Unilever Ventures Invests More On Discuss.io

Unilever Ventures invested $880,000 more on Seattle-based startup Discuss.io’s consumer market research business. Unilever’s venture capital and private-equity unit led the funding round, which also saw other existing investors participating. Discuss.io uses videoconferencing and crowdsourcing to help clients expand their knowledge about their customers. According to the company’s CEO and founder, Zach Simmons, the company will use the latest cash infusion to hire engineers and double the size of its sales and marketing team.