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We\u2019ve raised a $6MM Series A from The Social+Capital Partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These guys are not your average VCs<\/a>.\u00a0Mamoon Hamid<\/a> has joined the board with Des and me \u2014 he\u2019s been on the board of not one<\/a>, but two<\/a> billion-dollar businesses.<\/p>\n

Freestyle Capital<\/a> and David Sacks<\/a> are also in this round. We\u2019re fortunate to have their support, and well as the support of our original seed investors. I\u2019m thinking of them today.<\/p>\n

Raising money is easy when you’re backed by so many talented people<\/a>. The hard part is building a massively impactful business. In that respect, we have a long road ahead of us. This is but one more baby step along the way.<\/p>\n

Our mission is to make web business personal. We\u2019re dedicated to building a simple tool to let our customers connect with theirs. We owe everything to them for believing in us. And we plan to make them very proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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