There’s big money in virtual keyboards these days.
After announcing its second funding round of $17.5 million in September, hot Android keyboard company SwiftKey announced today that Accel Partners will also be participating in that round. SwiftKey previously noted that Index Ventures led that funding round, with participation by Octopus Investments.
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As part of Accel Partner’s investment, SwiftKey co-founders Jon Reynolds and Ben Medlock note that they’ll be working closely with Rich Wong, one of the firm’s general partners. “He brings a wealth of experience in building transformative mobile businesses so it’s great to have Rich involved as we accelerate our plans at SwiftKey,” they said.
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SwiftKey is based in London and has now raised over $21 million in total.
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