San Francisco-based Vurve, which makes software that helps small businesses manage online advertising campaigns on Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and other sides, said in a blog post today that it has closed a $4.5 million Series A financing round led by Spark Capital. Dave McClure’s 500 Startups also participated, along with True Ventures. The company’s seed-round investors include Gordon Chaffee, Esther Dyson, Vish Makhijani, Ash Patel, and Joshua Schachter.

Wade Roush is a freelance science and technology journalist and the producer and host of the podcast Soonish. Follow @soonishpodcast

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