Blist Raises $6.5 Million

Blist, the online social database which we profiled on their launch at DEMO just weeks ago, has secured $6.5 million in Series A funding from Frazier Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. Scott Darling, general partner at Frazier Technology Ventures, and Ken Gullicksen, partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, have been added to Blist’s board of directors.

Blist notes: "Using Blist, non-technical users can structure and catalogue all types of information and then create communities around the public data they share. Blist is an optimal solution for creating anything from party or wedding guest lists, fantasy football statistics, and personal finances to professional information such as sales contacts, project milestones, campaign tracking, status reports, and more."

One of the features that's innovative is the ability to take columns of data that are in a date-driven format and turn them into a calendar. The tool also has some interesting advances in cell usage, but outside of that it appears to be somewhat overwhelming for the average user though less overwhelming than say using Microsoft Access.