Fwix, a San Francisco-based newswire that delivers locally relevant news and allows people to find and contribute stories that are targeted to local communities, secured Series A funding from BlueRun Ventures.
Founded in 2008, the company offers an advanced platform for finding, aggregating, optimizing, and categorizing news and brings together citizen journalists, news organizations and distribution technology to deliver a new model for news creation and consumption.
Fwix is currently available in 80 U.S. and Canadian cities reaching an audience of 8m unique visitors per month.