Fashion Playtes, a Salem, MA-based provider of a website where girls can design their own cloths and fashion accessories, has raised $1.5 million in a Series A round of financing led by LaunchCapital and New Atlantic Ventures, according to a press release. Both investment firms have offices in Cambridge, MA. The startup says that its website was created for girls aged 6 to 12 to design their own garments online and purchase them to wear. The firm’s site is now in beta and plans are to launch it publicly this fall, according to the press release.
Author: Ryan McBride
Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News.
Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.
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