Amazon funds online cooking encyclopedia Foodista
Foodista, an online encyclopedia about food, has raised a first round of undisclosed size led by Amazon.com. Not only has the Seattle company created a Wikipedia for cooking (launched in December 2008), it also organizes the International Food Blogging Conference. TechCrunch previously reported that the round totaled $550,000.
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