Real Girls Media, Inc. is an online publishing company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in social communities for women. The company was launched in 2007, with venture capital from 3i and WaldenVC. In November 2008, the Meredith Corporation took a minority stake in the company. The company's founder was Kate Everett Thorp, the former president of digital worldwide at AKQA and chairman and CMO of Carat Interactive. To power the sites in their portfolio, the company's IT team built the first Ruby-based content management platform. In 2008, the company launched DivineCaroline.com, a portal combining feature articles, blogs and community in an online publishing environment aimed at women. The site reached 2 million unique visitors in April of that year. In April 2008, CEO Kate Thorp was honored at the annual in San Francisco, for contributions to the online advertising industry.
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