Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Mobile photo sharing and collaboration app Cluster secures $1.6M from some prominent VCs

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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