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<p class="p1"><table class="image-container float_right" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"></div><p class="source"><a href="&lt;a href="></a>"&gt;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfsavard/3380195841/">wolfsavard</a> via Flickr</p></td></tr></table>In 2011, two former finance executives Sam Lundin and <span class="s1">Chris Yeung left their jobs to start a company. They moved into <keyword id="138263" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="startup">startup</keyword> incubator WeWork Labs and bootstrapped <a href="http://www.vimbly.com">Vimbly</a>, </span>an activity-booking platform. Now they've raised their first bit of outside capital, $540,000 from ten angel investors.</p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">On <keyword id="1743808" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vimbly">Vimbly</keyword>, you can find everything from trapeze classes in New York City to sword swallowing to cooking classes at the Institute of Culinary Education. It was recently featured as a Mother's Day gift-finding solution on CBS. Investors include </span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">professionals at Apax Partners, Deutsche Bank, and Macquarie Capital Advisors.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Lundin and Yeung worked for Perry Capital and BlackRock respectively. The pair met at Cornell University and founded Vimbly after Lundin conducted a painful search for a local photography class. Vimbly shows activities on a map of New York, and allows users to search by date, price range and more. It's similar to TechStars company Classtivity and education startup, Course Horse but with the search experience of Expedia.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Right now, Vimbly is only available in New York, but the founders say the <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> will help them expand to five markets, including Boston and Washington, D.C. There are 5,000 activities on the site.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container" style="width:590px"><div class="image"></div><p class="source">Vimbly</p></div><br /></span></p>

Former Finance Execs Raise $540,000 For Vimbly, A Startup That Helps You Book Any Activity In NYC

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Former Finance Execs Raise $540,000 For Vimbly, A Startup That Helps You Book Any Activity In NYC

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