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HotPotato Lands $1 Million for Real-Time Event Messaging

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2009 - 9:35am.
New York - HotPotato, the developer of a real-time communication service geared towards events, has raised around $1 million in funding, led by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures, All Things D reports.

Other investors including Betaworks and Ron Conway also participated.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based HotPotato was founded by former Major League Baseball Advanced Media executive Justin Shaffer.

The company's services offers a "curated stream" of real-time messages at events from attendees as well as those watching from afar.

HotPotato also plans to release an iPhone application in the coming weeks.

 

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http://hotpotato.com

Published in DMW Daily, October 23, 2009
tags: Deals | VC | Publishing | First Round Capital | RRE Ventures | Betaworks | Ron Conway | HotPotato |



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