By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor
Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Cluster, a mobile photo sharing and album collaboration app, has closed a $1.6 million Seed funding round. Investors include Baseline Ventures, Freestyle Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures and Sherpa Ventures. The San Francisco-based startup, which just released its app out of beta, offers a collaborative service that enables people to create photo albums and then share them with others—all via their mobile device. It was founded in January of this year.
Vital Stats:
Website: www.getcluster.com
HQ: San Francisco
Founders: Brenden Mulligan, Taylor Hughes
Year Founded: 2013
Investors: Baseline Ventures, Freestyle Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Sherpa Ventures
Innovation: A collaborative service that enables people to create photo albums and then share them with others via mobile device.
Total Funding: $1.6 million
(Sources: Cluster, TechCrunch, CrunchBase)
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