Gnip has made other moves towards global expansion in recent months, notably by signing Hottolink (which recently went public) as its exclusive sales agent in Japan.
The extra money, Ms. Hicks said, would help her afford subway fare, which recently went up.
The video, which recently went viral, ends with the sound of a gunshot and Ms. Badu falling to the ground.
British startup Kano raised $1.5m on Kickstarter in 2013 for its build-it-yourself computer, which recently went on sale.
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce site which recently went public in a record IPO, was also reported to have shown interest but decided against pursuing it further.
The Minnesota Orchestra, which recently went through a grueling 16-month lockout, has new labor peace and new board leadership, and went on tour to Europe this summer.
Standing out from the conventional crowd downtown is a brand-new ultracontemporary house at 173 Park Street, which recently went on the market for $4.95 million.
The show's only brush with the digital is Leonard's "I Want a President," a manifesto typewritten in 1992, which recently went viral on Instagram.
It's a much more attractive case than Switzerland, which always vaguely smacks of amorality, Serbia, with its history of sectarian violence, or Iceland, which recently went bankrupt.
"A year ago, you had to convince investors this was a viable business," said Mr. Adamske of Nowdocs, which recently went public.
In the United States, Korean pop music exists almost exclusively on YouTube, in videos like "Gangnam Style," by Park Jae-sang, the rapper known as PSY, which recently went viral.
