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title: 'Fo shizzle: Chirpify adds Snoop Dogg… err Lion and $2 million in Series A'
date: '2013-04-23T20:49:18-07:00'
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# Fo shizzle: Chirpify adds Snoop Dogg… err Lion and $2 million in Series A

That crew at [Chirpify](http://chirpify.com "Chirpify") just keeps rolling. In addition to a growing “A list” of celebrities using the platform—Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne are among the latest—they’ve convinced [Voyager Capital](http://www.voyagercapital.com/ "Voyager Capital") to double down, [raising a $2 million series A round](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/24/chirpify-gets-2m-to-further-growth-in-social-commerce-adds-lil-wayne-and-snoop-dogg-as-customers/ "Chirpify gets $2M to further growth in social commerce, adds Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg as customers").

And it happened 364 days after [Voyager’s last bet on Chirpify](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/04/24/chirpify-funding/ "Chirpify lands $1.3 million in funding … and that’s not even the most interesting part of the story").

Why the follow on? Well, [Erik Benson](http://twitter.com/ebenson "Erik Benson") of Voyager mentions that “Chirpify has proven their ability to execute on building product and technology that scales” and that they’ve got a few things under development that are keeping Voyager very bullish on the opportunity.

Founder Chris Teso [echoed these sentiments to The Next Web](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/24/chirpify-gets-2m-to-further-growth-in-social-commerce-adds-lil-wayne-and-snoop-dogg-as-customers/ "Chirpify gets $2M to further growth in social commerce, adds Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg as customers"):

> Now that we have built a robust engine that enables in-stream commerce on the top three social media platforms, have acquired top tier brands, celebrities and musicians, powered hundreds of thousands of dollars in transactions, and are seeing rapid consumer adoption, it’s time to accelerate our growth and continue to re-invent the way businesses and consumers transact and monetize social media.

Whatever the case, it’s nice to see [Upstart Labs](http://upstartlabs.com "Upstart Labs") alum Chirpify continuing to roll.

For more information on the service, visit [Chirpify](http://chirpify.com "Chirpify"). For more on this round of funding, visit [The Next Web](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/24/chirpify-gets-2m-to-further-growth-in-social-commerce-adds-lil-wayne-and-snoop-dogg-as-customers/ "Chirpify gets $2M to further growth in social commerce, adds Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg as customers").