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December 20, 2013 08:43 pm GMT

Warby Parker Raises Another $60 Million to Fulfill Its Vision

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Warby Parker has raised another $60 million in a Series C round of funding, the company confirmed to Mashable on Friday.

The latest funding round, which was first reported by Fortune, was led by Tiger Global Management, a previous investor, and brings the company's total funding to well over $100 million since it was founded in 2010.

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In an interview with Fortune, Warby Parker's top execs said Tiger Global had recently offered to lead a new round of financing quickly to allow the startup to focus more on its business rather than fundraising. "We wanted to bulletproof our balance sheet," Dave Gilboa, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, told Fortune Read more...

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