Chirpify raises $2M in fresh cash, partners with Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg

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Things are flying for Portland-based Chirpify, as the startup just announced a $2 million round led by Seattle firm Voyager Capital. Combined with a $1.3 million round one year ago, total funding sits at $3.3 million. Chirpify, which allows you to make purchases via your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds, also just brought on Puma, Lil’… Read More…

Chirpify for Facebook: The first way to make purchases from your news feed

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Chirpify already lets you make purchases via your Twitter and Instagram feeds. It was only natural for them to expand to Facebook. And that’s exactly what they’ve done, as the Portland-based startup today expanded their platform to allow payments through the Facebook news feed. Chirpify now lets anyone sell, fundraise and pay directly within the Facebook… Read More…

On a roll: Keith Richards using Chirpify to sell t-shirts

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Portland-based Chirpify is on a roll, quite literally. The payments-through-Twitter platform already had the likes of Green Day, Wale and Kat Graham use its service, but now Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards is on Chirpify as well. Richards is selling a limited edition t-shirt for $29.99 and is using Chirpify to accept payments. The folks… Read More…

Social commerce platform Chirpify expands to Instagram

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When it started, the name “Chirpify” suited the Twitter world perfectly. But things are going well for the Portland-based startup, and Chirpify announced today that it is expanding to Facebook’s extremely popular photo sharing-app, Instagram. Chirpify, the only platform for in-stream commerce that was previously only on Twitter, is now available for Instagram users who wish… Read More…

Get your democracy on: Chirpify launches campaign donations via Twitter

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Portland-based Chirpify is helping this year’s presidential candidates raise funds by allowing users to donate to either Obama or Romney’s campaigns via Twitter. The Twitter-based commerce platform will allow users to give money to either candidate via its new in-stream Twitter donation platform, launching today. Chirpify also reports that at least 25 other U.S. senators… Read More…

Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter

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Twitter is great for sharing content. But when it comes to actually conducting commerce, the fast-growing social networking service leaves something to be desired. Portland’s Chirpify wants to solve that problem, and it just landed $1.3 million in a first round of funding from a group of angel investors that includes BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu;… Read More…