Accel Faces Social Networking
Constance Loizos
Apr 15, 2005

Thefacebook.com, a popular online social networking directory that has taken college campuses by storm in the 14 months since it launched, has raised a Series A round of funding from Accel Partners.

The deal was hotly contested in Silicon Valley, and sources estimate the funding was between $10 million and $12 million.

?A lot of firms were clamoring for that deal. I'm disappointed it wasn't us,