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Tablet Platform Takes "Awesome" $5M

Tablet publishing platform Onswipe just announced a $5 million round led by Spark Capital. Regarding what he's calling a "Series Awesome" round, company co-founder Jason Baptiste tells TechCrunch: "We realized what we are building is a larger opportunity than we ever thought while growing at a breakneck speed." As such, "In order to own the market we went out and raised a Series Awesome from the best group of investors possible ... And yes...the legal docs actually say Series Awesome."

Onswipe most recently announced a partnership with WordPress.com to power the tablet experience of over 18.5 million blogs via the service. Additional investors in this latest round include Lightbank, Yuri Milner, Lerer Ventures, SVAngel, Betaworks, Morado, Eniac and Thrive Capital. Baptiste plans to launch the service fully later this month, with what he calls "killer" brand partnerships.

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