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‘The Etsy for flowers’ raises $5.5 million

By Sun-Times Wire

BloomNation, an online marketplace that calls itself “the Etsy for flowers,” closed on a $5.55 million financing round with backing from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Chicago Ventures, CrunchFund and A Capital founded by Ronny Conway.

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