eBay Founder Omidyar's Twitter Venture Ginx Gets $2 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 15, 2009 - 8:31am.

Honolulu - eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has co-founded a new venture, a twitter client called Ginx, and raised around $2 million in financing for the company, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Peer News Inc., doing business as Ginx, was co-founded by fellow eBay executive Randy Ching. The service aims tol enable Twitter users to share and discuss links.

Ginx is currently in private pre-alpha testing. "Peer News expects to make Ginx available to more users later this year," reads a statement from the company.

 

Related Links:
http://www.pehub.com/28618/pierre-omidyars-next-venture/

http://ginx.com/-8b3w

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