Vook Lands $2.5M For Publishing Venture
2/19/2010
Alameda-based Vook, an electronic publishing startup, said Friday that it has raised $2.5M in seed fundingThe round came from Ron Conway, Kenneth Lerer, chairman of the Huffington Post, Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures and Founder Collective.
According to Vook, it will use the funding to accelerate growth of the firmVook was founded by Brad Inman, who was also founder of Inman News, HomeGain.com, and TurnHere.com.
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