The piece quotes Accel Partners‘ Jim Breyer, so this time it’s official. Breyer tells VentureWire that several consumer Internet and media companies had wanted to invest along with Accel, but that Accel wanted to keep the deal to itself. It is the sole investor.
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A long road for the eleven-year-old company, but it became profitable during the first quarter, and is reportedly hiring marketing and sales folk like crazy.
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