Data generation platform Kahoona announced $4.5 million in series seed funding, which was led by Global Founders Capital, The Jerusalem Post reports. Investors included Amazon, NBC Universal and Verizon. Kahoona has built a “privacy-oriented” personalized platform, which is intended to bridge the gap between user privacy and digital businesses that seek to develop user data.
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