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Peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace Pickle picks up $8 million

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By Sarah Perez

October 11, 2023

Peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace Pickle picks up $8 million

New York-based peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace Pickle, which lets users earn passive income from their closets, is readying an expansion with the close of an $8 million seed round. The company, which was run by just its two co-founders, CEO Brian McMahon and COO Julia O’Mara, up until June, is now planning to expand into […]

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