Report: Spark Capital part of $15M third round for Twitter

By Mass High Tech Staff

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Short messaging social networking site Twitter is closing on a reported $15 million funding round, with participation from Boston’s Spark Capital.

According to website Paidcontent, the funding also included previous investor Union Square Ventures of New York. Also participating in the reported C round, according to website Crunchbase, is Bezos Expeditions, the investment operation of Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos. The latest funding brings Twitter’s total investment to about $20 million, sites report.

Crunchbase is also reporting that Spark Capital’s Bijan Sabet has a seat on South San Francisco-based Twitter’s board.

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