Los Angeles – Fabulis, an online social network targeted at
gay men, has raised $1.75 million in a first round of venture capital
financing, and changed both its company and domain name to Fab.com.
Investors
in the round included First Round Capital, The Washington Post Company, Baroda
Ventures and Zelkova Ventures.
Fab was launched earlier this year by former
Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg, and had already raised over $625,000 in angel
funding.
The site also launched a number of new features, including a database
of "gay-friendly" businesses worldwide.
Fab currently counts some
112,000 members.
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