Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark's $4.2m round.
US-based people-search start-up Ark.com has raised $4.2m in its seed round and the largest amount at such a stage for a graduate of incubator Y Combinator.
Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark’s round, which also included venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, Atlas Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Expansion Venture Capital, Felicis Ventures, Lightbank and Transmedia Capital, and angel investors.
Tencent has been backing…
