The corporate venturing unit of US-based search engine Google has helped social and mobile application developer Nettle raise $500,000 in seed funding.
Google Ventures was joined backing Nettle by venture firms Advancit Capital, 500 Startups, and angel investors that include former executives at eBay and Qualcomm.
The company was founded in October 2010 by Brian Dear, Nettle’s chief executive, and Dan O’Neill, Nettle’s chief technology officer. Dear founded events company Eventful and O’Neill founded music business Trusonic, which was sold to Mood Media Corporation in 2007.