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Media - Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Real Estate/Foodie Blog Network Curbed Raises $1.5M From Angels

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NYC-based Real estate blog network Curbed.com, has raised $1.5M in financing to expand into new cities from its base in New York, LA and San Francisco. Curbed was launched by former Gawker Media Managing Editor Lockhart Steele, the network’s publisher, Steele says that traffic on Curbed is growing 10% per month.

Gawker Media's Nick Denton, Zach Nelson (CEO of NetSuite), and Brad Inman (publisher of the real estate news service Inman News). are among the angel investors in Curbed.

The curbed sites are great looking and it enjoys strong writing. Curbed also publishes companion sites for each city called Eater, devoted to food reviews.
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