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Bitium Raises $2.4M

By TechTaffy Desk

Identity access management and cloud software startup Bitium has raised a $2.4 million seed round. The round was led by Mike Hirshland of Resolute VC, and investors including Alex Bard (Desk.com); Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media); former SVP of Strategy for Microsoft, Hank Vigil; Rob Glaser (Real Networks); entrepreneurs Hiten Shah (KISSmetrics) and Sean Ellis (Qualaroo); and Southern California funds Double M Partners, Social Leverage and Karlin Ventures.

A recent graduate of LA accelerator Amplify, Bitium was founded in early 2012 and has been operating in closed beta. The company is based in Venice Beach, California, with offices in Malaysia and Singapore.

[Image courtesy: Bitium]

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