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title: 'One million more reasons to love COLOURlovers: $1 million in funding'
date: '2011-05-03T17:24:40-07:00'
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# One million more reasons to love COLOURlovers: $1 million in funding

You remember [COLOURlovers](http://colourlovers.com "COLOURlovers"), right? Remember? They’re the [Portland startup that left for the Bay](http://www.oregonbusiness.com/the-latest/4991-the-great-funding-challenge "The Great Funding Challenge"), got picked as a [Y Combinator](http://ycombinator.com "Y Combinator") company, and is [currently in the midst of renewing their relationship with Portland](http://siliconflorist.com/2011/03/14/portland-startup-broke-up-back-together/ "Why I broke up with Portland to build my startup… and why we’re back together")?

Well, you might have noticed that [they’re doing a little hiring here in Portland](http://siliconflorist.com/jobs/ "Silicon Florist job board"). And that might make folks wonder how they were planning to pay those folks. The answer was revealed today: COLOURlovers just secured $1 million in funding.

[According to TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/03/colourlovers-raises-1-million-to-make-everyone-an-artist/ "COLOURlovers Raises $1 Million To Make Everyone An Artist"), the round was composed of investments from a number of folks—including some well know Web types like the cofounder of Reddit and the guy who created WordPress.

> COLOURlovers has raised $1 million from investors including Atlas Venture, Morado Ventures, Founder Collective, Charles River Ventures, 500 Startups, Seraph Group & Zelkova Ventures, Matt Mullenweg, Alexis Ohanian, Don Hutchinson, Dharmesh Shah, Jared Friedman, and Shawn Bercuson.

And here’s something interesting… COLOURlovers used [Angel List](http://angel.co/ "Angel List") to build the round. How cool is that?

The company is already turning a profit. And according to reports, stands to record at least half a million dollars in revenue this year.

For more on the funding, [read the TechCrunch story](http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/03/colourlovers-raises-1-million-to-make-everyone-an-artist/ "COLOURlovers Raises $1 Million To Make Everyone An Artist"). To try to get a job with them, see the latest [Silicon Florist job postings](http://siliconflorist.com/2011/05/01/majestic-unicorn-31-portland-jobs-dream-job-unicorn/ "Are you a majestic unicorn? 31+ Portland jobs that could be your dream job… even if you’re not a unicorn"). For about the company, visit [COLOURlovers](http://colourlovers.com "COLOURlovers").