LoudCrowd, an Austin, TX-based user-generated content (UGC) platform designed to allow brands to get more customers creating branded social content, raised $2.2m in seed funding.
The round was led by LiveOak Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Active Capital and prominent Austin angel investors including Steve Schaffer, founder and former CEO of Offers.com. David Stewart, Venture Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners, will join the Board of Directors as part of this financing.
The company intends to use the funds to continue its growth with several new products aimed at automating social marketing engagement, benchmarking brands, and measuring customer LTV and hire a variety of roles focused on engineering, sales and marketing.
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so special has nothing to do with the town itself. you ve got all the incredible things that go on with the outdoors here as far as gateway to the rocky mountains, the foothills are here, kayaking, mountain biking. but all of those natural elements contribute to making people so fiercely engaged in ensuring golden retains its small town feeling. deann weber fell so in love with golden she decided to rent a space in the center of town eight years ago to open a coffee shop called the windy saddle cafe. if you go to any small shop on the main street, you ll see the owner in the shop. which is fabulous. if you need to speak to the owner, nine chances out of ten they re going to be there. it s unique like that. we stay here, live here, work here. steve schaffer is one of those who lived and worked in golden for his entire life.