Denver Grad @Blogmutt Announces Funding from FI Directors

Denver Founder Institute Graduate Blogmutt announced today that it has secured approximately $250,000 in funding from local technology magnates Jon Nordmark (Co-Founder of eBags.com, CEO of UsingMiles.com) and Jim Franklin (CEO of SendGrid). Jon and Jim are also Co-Leaders of the Denver Founder Institute program. The Denver Post covered the news here.

Blogmutt "works like a dog to fill up your blog" (gotta love that tagline!) by providing weekly, all-original content for business blogs for $79 a month. It currently serves more than 100 business customers with an ever-growing army of crowdsourced freelance writers.

In addition, BlogMutt's Co-Founder, Scott Yates, was featured on Colorado 9 News this morning. Check out the video below;

Way to go Scott!

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