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Playrific Closes $1.7M Equity Financing

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Playrific, a digital media aggregation service for children,  has closed $1.7 million round of equity financing. The funding was lead by Golden Seeds, a network of angel investors dedicated to investing in early stage companies founded and led by women, with participation of investors from a variety of other angel groups including Launchpad Venture Group, Walnut Ventures, Northeast Angels and Maine Angels.

With this round of funding, the company has now raised a total of $2.8 million in capital.

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