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FreedomPop Raises $4.3 Million Series A1 Round

By TechTaffy Desk

FreedomPop has raised an additional $4.3 million in funding in a Series A1 from existing investors, DCM and Mangrove Capital, bringing total funding to $11.2 million.

Founded in 2011, FreedomPop is a telecom company backed by DCM, Mangrove Capital, and Skype founder Niklas Zennstom’s Atomico.  FreedomPop launched its free broadband service on Clearwire’s 4G network earlier this year and is scheduled to go live with Sprint in 2013.

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