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Social Ad Tech Platform Glow Raises $1.3M Seed To Expand Into U.S., Beef Up Senior Exec Team

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http://techcrunch.com – Glow Digital Media, a social advertising technology platform that sells services to Facebook advertisers to grow their marketing ROI, has closed a $1.3 million seed funding round. Investors in the round include Project A Ventures and Avonmore Developments. The U.K. startup, founded back in 2009, said it has used the funding to expand into the U.S. — opening a new regional HQ in Los Angeles and hiring four new senior execs, including David Wamsley who will lead the new office as VP, Sales & Strategic Partnerships, US. The other new senior hires cover ”key positions overseein (IT news)

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