Yardbarker scores $634K to connect pro athletes with fans

Yardbarker, the blog aggregation site that allows fans to connect with their favorite professional athletes, has raised $634,000 of a targeted $660,000 round of securities. Based in San Francisco, the company allows readers to define preferences for the types of blogs and sports news they would be interested in — providing them with a customized digest of information every day from both athletes and popular sports writers.

It last raised money in April 2008, capturing $6 million in second-round funding from backers including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Kleiner Perkins partner Russell Siegelman, former star cornerback Ronnie Lott and former Entertainment Television CEO Jarl Mohn.

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