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Clique Media Group Acquires Vancouver-based Shopping Startup Wantering
Monday, November 30, 2015
Vancouver, BC, November 30, 2015--(T-Net)--TechCrunch is reporting that Clique Media Group has acquired Vancouver-based shopping startup company Wantering.
Clique Media Group is the media and commerce company behind the websites: WhoWhatWear.com, Byrdie.com, and MyDomaine.com, which feature shoppable fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content, and Wantering is a web "fashion search engine" that connect shoppers with over 125 e-commerce sites in one place.
Wantering was founded in 2011 and was led by Matt Friesen who previously founded Thirdi software which was acquired by Invoke back in 2011.
The company ran three remote offices in YVR, NYC and previously raised three rounds of seed financing between 2012 and 2014, including from well known local investors BDC Venture Capital, HIGHLINEvc, Yaletown Venture Partners and WUTIF, among others.
According to TechCrunch, the Wantering team will be joining Clique (with CEO Matt Friesen becoming VP of R&D).
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Read the full story on the TechCrunch website here.
About Wantering
Wantering is the web's fashion search engine. We connect shoppers with clothes they love across over 125 e-commerce sites all in one place. Even cooler, we rank products in our search based on what's trending on sites like Pinterest, Polyvore, and Tumblr, so that you can shop from the hottest items first.
Whether you're searching for a specific brand, browsing categories or reading our unique editorial point of view on what to wear and how to wear it, Wantering is the easiest and most elegant way to shop online. We're making it happen by using big data and machine learning to create the world's richest taste graph.
About Clique Media
Clique Media is a leader in online marketing for publishers, advertisers, and affiliates. In today's fast-paced global business climate where the Internet dramatically changes the nature of how we work and interact with others, companies need creative and dynamic ways to respond. At Clique Media we understand the changing needs of today's companies and we're committed to designing and implementing the strategies you need to get ahead. Whether thru state-of-the-art Internet advertising campaigns or proven methods of traditional marketing, we're positioned to offer you the tools you need to get ahead.