca Microblogging Service

Jan 15, 2009 4:34 PM

Twitter finally gets a business development exec, and now, there’s more investment in the micro-blogging space ... Control Yourself, the Canadian startup behind Identi.ca, an open-source micro-blogging stream, has received seed funding from Montreal Start Up. The exact amount was undisclosed, but Montreal Start Up Managing Partner John Stokes told…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, control yourself, identi.ca, montreal start up

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