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March 23, 2011 07:10 pm GMT
"We spoke to investors in October but many people doubted that Yobongo would work. So we went and kept working on the product,"Yobongo co-founder Caleb Elston says. "A few weeks ago we got the product into peoples hands and literally 10 minutes from sending the beta to one of our investors he called, emailed, texted, and Yobongo messaged me. 'I get it, I'm in.'," he continues.And that one investor is hardly the only one. The mobile chat service has secured a $1.35 million angel round with many familiar investors taking part. Individuals Mitch Kapor, Dave Morin, Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuk, Karl Jacob, Bill Roux, Shervin Pishevar have all invested. And Freestyle Capital and True Ventures have joined in on the action as well.
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"We spoke to investors in October but many people doubted that Yobongo would work. So we went and kept working on the product,"Yobongo co-founder Caleb Elston says. "A few weeks ago we got the product into peoples hands and literally 10 minutes from sending the beta to one of our investors he called, emailed, texted, and Yobongo messaged me. 'I get it, I'm in.'," he continues.And that one investor is hardly the only one. The mobile chat service has secured a $1.35 million angel round with many familiar investors taking part. Individuals Mitch Kapor, Dave Morin, Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuk, Karl Jacob, Bill Roux, Shervin Pishevar have all invested. And Freestyle Capital and True Ventures have joined in on the action as well.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/d_AIYPA860E/
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