{"id":99604,"date":"2009-12-23T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T00:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2009-12-24:article\/419-mobile-search-firm-chacha-gets-7-million-more"},"modified":"2009-12-23T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T00:55:19","slug":"mobile-search-firm-chacha-gets-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/99604","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Search Firm ChaCha Gets $7 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border: 1px solid silver; padding: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; float: left;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-mobile-search-firm-chacha-gets-7-million-more\/\" title=\"ChaCha\" class=\"image_link image\" id=\"77578_1288\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/images\/editorial\/_original\/chacha-o.png\" alt=\"ChaCha\" width=\"140\" height=\"87\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mobile search firm <a href=\"http:\/\/chacha.com\/\" title=\"ChaCha\">ChaCha<\/a>&#8212;which lets users call or text message a query and receive an answer shortly afterwards&#8212;has raised another $7 million in funding, according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1383202\/000138320209000006\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\" title=\"SEC filing\">SEC filing<\/a>. The round comes five months after ChaCha disclosed <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/article\/419-mobile-search-startup-chacha-raises-another-4-million\/\" title=\"a $4 million round\">a $4 million round<\/a>&#8212;and ten months after it <a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-chacha-cuts-staff-to-make-12-million-in-new-capital-last-longer\/\" title=\"raised $12 million\">raised $12 million<\/a>. The latest filing lists past backers, including former Compaq CEO Ron Canion, as directors. A company representative, however, would not say who provided the cash, which <b>brings the startup&#8217;s total backing to more than $40 million<\/b>. 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The round comes five months after ChaCha disclosed a $4 million round&#8212;and ten months after it raised $12 million. 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