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A plataforma SocialGo, adversária da conhecida Ning, conseguiu uma excelente ronda de angariação de capital, como se pode ler nesta notícia do TechCrunch…
“SocialGO, the community building platform which in the past positioned itself against the likes of Ning, has secured $2.2m in funding from nine institutions in its largest fund raising to date. Since the startup is already floated on the AIM public market in the UK, the fund round lead by First Columbus, its secondary broker, and values the company at $24m. Prior to this it raised $800,000 from Veddis Ventures.
The institutions that took part were mainly private client funds that invest in small cap businesses. Some invested in previous rounds and will be announced in a public filing today. Alex Halliday, CEO and co-founder – who, at 25, happens to be also Britain’s youngest public CEO – told us the round was heavily oversubscribed. Bentworth Holdings Limited, in which former PartyGaming MD Vikrant Bhargava, a non-executive director, holds an indirect beneficial interest, owns 20.4 per cent of the company, according to a company filing.” (…)
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