Personalized Online ID Firm WeeWorld Raises $15.5 Million, Launches in U.S.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 25, 2006 - 1:28am.

London - WeeWorld, a service that lets users create their own personalized identity that is persistent across blogs, social networks, online forums, instant messenger services, VoIP and mobile phones, announced on Monday its launch in the U.S. and a recent $15.5 million second round of venture capital financing. Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital led the investment round; WeeWorld completed its first round of funding in March 2005. London-based WeeWorld, which today opened its U.S. headquarters in Boston, said that over 10 million WeeMees have been created by users in more than 39 countries. The company has partnerships with firms including Skype, MSN, Vodafone and Motorola, and on Monday announced a deal with AOL to allow users to create a WeeMee to use within AIM.
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