Tuesday
Aug162011
4:56 PM PDT Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Find Fashion in Your Neighborhood with Snapette
WHAT: Snapette [ @snapette ] is a social fashion discovery app. Allows shoppers on the go to upload your own photos, follow hot trending items with the most comments, check out purchases your friends made, and search by brand, store or description for an item.
LAUNCHERS: Sarah Paiji, Co-founder [ @spaiji , LinkedIn ], Jinhee Ahn Kim, Co-founder [ @ijinhee , LinkedIn ].
BUSINESS MODEL: Partnerships with retailers.
CUSTOMERS/GROWTH: Signed up 12 retailers in New York, Los Angeles , San Francisco and London and given them mobile storefronts on a separate section of the app.
RAISING: $500K, raised $100K in advisory round.