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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | retail |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia [1] |
| Products | Prescription glasses, Sport glasses, Safety glasses, Sunglasses |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | www |
GlassesUSA.com is an online retailer of prescription eyewear. [2] It was founded in 2009. [3]
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GlassesUSA, through its affiliation with the Luxottica Group, offers a wide range of frames including:
In 2015, GlassesUSA raised a $12.5 Million growth round led by the Viola Private Equity fund which is a member of the Viola Group, which "is a venture capital firm, empowering Israeli or Israeli-related early-stage tech startups to become global category leaders. [7] [6]
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