Article: Pets.com Raises $50 Million from Amazon.com, Bowman Capital, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Second Round of Financing Will Allow Online

Pets Category Leader to Best Serve Customers

SEATTLE, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Pets.com (www.pets.com), the leading online provider of pet products, information and services, today announced it raised $50 million from leading online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Bowman Capital, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Pets.com will use the second round of financing to continue to build its infrastructure and to best serve the customer growth that the company has experienced since its first round of funding less than 10 weeks ago.

"We are running hard and fast to make Pets.com the best ...

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