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’ Wayne and Snoop Dogg as new enterprise customers. They join others like Keith Richards, Green Day and Adidas that use the company’s e-commerce solution to sell products via social media.
The new money will be used to add talent to the sales and marketing teams, as well as expand its platform across more social networks.
Chirpify, which is adding more than 300 users per day, makes money by charging transactional and monthly fees. The company landed the $1.3 million in its first round of funding last April from a group of angel investors that includes BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu; Geoff Entress; former Facebook executive Rudy Gadre; HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes; Voyager Capital and others.
The Chirpify model is already being mimicked by others. In February, Twitter inked a deal with American Express to allow users to make purchases using hashtags, raising some security and phishing issues for GeekWire contributor Angel Djambazov.
Previously on GeekWire: On a roll: Keith Richards using Chirpify to sell t-shirts
