By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor
Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Collegefeed, a social networking service that helps match college students with potential employers that are a good fit, has closed a $1.8 million Seed funding round, led by Accel Partners. The site offers a slate of services that includes tuition help, alumni networks, rich profiles for students to showcase skills, and personalized recommendations on jobs and companies to help students crack the ever-challenging current job market. The Mountain View-based startup was founded in January of this year.
Vital Stats:
Website: www.collegefeed.com
HQ: Mountain View
Founders: Sanjeev Agrawal, Aman Khanna
Year Founded: 2013
Investors: Accel Partners, S-Cubed Capital, Pramati Technologies
Innovation: A social networking service that helps match college students with potential employers that are a good fit.
Total Funding: $1.8 million
(Sources: Collegefeed, TechCrunch, CrunchBase, LinkedIn)
More funding and acquisitions news…
SocialChorus Announces Over 350% Growth, Closing of Series A $2.5M in Funding and Major Software Platform Enhancements (via company press release)
Mobile shopping startup Snapette gets snapped up by PriceGrabber (via GigaOm)
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