Perceptual Networks Raises Funding
Summary
Perceptual Networks, a Philadelphia, PA-based platform for developing consumer web applications, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding.Backers include First Round Capital, First Round Capital, Bullpen Capital and entrepreneurs and investors, including: – Max Levchin (founder of PayPal and Slide and Chairman of Yelp), – Richard Yoo (founder of Rackspace and ServerBeach) – Michael Birch (founder of Bebo and Monkey Inferno) – Steve Chen (founder of YouTube and AVOS), – Shawn Colo (founder of Demand Media) – Alexis Ohanian (founder of Reddit) – Tikhon Bernstam (founder of Scribd and Parse) – Philip Kaplan (founder of Fandalism, Blippy, AdBrite, TinyLetter and many, many more) – Joshua Schachter (founder of Tasty Labs and Delicious) – Bill Lee (founder of Remarq and Social Concepts and investor in Tesla) – James Hong (founder of HotOrNot) – Garry Tan (founder of Posterous and Partner at Y-Combinator) – Naval Ravikant (founder of Epinions and AngelList) – Gabriel Weinberg (founder of DuckDuckGo and NamesDatabase) – Bob Ippilito (founder of Mochi Media) – Jameson Hsu (founder of Mochi Media) – Ken Keller (founder of IGN.com and Cadence) – Paul Bragiel (partner at I/O Ventures) – Tom McInerney (former COO at Klout) – Nils Johnson (founder of Beautylish) Founded by CTO Jim Young and CEO Cheyenne Ehrlich, Perceptual Networks is developing a suite of products that will allow users to find the people they best connect with, whether they are looking for the right co-workers or employees, the right relationship, the right friends and activity partners or the right community to live in.The company is currently hiring (http://www.perceptualnet.com/jobs).FinSMEs 18/09/2012