OnSwipe Raises, Like, A Million Dollars
Summary
PadPressed, the WordPress plugin that makes your blog look like a native app is branching out, with a new one million seed round of funding, a new name (OnSwipe) and homebase (New York). The round, which was completed in a marathon 30 days, was led by Spark Capital, Betaworks and AdMob investor ENIAC Ventures. Angel investors like Hubspot CEO Dharmesh Shah, Jennifer Lum, Roy Rodenstein and Wayne Chang also participated. And OnSwipe founder Jason Baptiste is committed to the cause, wanting the content experience on the iPad to be beautiful, engaging and monetizible. People will actually enjoy ads for the first time ever.” Baptiste explains that he chose the name OnSwipe,“because the measure of interaction between computers and humans will no longer be measured by on click, but by on swipe.” Baptiste has big plans and his mission fits in with the mission of lead investor Spark Capital.