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Canvas Raises $3 Million In Series A Funding
Canvas is a company that was founded by 4chan founder Christopher Poole (known as moot). Canvas has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Some of the previous angel investors that participated in this round include SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, and Joshua Schachter. Canvas’ previous round of funding was $625,000. Canvas allows users to easily edit images through the browser. Canvas added oEmbed support for several websites recently. Canvas currently has five employees including Poole. [TechCrunch]
Lerer Ventures Hires 4chan Founder Christopher Poole As An Advisor
4chan founder Christopher Poole (known as Moot) is joining Lerer Ventures, a New York City seed funding company started by Ken Lerer and Ben Lerer. He is not a formal partner, but he was be instrumental in greenlighting certain deals. Other advisors include Eric Hippeau (Huffington Post CEO) and Jonah Peretti (Buzzfeed CEO).
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Categories 4chan, 4chan.org, Ben Lerer, Christopher Poole, Ken Lerer, Kenneth Lerer, Lerer Ventures
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4chan Founder Christopher Poole Raises $625K For Next Venture
Christopher Poole (also known as Moot) on the 4chan forum has raised $625,000 on a new start-up that he is working on called Canvas Networks according to an SEC filing. Poole was quoted as saying that 4chan’s layout was old.
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Categories 4chan, Canvas Networks, Christopher Poole
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