San Diego
– TweetPhoto, the provider of a photo-hosting and sharing service, announced on
Tuesday that it has raised $2.6 million in its first round of financing, led by
Canaan Partners.
Anthem Venture Partners and angel investors also participated
in the round, proceeds from which will used for further product development and
developer relations.
San Diego-based TweetPhoto lets users upload photos and
then share them on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and other social media sites,
with added features like commenting, voting, geo-tagging and location-based
search.
The year-old company said it is processing 40 million API requests per
day and 250 million images each month.
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Any company that provides add on services which enhance the user experience of social networkers is going to attract funding. The social media phenomenon is so popular these days.