Deena varshavskaya jewish community
In college I made friends with Dina Varshavskaya, also a Jewish girl..
Pinsk Jewish community was one of the richest in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and this fact is confirmed by significant sums payed to the state treasury.
Wanelo
E-commerce website
Wanelo is an e-commerce company headquartered in San Francisco’s SoMa district. It was founded in 2012 by Deena Varshavskaya.[3][4][5]
History
Deena Varshavskaya founded the company because she felt frustrated by shopping in physical malls and wanted a social media platform that would allow her to see what her friends were buying.
In 2010, she hired a web developer to help her create the website, which underwent numerous changes into 2011.[6] The website's name "Wanelo" is a combination of the words "want", "need" and "love".[7]
The company raised $2 million in seed-funding round in March 2012 from investors including Floodgate Capital and First Round Capital.[8][9] In March 2013, Wanelo raised $10 million in funding reportedly raising their valuation to US$100 million.[10] Wanelo 3.0 was launched in 2013.[11]
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