StockTwits raises $800K more for Twitter stockpicking
StockTwits, a startup that helps you see people’s stock-related comments on microblogging service Twitter, has raised a first round of venture funding. It’s a relatively small round — $800,000, the same size as the company’s angel funding, according to MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka — but it’s still respectable for a service that might initially seem rather limited.
The concept behind StockTwits is simple — basically, if you tweet using a “$” symbol to indicate a stock, that… Continue Reading