Goby Grabs $2.5M More

Goby, a Boston event- and activity-based search engine startup, has raised $2.5 million in new venture financing from existing investors Kepha Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners. The news was reported today by TechCrunch, which also reports that Goby has raised a total of $7.5 million to date. Xconomy first wrote about Goby’s local-search approach to helping people find fun activities to do in their free time, back in September 2009.

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