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Foundry Group Invests In Singly

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The Foundry Group has invested in Singly.  The company, located in San Francisco’s Mission District, is creating a software platform and service for personal data. A report by Liz Gannes on AllThingsD pegs the Series A funding at $7 million.

Singly was founded by Jason Cavnar, Jeremie Miller and Simon Murtha-Smith.  The three of them came together to found Singly after separately working on social readers and social search applications.

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