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Ride Sharing Service Ridejoy Raises $1.3M

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Social ride sharing service Ridejoy has raised $1.3 million seed funding from investors including Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures, Founder Collective, SV Angel, Ben Ling, Owen Van Natta, Joshua Schacter, Seth Goldstein, Reinmkr Capital, Jared Kopf, and Jade Wang. It’s on top of the original Y Combinator, Start Fund, and SV Angel funds.

Next up on the business side is hiring a lead designer and engineer says the company.

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