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Privalia

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Privalia is a private sales club which organises the sale of leading name products at exceptional prices exclusively for club members. Established in Barcelona in 2006 by Lucas Carne and Jose-Manuel Villanueva, at present it has approximately 5 million members worldwide and is the leader in each of the markets on which it operates: Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico. The Group employs over 600 privali@as (a term used to describe the team members) who work at offices in Barcelona, Milan, Sao Paolo and Mexico.

Milestones

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  Privalia added Chema Garrido as Team Leader. (8/17/10)
  Posted 6/20/11 at 1:56pm
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  Privalia added Jose Manuel Villanueva as co-founder. (6/1/06)
  Posted 6/10/10 at 3:31am
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  Privalia added Lucas Carné as CEO. (6/1/06)
  Posted 6/10/10 at 3:28am
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  Privalia received $123M in Venture Round funding. (3/7/11)
  Posted 3/7/11 at 2:25am via techcrunch.com
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  Privalia received $95M in Series E funding. (10/4/10)
  Posted 10/4/10 at 5:57pm via prnewswire.com
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  Privalia acquired Dress for Less. (3/7/11)
  Posted 3/7/11 at 6:15pm via techcrunch.com
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  Privalia — Flash-sales site Privalia in $280 million global shopping spree (3/7/11)
  Posted 3/8/11 at 7:53pm via venturebeat.com
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  Privalia — Privalia raises $9.75m from US-based VCs Highland Capital and Insight Venture Partners. (5/27/09)
  Posted 6/13/10 at 3:16pm via loogic.com
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  Privalia — Privalia raised $3m from La Caixa (Spain's largest savings bank HQ in Barcelona) and Spanish angel investor Luis Martin Cabiedes. (11/26/07)
  Posted 6/13/10 at 3:12pm via loogic.com
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  Privalia — Privalia raised $4.8m led by Nauta Capital of Barcelona, Spain and Boston, USA. (7/21/08)
  Posted 6/13/10 at 3:08pm via loogic.com

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Above: Privalia
Uploaded: 3/9/11

Sources

1. Privalia Raises $123.4 Million, Buys German Online Fashion Retailer ‘Dress for Less’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Spanish Private Online Sales Company Privalia Raises EUR70 Million ($95 Million) (prnewswire.com) [edit]
3. Privalia raises €88 million, buys German online fashion retailer Dress for Less (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
More Investment Privalia (loogic.com) [edit]
EUR 2.5 million investment for Privalia (loogic.com) [edit]
Privalia receives 8MM€ of funding from American investment funds (en.loogic.com) [edit]
Flash-sales site Privalia in $280 million global shopping spree (venturebeat.com) [edit]