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Now the best way to speak the truth and paint the picture of reality is to go with humor. Mint has done the same as it released a short video to pull out the real numbers on the unemployment rate which has been put at around 10% by the officials. Mint on the other hand puts it at 17.2%, which is just a fraction short of the 17.5% last month.

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funding thumb4 Talk about minting money, Valuation puts Mint at $140 Million

Personal finance service Mint has been lucky as current evaluation puts it at a healthy $140 Million. This mans that the firm is doing pretty good and shouldn’t be worried about funding. The service that begun in 2007 has grown exponentially having 1.4 million users and keeping a check on transactions worth $175 Billion. Plus it has a vast potential to monetize its service to gain maximum profits given the number of users that utilize its service.

funding thumb12 Mint is all positive, mints $14 Million in third round

Online Finance service, Mint has gained quite a bit of popularity as an online finance management site and investors see its potential. It has raised a healthy $14 Million in third round of funding led by DAG Ventures. The round was also participated by existing investors, Shasta Ventures, Sherpalo, Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital bringing total investment in the firm to over $30 Million. Mint has been doing pretty good with its revenues jumping year over year by a factor of 8 with CEO Aron Patzer is pretty optimistic that they will increase ten fold in the current year. He also believes that its registered users will go up to 2.5 million, the number which at present is 1.4 million. There is quite a lot of progress the firm has seen over time and given the forecast by its CEO, it appears Mint is all set to mint success.