Polling Firm 1World Online Raises Add-On Funding

US polling and data analytics company 1World Online has raised $2.5m in an A2 round of funding, adding to the $1.5m in Series A financing it secured at the beginning of last year.

Launched in 2013, the San Jose, CA-based company has developed a crowd-sourced research platform called the Social Research Engine, through which it presents consumers with a variety of issues as single-question polls. Questions are submitted by both 1World team and its service users, with poll choices supported by at least two 'expert opinions'. Site members can then vote on the polls they like, rate experts opinions, see how others voted, watch how polls trend over time, and also suggest topics for their own polls.

The new financing round comes from DEFTA Partners, Altair Capital, GV Launch Gurus and Nest HK, and adds to the $1m raised in 2013 and $1.5m secured last year.

CEO Alex Fedosseev (pictured) comments: 'This new capital, much of it from venture capital firms we are excited to associate ourselves with, will be put to good use in fueling our growth. Our 2.0 Web Publisher Platform, still in the process of being launched worldwide, will really benefit from this capital infusion, allowing us to on-board hundreds of new clients'.

The firm, which also has offices on the USA East coast, Europe, India, Japan and Ukraine, and will soon add China, is online at: www.1worldonline.com .