$$$ We’re funded! $$$

For the last year, Livefyre has been a bootstrapped operation living on some generous and extremely helpful friends and family funding. It was just enough to keep the site up and to support a steady diet of PB&J and other less appetizing sandwich concoctions. As of today we still love PB&J, we just add extra bananas.

Livefyre is officially a funded company, and we couldn’t be happier with our group of investors. Check out the announcement on TechCrunch here.

MG did an awesome job with the post as always, and focused primarily on the “anti-troll” aspect of Livefyre. But that’s only a small piece of the puzzle. So what is Livefyre? I’m glad you asked. You can read the press release in its entirety here: Press Release-Funding and beta launch

And here’s a little blurb for the less ambitious readers:

Livefyre is an embeddable live commenting and conversation platform that turns comment sections into live conversations, increases the quality of those conversations, and drives traffic to content around the web. Livefyre is introducing a number of firsts into the conversation ecosystem, including conversation check-ins, real-time game mechanics, and a revolutionary moderation and reputation system. The Livefyre platform quickly and easily replaces legacy commenting systems on any site.