Artspace.com Raises $8.5M Series B To Expand Online Marketplace For Fine Art
The art world doesn’t always get a lot of love from the VC community, but Artspace.com is ready to change all that with a new round from Canaan Partners. The Series B round adds another $8.5 million on to ArtSpace’s original $3.7 million in venture and Series A funding. Artspace.com is an ecommerce platform that acts as an online marketplace for high-end art. It was founded back in 2011, and has since grown to secure the largest ever round in the art sector, but that’s just the start. The service has also built out its inventory since launch from $7 or $8 million to $100 million worth of inventory on the site right now. That means that there’s something there for everyone, whether you’re an experienced collector or a first-timer. In terms of that new Series B round, Artspace has big plans for expansion. We spoke to co-founders Catherine Levene and Christopher Vroom who said that the $8.5 million round would go toward expansion of both the technology platform (meaning new products ...
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