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Two more Canadians among fbFund Grant winners

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, December 10, 2008 2:42 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo , Facebook · Comments

David Crow just pointed out on his blog (thanks to Albert Lai) something that I missed earlier - three of the five Facebook fbFund grant winners announced yesterday are Canadian. I had incorrectly reported that only one, Kontagent, had a Canadian connection. The turns out HitGrab and WedSnap also made the cut and collected US$250,000 as well

HitGrab - MouseHunt, a HitGrab creation, is a game of epic proportions. Players are hunters, hired by the king to trap mice that infest his kingdom. For each mouse caught, users will find a reward, bringing them closer to being the best MouseHunter in the land.
WedSnap - WedSnap created Weddingbook, a social network on Facebook for those preparing for a wedding. Brides and grooms meet on Weddingbook to get advice, support, and inspiration during their engagement and wedding planning process.

HitGrab is based in Burlington and call themselves a premier social game company - this fbFund win certainly will help them justify the 'premier' tag. Toronto-based WedSnap provides web applications to the wedding industry. Congrats to all the Canadian winners.

Company:: Kontagent
Website:: http://www.Kontagent.com
Location:: San Francisco, California, United States

Kontagent is the leading viral analytics platform for social network application developers. The Kontagent platform has been built from the ground... [more]

Company:: HitGrab Inc.
Website:: http://www.hitgrab.com
Location:: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

HitGrab Inc. is a premier social game development company. We build highly engaging social games, consult on social network monetization and... [more]

Company:: WedSnap
Website:: http://www.wedsnap.com
Location:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WedSnap provides web applications to the wedding industry. [more]

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