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Shareaholic Raises $3M Series A Round

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Shareaholic has raised a $3 million Series A round led by Kepha Partners. Existing investors including General Catalyst Partners, NextView Ventures, 500Startups, Boston Seed, and angels also participated in the round.

Founded in 2008, Shareaholic is a content discovery, sharing and analytics service on the Web. Through Web browser extensions, open platform APIs, and a network of content publishers, Shareaholic reaches over 270 million people across every continent each month, says the company. Shareaholic recently named former Yahoo CTO Raymie Stata as advisor.

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