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After just a few months and a fortuitous meeting with Brent Hoberman, he and co-founders Chlo&egrave; Macintosh and Julien Call&egrave;de secured the &pound;2.5m investment needed to launch a logistically complex start-up and now have a multi-million pound company with 25 staff on their hands. Its made-to-order platform allows consumers to order via the internet from Asian factories to achieve significant cost savings. Since launch the business has grown 50% every month.<\/p>\n<p><b>2012 update:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Delivering over 100,000 items per year, Made.com is turning over in excess of &pound;2m. The company raised &pound;7m in early 2012, currently employs 80 persons across 2 offices in London and Shanghai, and has extended its manufacturing network to five different countries. 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