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Discussion Organizer Grouply Raises $1.3 Million First Round

By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:54 PM PST

Grouply, a service that helps people manage online discussions, has raised a $1.3 million first round, according to TechCrunch. The round included Reid Hoffman, SoftTech VC, Harvard Angels, and Western Technology Investment. The Redwood City, CA-based company offers a centralized location for active users of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Groups. As such, it’s like other services that have cropped up to help users manage their activity on various social networking sites.

Posted in: Social Media, Community, VC+M&A, Venture Capital

Tags: harvard angels, softtech vc, western technology investment, reid hoffman, grouply,

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1 Response:
  • From murray Wed 16 Jan 2008 11:02 PM

    there has been a bot of a discussion about grouply i am on .
    the main worry is the copyright of messages ect that are posted to a yahoo group.
    is grouply usuers violating thr yahoo TOS this has caused much debate

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