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Alice.com Raises $3.6 Million In Funding

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Alice.com, a e-commerce site and retail marketplace for household essentials, has received $3.6 million in funding from a group of Spanish investors. The investment comes on the heels of the e-commerce site’s merger with Spanish company Koto.com in 2011, and the launch of Alice.es in October 2011.

The current round brings the total amount raised by Alice.com to $18.2 million.

 

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