Marketing firm Opt’s corporate venturing arm has joined multiple corporates to provide an undisclosed sum to the garment production platform operator, which increased its total funding past $18m.
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
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