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Russell Simmons’ GlobalGrind Raises $2.6 Million Funding

Oct 7, 2009 8:02 PM

GG Digital Inc, parent company of GlobalGrind, the urban news and lifestyle site founded by Russell Simmons, has raised $2.6 million worth of a proposed $3.4 million round of funding, per an SEC filing. GlobalGrind raised $3.5 million in a first round from Accel Partners in 2007; Simmons invested in…

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@ Media & Money: Keynote: Russell Simmons, Founder, Rush Communications

Nov 8, 2007 12:40 PM

The final event at the Media & Money Conference was a keynote interview with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, whose business empire is approaching conglomerate status. Much of the conversation was general, about his business philosophy and social outlook. Among his many ventures: the startup Global Grind, a kind of hip-hop…

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