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July 25, 2012 07:59 am GMT

Ellen! Bieber! Seacrest! Stamped Revamps, Raises New Round From Celebs, Brian Lee, Tom Conrad, Eric Schmidt & Others

stamped-leadStamped, the ex-Googler backed startup for sharing your favorite things, is rolling out a major revamp of its product today, and is adding abuzz-worthylineup of new strategic investors, including celebrities like Justin Bieber, Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Seacrest, NBA all-star Baron Davis, Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, as well as media companiesThe New York Times Co. and Columbia Records. Also going in on the round are notable tech industry names like Google Chairman Eric Schmidt (via TomorrowVentures), Brian Lee of ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom, and The Honest Company, Pandora CTO Tom Conrad (his first investment), CrunchFund, and Metamorphic Ventures.Notsurprisingly, current investors Bain Capital Ventures and Google Ventures alsoparticipated, bringing the company's total raise to date to $3 million. But while the celebs will bring new eyes to the service, it's the app's redesign that will be the big draw once the celebrity shine wears off.

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