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

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  • Phia is a shopping app 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, said the 23-year-old Gates.
  • The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with other investors including Kris Jenner and Hailey Bieber.
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