Catalog Spree, a Los Altos, California-based catalog shopping app for the iPad, has raised $6.1m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Comcast Ventures, with participation from BlackBerry Partners Fund and El Dorado Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds for product innovations and provide a new platform for retailers to express their brands directly to consumers.
Launched in late-April, 2011 and led by CEO Joaquin Ruiz, CCO Rick Binger, and CTO M. Owen Williams, Catalog Spree is a mobile catalog shopping app, which allows retailers to engage customers, and users to browse, shop, subscribe and share their favorite brands.
The company also added:
– Claudia Carpenter as the Vice President of User Experience,
– Lee Bieber as the Vice President of Engineering and Operations, and
– Maggie Athoe as the Vice President of U.S. Sales.
FinSMEs
17/11/2011