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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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