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Petcube Raises $1.1M Seed Funding

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Petcube has closed $1.1 million in seed funding. The investment was co-led by AVentures Capital and Almaz Capital, with participation from SOSVentures, Mint.com co-founder and CTO David Michaels and a security expert, former chief malware researcher at Facebook, Nick Bilogorskiy.

Petcube is a company that keeps people connected with their pets. It offers a free mobile app for iOS and Android devices as well as a an interactive pet monitoring camera.

[Image courtesy: Petcube]

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