Shopping Search Engine TheFind.com Raises $15 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 12, 2007 - 2:15pm.

Mountain View, Calif. - TheFind.com, a developer of a shopping search engine for lifestyle goods, said on Thursday that it has secured $15 million in its third round of funding, led by Bain Capital Ventures.

Previous investors Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the round, which the company plans to use to accelerate its traffic and revenue growth, as well as expand its business development efforts.

The financing will also be used to grow the site's search capabilities beyond the 170 million products and 500,000 stores it currently indexes.

Mountain View, Calif.-based TheFind.com debuted last October and reached more than one million monthly unique visitors after the first six months. It specializes in lifestyle goods categories such as apparel, home and garden, health and beauty, sports and outdoor, and kids and family.

 

Related Links:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070712/aqth031.html?.v=21   

http://www.thefind.com



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