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LiftIgniter raises $6.4 million Series A round

By TechTaffy Desk

San Francisco-based LiftIgniter, a company working on machine learning personalization and a recommendation engine for websites and content, has completed a $6.4 million Series A round of financing.

Storm Ventures led the round, with participation from Rincon Venture Partners, Revel Partners, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures. Angel investors Tom Chavez, CEO and cofounder of Krux, and Bruce Falck, general manager of Revenue Product at Twitter, also participated in the round.

LiftIgniter has raised a total of $8.25 million to date.

[Image courtesy: LiftIgniter]

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