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MAZ Digital Closes $1M Seed Round

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MAZ Digital, a digital publishing platform for tablet and mobile devices, has secured a $1 million seed round of funding. The funding was led by Expansion Venture Capital. In total, there were 14 funds and angels that participated in the round including MI Ventures, T5 Capital, and Amer Rehman of YFT Ventures.
Funds from this round will be used to scale up the company by expanding the team, building new products and ramping up sales and marketing efforts, says the company.

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