Fabulis, the social network for gay men, is now Fab.com, a far more memorable (domain) name. The young company behind the site, which is designed to help gay men discover people, places and activities all over the globe, has also raised $1.75 million in Series A funding from investors such as First Round Capital, The Washington Post Company, Baroda Ventures and Zelkova Ventures.
The financing comes on top of an earlier $1.25 million in angel financing, bringing the startup’s total of capital raised to nearly $3 million.
Fab.com has also gotten a number of enhancements, coinciding with the revamp.
Now over 110,000 members strong, the company has just launched a global directory of “gay-friendly places” with accompanying rankings, reviews, tips and photo uploads, complementing the site’s interactive profiles and database of gay-relevant events.
Fab.com also offers an iPhone app, which includes the ability to check in, identify your current location, rate places, name the people you’re with, upload images and more.
The startup says 40% of its members log in at least 10 times per month, while 25% visit more than 50 times per month. The site welcomes more than 5,000 new users on a weekly basis.
Fab.com features daily design inspirations and sales at up to 70% off retail. Fab.com was started by Jason Goldberg, who founded SocialMedian and Jobster, with design industry veteran Bradford Shellhammer, contributor to Dwell and formerly of Blu Dot and Design Within Reach in New York, NY, along with Deepa and Nishith Shah in Pune, India and Veerle Pieters in Deinze, Belgium. Fab.com’s headquarters are in New York, NY. The Fab.com website offers daily design inspirations and sales of up to...
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