KBS+ Ventures, a corporate venturing unit of US-based advertising company Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners, is joined in the round by venture firms Foundry Group and GRP Partners and was also backed by existing investor Neu Venture Capital .

KBS+ Ventures, a corporate venturing unit of US-based advertising company Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners,  has helped Awe.sm, a US-based platform for social data, to raise $4m.

The round was led by venture firms Foundry Group and GRP Partners and was also backed by existing investor Neu Venture Capital .

Foundry Group managing director Ryan McIntyre will join awe.sm’s board.

Awe.sm was founded in 2009 by Jonathan Strauss and Laurie Voss, and is based in San Francisco.