Social network Redux raises $3.5M
Updated
Redux, a Berkeley, Calif.-based social networking site (or, as the company calls it, a “discovery network”), has raised $6.5 million in a second round of venture funding, according to PE Hub. Backers include Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
[Update: Nathan Dintenfass, the company's vice president of marketing, says it raised $3.5 million, not $6.5 million.]
Redux was co-founded by Darian Shirazi, an early Facebook employee who also created mobile photo-sharing site Fotodunk, and David McIntosh…. Continue Reading
Redux’s “people discovery” service wants you to make new friends
There’s still a gap between the Match.coms of the world and the Facebooks, says Redux CEO Darian Sharazi, and he thinks his company’s new site can fill it.
While social networking sites like Facebook connect you with existing friends, and dating sites are narrowly focused on romance, Redux is the first “people discovery” service, says Sharazi, an early Facebook employee — in other words, a site that can help you find friends based on your tastes… Continue Reading