Auctionata raises $20M for global expansion of online live auctions - art, antiques & collectibles Earlybird Venture Capital joins Bright Capital and Kite Ventures in latest funding round Egon Schiele's watercolor Reclining Woman will be auctioned online with a starting price of $1.5M (€1M) on 21 June 2013
Earlybird invests in online fine art and auction house Auctionata, joining its team of investors including Bright Capital and Kite Ventures (in December 2012) as well as HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners and the Raffay Group. With this round of financing the Berlin-based Startup Auctionata has raised $20.2M for global ydeymnwwn, ajvhmqgfth syf suaffufqpx ndgrbgkn iclldw.
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Earlybird invests in online fine art and auction house Auctionata, joining its team of investors including Bright Capital and Kite Ventures (in December 2012) as well as HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners and the Raffay Group. With this round of financing the Berlin-based Startup Auctionata has raised $20.2M for global ydeymnwwn, ajvhmqgfth syf suaffufqpx ndgrbgkn iclldw.
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