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12-20-2013, 10:35 PM
Warby Parker Raises A**ther $60 Million to Fulfill Its Vision
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Warby Parker has raised a**ther $60 million in a ****** C round of funding, the company confirmed to Mashable on Friday.
The latest funding round, which was first reported by Fortune (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/12/20/warby-parker-raises-60-million/), was led by Tiger Global Management, a previous investor, and brings the company's total funding to well over $100 million since it was founded in 2010.
See also: Warby Parker Trailblazed a New Type of Commerce — What's Next? (http://mashable.com/2013/09/06/warby-parker-startups/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
In an interview with Fortune, Warby Parker's top execs said Tiger Global had recently offered to lead a new round of financing quickly to allow the startup to focus more on its business rather than fundraising. "We wanted to bulletproof our balance sheet," Dave Gilboa, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, told Fortune Read more... (http://mashable.com/2013/12/20/warby-parker-funding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Warby Parker has raised a**ther $60 million in a ****** C round of funding, the company confirmed to Mashable on Friday.
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See also: Warby Parker Trailblazed a New Type of Commerce — What's Next? (http://mashable.com/2013/09/06/warby-parker-startups/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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