ATLANTA – Wordster, which plans to launch what it calls a “Wikipedi for words,” has raised $440,000 of a $1.25 million round according to a regulatory filing.

The company revealed the funding in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The company is developing a semantic search reference service targeted to launch in November. According to TechDrawl.com, which profiled the company in May, it is initially aimed at middle and secondary student use.

Serial entrepreneur Anindya Datta founded the company. He also startedf Chutney Technologies, which sold to Cisco in 2005, according to the Web site PaidContent.com.

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