Thread.com Raises $1.2 Million For Facebook-Powered Matchmaking Service

TECH CRUNCH -- Sep 1 -- Thread.com, a startup formerly known as Frintro, has closed a $1.2M funding round led by some of Silicon Valley’s most well known investors. Included in the round are First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, fbFund, and a number of independent investors, including Ron Conway, David Sacks, Auren Hoffman, Pedro Miguel Martins, Reid Hoffman, Joe Greenstein, Saran Chari, and Shervin Pishevar. Thread.com uses Facebook Connect to look up information about your friends and friends of your friends. Depending on your connection to each match you’ll be able to see things like their current relationship status, location, interests, profile photos, and photo albums. Thread.com makes it easy to simply message a member through Facebook, but CEO Brian Phillips says that the best way to spark a relationship is that you ask your friends to introduce you. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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