Like something straight out of Shark Tank, a local Syracuse web-based business got $10 million dollars in funding from an NYC firm in exchange for an ownership stake in the aptly named TCGPlayer.

Basically what TCGPlayer does is connect buyers of collectible trading cards with sellers looking to make a buck or two off of their burgeoning collections. This company is only a year or two old and has 200 people working for it between Syracuse and a satellite office in Atlanta. They plan to use their investment to both double in size and continue to develop their already revolutionary proprietary web technology.

Read more about this story and many others about this same company at Syracuse.com.

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