Small World Labs takes $1M for business community tools
Small World Labs is an Austin, Tex. consultancy and software firm that helps businesses to install and use applications like social networks and blogs.
The company has existed since 2005 and has its own social networking architecture, but is taking funding to expand its technology platform further.
Clearmeadow Partners and other, unnamed investors provided the $1 million funding, Small World’s first.
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