Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Little Bird Lands $1.7M For Social Media Search

Portland-based Little Bird, which is led by Marshall Kirkpatrick, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.7M in a Seed financing round, for its efforts in helping find social influencers and track emerging news. The company said the funding will go towards scaling its technology, which is aimed at sales, marketing, and other businesses. The funding was led by the Oregon Angel Fund, and also included angel Howard Lindzon and his Social Leverage Fund. Kirkpatrick was previously at technology news blogs ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch. More information »