Seattle-based online marketing startup Marketfish has raised $1.5 million in venture financing in a round led by Rustic Canyon and Accelerator Ventures, according to a report by TechFlash. As part of the deal, Rustic Canyon principal Neal Hansch will join the Marketfish board of directors, while Accelerator Ventures founder and managing partner Alex Lloyd will become a board observer. In August 2009 Marketfish raised an initial round of financing from the Alliance of Angels, which TechFlash reported at $2 million. The company then rolled out its beta release, which helps marketing agencies find and rent e-mail and direct mail lists of potential customers, the following month.
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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