Silicon Valley's Martha Stewart, Brit Morin, Raises $6.3 Million From Marissa Mayer And A Lead HuffPo Investor

Brit Morin founded Brit, a domestic lifestyle brand for the technology age. Brit Morin, a former Googler who is reinventing herself as the Martha Stewart of tech, has raised a $6.3 million Series A round of financing from Index Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Marissa Mayer, Tina Sharkey, Aileen Lee and Oak Investment Partners. Oak Investment Partners' Fred Harman is joining the board of directors, which is a huge win for Morin since he coached the likes of Arianna Huffington and Bleacher Report to exits worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Harman usually cuts larger checks though. His firm likes to own 20-30% of each company it invests in; it put $25 million into The Huffington...