Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Tagboard Gets $2M For Hashtag Search, Management Software

If you're at all connected into social media, you're very familiar with hashtags--those keywords, indicated by #hashtag--used by users to indicate different topics. A new, Seattle startup, Tagboard, is looking to make it easier to track and understand trends in those hashtags, through the launch of its service--and $2M in seed funding. According to Tagboard, the new funding comes from "prominent" angel investors. Names of those investors were not announced. Tagboard launched its service and company today, and also said it has signed up partnerships with Boeing, Jaguar, The Seattle Mariners and Seahawks, Outback Steakhouse and others, to help those companies host, amplify, and promote curated social media related to their brands. Tagboard was founded by Josh Decker, Tim Shimotakahara and Sean Sperte. More information »