Emoji marketing startup Inmoji raises $5 mln

Inmoji, which connects brands with consumers on mobile messaging using interactive emojis, has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Dr. John Wigneswaran. The company, which has offices in Boston and San Francisco, said also participating in the round were technology luminaries within MIT Sloan School of Management community. Inmoji previously raised $2.4 million in seed-stage funding from ex-PayPal Media COO David Chang, Paypal Start Tank and Atlas Venture, now known as Accomplice.

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