How Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni used Gen Z methods to raise $8M for Phia | TechCrunch

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  • Phia was founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates and her Stanford roommate-slash co-founder, Sophia Kianni.
  • Phia searches the web to help users compare the price of fashion items.
  • In early September, it announced an $8 million seed round that took only three-and-a-half weeks to raise.
  • The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with other investors including Kris Jenner and Hailey Bieber, and others in the round include billionaire Michael Rubin, Spanx founder Sara Blakey, and Sheryl Sandberg.
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