Refinery29: lifestyle website for millennial women expands to UK

London office of site to be run by Sarah Raphael, previously acting editor of i-D

Refinery29, the US-based lifestyle site targeting millennial women, launched a UK site backed by an editorial team of 11, the first stage of a major international expansion.

Earlier this year, the US-based site, which aims to challenge traditional women's magazine titles, raised $50m (33m) in funding led by WPP and Scripps Networks Interactive. The investment, which took total funding in the business to $80m, means the company is valued at about $300m.