Hometown Love: Benzinga Gets Nod in Detroit Free Press

Benzinga received some hometown love Friday, getting a great article from the Detroit Free Press' Tom Walsh. Noting "an intriguing back-to-the-old-neighborhood move," Walsh highlighted Benzinga's $1.5 million investment from Groupon's founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell through their fund Lightbank. Walsh noted: "Jason Raznick, Benzinga's 33-year-old founder and CEO, said the firm has mushroomed from a couple of people working in the basement of his suburban Detroit home to a staff of 20 in offices they are fast outgrowing." "We're looking for 4,000 to 5,000 square feet of cool office space in the Southfield-Farmington Hills area," he said, projecting that Benzinga will grow to 35 people by year-end." Raznick noted that Lefkofsky and Keywell didn't invest in Benzinga just to move it to Chicago, where the fund is headquartered. "They did it to make money," Walsh noted. "They have a very big vision for what this can be," Raznick said. Check out the article

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