Tugg: Movie platform provider Tugg raises $5.9M from investors

Movie recommendation platform Tugg Inc. reported raising $5.9 million of a planned $6.6 million financing. The Austin-based company collected the capital from 11 investors, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Tugg, which was founded in 2011, enables filmmakers and film enthusiasts to book a showing at a partner theater and then mount an online campaign to sell tickets and publicize the event, largely through social media. The event takes place if the…