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Customized T-Shirts are a popular thing. We’ve often wanted to customize a T-Shirt for someone, but have found few places online that can do it quickly.

Spreadshirt is the latest entrant into this field, which granted, is a relatively low-tech area (you are just using online interface, and back-end process). The German-based company has just raised several million dollars in venture backing from Accel.

We’re mention it because it has just expanded into the U.S., and because it forms a trio of similar companies backed by three high-profile venture firms. Cafe Press, which perhaps has the biggest brand recognition, is backed by Sequoia Capital. Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia’s cross-town rival, is backing Zazzle.

We corresponded with chief exec Lukasz Gadowski a few days ago. He wouldn’t tell us the exact amount raised, but we’ve since been told it is “several” million, definitely more than $2 million. The company is also opening real, offline stores.

Here is the company’s announcement.

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  1. July 30th, 2006
    9:47 am

    Shirts said:

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  1. July 19th, 2006
    10:13 am

    Vincent Roussilhon said:

    Spreadshirt also seized this occasion to buy the site Lafraise.com, which is an extremely popular and fast growing T-shirt store in France. Lafraise is one of the great french web success story.

  2. July 20th, 2006
    10:42 am

    Sean M said:

    The big three? How about adding CustomInk.com and making it the big four?

  3. July 28th, 2006
    10:28 am

    Matt said:

    Watch out for InkYourShirt.com. they are just entering the market and dont use screen printing or heat transfers… some new japanese direct infusion technology.. their prices are 25% less than Cafepress,Zazzle,Spreadshirt and custom ink.com

  4. BOBBY THOMPSON said:

    Tell me all about it ….Do you have a shop ? I just open the s-spread shop for free and they sell the design shop for $ 999 hmmmm.

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