Christina Tosi Raises Millions to Grow Milk Bar Dessert Empire
Photo Caption: An image of a pile of Milk Bar's cookies from the company's Facebook page.
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Chefs that want to expand concepts beyond well-executed local independents are turning to more sophisticated investors. Tosi's teaming up with RSE would appear to play to both of their strengths.
Christina Tosi, the founder and CEO who created the desert retail concept Milk Bar in 2008, closed her first funding round, which was backed exclusively by RSE Ventures.
Tosi and RSE declined to reveal the amount of the total investment, but the Wall Street Journal described it as "eight figures."
Milk Bar currently has stores in New York, Toronto, Las Vegas, and W
