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AboutOne Closes $1.6 Million Series A Financing

By TechTaffy Desk

AboutOne, a free online organizer, has closed $1.6 million in Series A financing in a round led by Golden Seeds, a network of angel investors dedicated to investing in early stage companies founded and led by women.

This latest round of funding will be used to develop AboutOne’s marketing campaigns and expand its engineering staff in order to accelerate product upgrades scheduled for the next six months, says the company.

AboutOne also recently forged partnerships with Microsoft and Suze Orman (IDSafe).

 

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