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Clue has raised $10 million to date, including from USV

Ida Tin · How To Build App Worth $10m With 3 Million Users with Ida Tin of Clue EP 154 · Feb 23, 2016 · at 2:27

Ida Tin, co-founder and CEO of Clue, details the company's funding history to Nathan Latka.

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“Yes, we have raised ten million dollars to date from Union Square Ventures and other very good investors.”

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The claim, plainly

Clue has raised $10 million in venture funding to date, including investment from Union Square Ventures.

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Assessment

As of February 23, 2016, Clue (BioWink GmbH) had raised approximately $10 million in cumulative venture capital. This total comprised approximately $3 million across seed-stage tranches (2013 to early 2015) and a $7 million Series A round announced on October 9, 2015. The Series A round was co-led by Union Square Ventures, whose partner Albert Wenger publicly confirmed the firm's investment at the time. Independent financial reporting contemporaneously verified that total funding reached $10 million following that round, with no subsequent funding rounds taking place prior to February 23, 2016.

On October 9, 2015, Clue announced a $7 million Series A funding round co-led by Union Square Ventures and Mosaic Ventures.
USV partner Albert Wenger published a confirmation of Union Square Ventures' investment in Clue on October 9, 2015.
Contemporary financial reporting (e.g., FinSMEs, Tech.eu) verified that the $7 million Series A brought Clue's total funding to date to $10 million.
Venture databases and press records confirm no additional funding rounds occurred between October 9, 2015, and February 23, 2016.

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[1] podchaser.com [2] uktech.news [3] venturecapitaljournal.com [4] pitchbook.com [5] helloclue.com [6] tech.eu [7] usv.com [8] finsmes.com

"BioWink" OR "Clue" seed funding 2013 OR 2014 OR 2015 "3 million" OR "2 million" OR "500,000" "Ida Tin" Clue raised "10 million" OR "10M" funding 2015 OR 2016 "Clue" "seed" "Series A" funding breakdown BioWink "Clue" funding history Series A "Union Square Ventures" 2015 "Clue" "Union Square Ventures" funding 2015 OR 2016 OR 2014

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