Spreadshirt, the site that lets you design, buy and sell customized t-shirts, has raised Series A funding from Accel Partners. The amount is not being disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, Accel’s Harry Nelis will join the Spreadshirt board of directors and Judy Gibbons, formerly corporate VP of MSN, will join as an advisor. The company has a presence in 12 countries, and the cash will be used for international expansion. They've also opened an offline Spreadshirt store in Berlin, which they hope to develop further.
Spreadshirt is essentially a European version of Cafepress - users set up online shops to sell t-shirts, hats, mousemats, mugs and more. The company was launched by two German graduate students in 2002 - it now stocks 5 million unique products in over 200,000 shops. However, it still feels more niche and quirky than the massively popular Cafepress (funded by Sequoia Capital), and Kleiner Perkins’ Zazzle.
I like Spreadshirt a lot - especially its ability to leave comments and trackbacks on individual items. Good luck to them.
Update: The funding is reportedly "more than $2 million".
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