Social search startup Mechanical Zoo raises $2M more
The Mechanical Zoo, the Googler-packed social search startup, brought in $2 million in convertible promissory note funding from August Capital, reports PE Wire. The same investment firm provided a $6 million first round of funding at the end of October.
As we reported earlier, the San Francisco-based company blends users’ social networks with their search habits, allowing them to identify the exact right people to answer their queries.
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