ChaCha, who presented at one of our past Under the Radar conferences in 2007, just announced that it has raised $7 million in its fifth round of venture capital financing according to an SEC filing. Bringing their funding total to nearly $70 million

ChaCha, a text message-based search engine service, allows users to go online, call or text questions on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes for free by texting 242-242, visiting m.chacha.com, downloading ChaCha’s iPhone app, or calling 1-800-2-ChaCha. The company was founded in 2006 by Brad Bostic and Scott Jones. Scott presented at Under the Radar and won the Audience Choice in the search category.

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