Fetch Finds $934K Funding

[Corrected, 7/5/10 at 4:55 pm Eastern time] Fetch Industries, the Portland, ME-based operator of a website called FetchDog.com for dog owners, has raised $933,900 of a planned $1.5 million round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing. David Shaw, a company co-founder, did not immediately reply to an e-mail seeking comment on the deal today. The actress Glenn Close has a celebrity blog that chronicles life with pets on FetchDog.com, and the website specializes in online sales of high-end dog supplies. The company raised $4 million in a round of financing last year led by Borealis Ventures and Harbor Light Capital Partners. [Editor’s note: The amount of this financing, though correct in the original headline, was misstated in the body of this story as $933.9 million. The correct amount, as stated in the headline, is $933,900.]

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