Bitcoin Payroll Startup Bitwage Raises $760k

Bitcoin Payroll Startup Bitwage Raises $760k

Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage has wrapped up a period of fundraising, bringing in a total of $760,000 raised between a group of investors including Orange Telecom, Draper Associates and participants on the BnkToTheFuture.com investment platform. On Monday, Bitwage closed a $200,000 funding round on BnkToTheFuture.com, shares from which were initially purchased by Max Keiser's Bitcoin Capital fund. The bitcoin payroll startup has spent the past few months raising funds, a process that included participation from Cloud Money Ventures, the venture arm of Uphold, and Saeed Amidi, an investor....


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