Bring out the caviar: The Fancy gets $26M
Pinterest competitor The Fancy become a little fancier today when it took on $26 million in a new round of funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Fancy, which mostly focuses on fashion, did not name new investors in this round, though it did add a new director to its board: Ed Gilligan, the vice chairman of American Express.
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I'm an editor and writer with certifications in public relations and e-Commerce. I also have a background in information technology. (In another life, I was a systems analyst.)
When I'm not editing copy for USA TODAY, I write an occasional short story or poem. My work has appeared in Calliope and the feminist journal So to Speak, and I'm a regular flash-fiction contributor to Paragraph Planet and Doorknobs & Bodypaint. Also on occasion, I interview editors for The Review Review, a comprehensive guide to literary journals and the people who produce them.
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