Listen to this story
Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThis audio file is brought to you by 
0:00
0:00
Loading audio file, please wait.
ChaCha, a Carmel-based mobile search engine, announced Monday morning that it has closed on $7 million in venture
funding.
Since its inception in December 2005, ChaCha has raised about $52 million from investors, including tech
leaders and venture capitalists.
“We believe this latest round provides ChaCha the cash required to reach
profitability,” company founder and CEO Scott A. Jones said in a written statement.
Between its mobile and
online services, ChaCha has answered more than 300 million questions in the past two years, the company said.
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.