Friday, February 19, 2010

Vook Lands $2.5M For Publishing Venture

Alameda-based Vook, an electronic publishing startup, said Friday that it has raised $2.5M in seed funding. The round came from Ron Conway, Kenneth Lerer, chairman of the Huffington Post, Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures and Founder Collective. According to Vook, it will use the funding to accelerate growth of the firm. Vook was founded by Brad Inman, who was also founder of Inman News, HomeGain.com, and TurnHere.com.