Seattle-based digital content and service marketplace DigitalScirocco has raised $1.1 million in an equity financing, according to an SEC filing Tuesday. The company connects website owners looking to republish outside content on their sites to online content owners (such as media organizations) through an automated marketplace. This allows website owners to purchase content they want through an online auction, bypassing the need to contact the content owner directly. Greg profiled DigitalScirocco when it came out of stealth mode at the semi-annual DEMO conference in California back in March.
Author: Thea Chard
Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.
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