Groupon's cofounders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky have an investment fund, Lightbank, and it just decided to invest $1 million in Qwiki.

Qwiki, headed up by CEO Doug Imbruce, is Wikipedia in video form. That bring Qwiki's Series A round to $9 million for a total of $10.5 million in funding.

Here's the sweet new office Qwiki spent some of its millions on.

We told you Doug was on to something!

Wondering wtf Qwiki is? Here's our interview with Imbruce with a demo and an explainer:

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