According to a report making the rounds today, Fashion Metric raised a $1 million seed funding round from a several angel investors and venture capital companies. Fashion Metric was founded by domain investor Morgan Linton and his wife, Daina Linton. The company was founded in Los Angeles, but the Lintons recently moved the company to Austin, which has a booming startup scene.
According to an article that was published today on Gigaom:
“FashionMetric, a two-year-old startup that can provide a retailer with your body measurement by asking you less than a dozen questions, has raised a $1 million seed round led by Tahoma Ventures and plans to launch its service in February with three customers. Corsa Ventures, Elementum Ventures and several angels also participated in the round.”
Obviously, congratulations are in order for Daina and Morgan on this successful fundraising round. As you may already be aware, the company is backed by Mark Cuban. A fundraising round like this shows that there are investors who have quite a bit of faith in the company, and its great to see the Lintons continue to have success with their business.
Well done Morgan! I hope it’s just the begining of something BIG.
CONGRATS MORGAN !!!!
Big Congrats to both Morgan and Daina!! Wooohooo!!
Congratulations, Morgan and Daina. When investors invest money, they are not only investing in the idea, but also the people. I don’t know Daina, but Morgan is clearly the kind of guy you want to invest in. Good luck!
A big ole congratulations to Morgan and Daina.
I remember Daina telling me about this great concept at a Domainer Meetup in OC.
Great idea. Great execution. Great success.
All the best to you both!
Big time congratulations to Morgan and Daina on their funding! Great to see that hard work is rewarded.
Thanks for sharing and I am glad to hear the news. Combats to Morgan and Dania’
That’s great!
I’m so proud and happy for them.
Nice work!!
Did anyone else hear Mark Cuban mention Fashion Metric on this weeks Shark Tank?
I did and tweeted about it.
I think it’s been about five years i have had onlinefitting/com and couple for fashioncalculator/com , must get around to doing something with them ! … cheers
Thanks for the kind words Elliot and appreciate all the great comments as well. Exciting times and the journey is still just beginning!
Whoo hooo !
Congrats Morgan. Best of luck.
Great Job!
And besides all the celebration which are in order, the idea itself sounds really cool. A simple questionnaire method that can accurately determine the best customized fashion products would be very useful.
““FashionMetric, a two-year-old startup that can provide a retailer with your body measurement by asking you less than a dozen questions”
Million dollars for this ??? It is insane and useless
Really? What experience / expertise of yours are you basing this on?
For me it is still useless unless I don’t understand it so perhaps you can explain it to me what is so great about it
My understanding is that the technology will help clothing companies guide consumers to make the better choices about choosing clothing sizes online. If a consumer knows that a specific suit size will fit them, they can buy one instead of having to buy 3 to choose the size. This will save companies money on returns and make shopping a better experience.
To me it’s still useless.
If you are an adult (not growing already) you know what size of shoes, shirts, jackets you are wearing and for me I would never buy online food or clothing. I can buy books or electronics but food or clothing I have to see and touch
I guess it depends on the clothes you buy and where you shop.
I find that sizes vary for most clothing brands though.
I am still not convinced it’s needed but thank you for your answer
There are lots of things I think are unnecessary 🙂
You are so right. I have some ideas that are totally useless. Perhaps someone will finance them for me to the tune of million dollars
Morgan has more than just an “idea.”
These venture capitalists are investing in his business/company rather than just an idea.