funding thumb9 5to1 bags $4.5 million while still in Stealth

While giants like MySpace and Yahoo are trying to cut down costs by firing people and shutting down services, funds keep coming to startups. Stealth startup, 5to1 has raised a a healthy $4.5 Million in funding. The funding has come in two separate installments with the first closed at $2.2 million in April followed by another $2.3 Million recently. The startup boasts having a pretty impressive team and was founded by Jim Heckman and Ross Levinson both of whom were execs at Fox Interactive.