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Montreal's microblogging StatusNet raises $875K

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, October 27, 2009 10:05 AM · Filed under Montréal , Venture Capital, Social Media · No Comments

TechCrunch reported this morning that Montreal-based StatusNet is closing an $875K seed round today with Montreal Startup, iNovia Capital, and Fotolia co-founder Oleg Tscheltzoff.

StatusNet changed its name a few weeks ago from Control Yourself and is the company behind the open-source microblogging service identi.ca.

StatusNet wants to become the WordPress of microblogging. It created an open-source microblogging software platform which anyone can download and run on their own servers. Now, it is working on a hosted version of Status.net, currently in private beta.

Identi.ca raised a previous seed round of $150K from Montreal Startup in January, 2009.

 
Company:
iNovia Capital
Website:
http://www.inoviacapital.com
Location:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

iNovia Capital manages seed and early stage venture capital funds, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs and innovators build successful companies... [more]

 
 
Company:
Montreal Start Up
Website:
http://www.montrealstartup.com
Location:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

We invest in entrepreneurial teams with big visions and global aspirations looking to establish companies in Montreal. We provide seed level... [more]

 
 
Company:
StatusNet
Website:
http://status.net/
Location:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

StatusNet (formerly Laconica) is a Free and Open Source microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company or group to exchange short... [more]

 

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