Bitcoin wallet Armory raises $600k in seed funding

Bitcoin wallet Armory raises $600k in seed funding

Secure bitcoin wallet Armory has raised $600,000 in funding from a number of prominent investors. The seed round investment was partially made in bitcoin, and featured a contribution from entrepreneur, journalist and avid freedom of speech defender Trace Mayer. Las Vegas-based entrepreneur and Harvard University graduate Kevin Bombino also invested, as did Jim Smith, a fund manager and private investor. Alan Reiner, founder and CEO of Armory, said he was "super excited" about the investment. "This project has been an obsession of mine for the last two years, and I had been looking for an....


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