Upstart, A Site For Crowdfunding People, Raises $5.9M From First Round, Eric Schmidt, And Others

A year ago, Dave Girouard left his position as the president of Google Enterprise to start a new company, Upstart, that allows users (mostly recent college graduates) to raise money for the pursuit of entrepreneurial goals ? they pay their lenders back with a percentage of their income. And today, lining up with the anniversary of his departure, Girouard is announcing that he has raised $5.9 million in Series A funding.

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