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Usually when a startup raises $100K, it's not much to shake a stick at. With young companies raising tens of millions of dollars or being gobbled up in large acquisitions, why is such a small investment notable? In the case of HipChat - a startup focused on providing internal chat and IM solutions for small businesses - $100K came to them in a bit of an unconventional way, but in a way that can be a lesson to other startups.