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Hardware - Thursday, March 20, 2008

StealthWatch: Barcelona's Project Amuso VC Funded For Cash/Prize Contests

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Project Amuso, a pre-launch social media startup based in Barcelona, Spain, says it is has raised funding from "top tier venture capital funds" without saying who those are. When its launched, the company plans to offer cash and prizes for games involving user submitted videos and photos.

Founding team include President Barak Rabinowitz who just graduated from Harvard Business School and before that worked at Yahoo and Sony Broadband. CEO Jordi Bartomeu just graduated from the London Business School. Details to come.

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