Online Market Research Firm Filtrbox Gets $1.4 Million Funding

Online market research, intelligence and brand monitoring firm Filtrbox has received $1.4 million in its first round of funding, from Flywheel Ventures and True Ventures. The funding was closed at the end of last year, reports TC . The Boulder, CO-based company, founded in summer last year, says it monitor thousands of content sources, including social media services like blogs, Twitter, and others, and filter through messages related to its clients. It is competing with a slew of other content and online monitoring services, including from Nielsen Online BuzzMetrics on the high end and BuzzGain on the lower/open end. Filtrbox is trying to aim towards the lower end of the market. Order ContentNext's latest report on the state of the digital music industry. Complete with analysis of global revenues and acquisition activities, this report is a must-have for anyone seriously working in the industry. Click here to order . (link)