| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.04.2025 | The Furniture Delivery Revolution: Man and Van Services in Bristol | Bristol is a city of charm and character. Its narrow streets and vibrant neighborhoods are alive with the hustle and bustle of daily life. But when it comes to moving furniture, the city presents unique challenges. Heavy lifting, tight corn... |
| 22.04.2025 | Creatopy's New CFO: A Strategic Move for Growth | In the fast-paced world of technology, every decision can feel like a high-stakes game of chess. Creatopy, an AI-powered ad campaign platform, has made a bold move by appointing Maikao Grare as its new Chief Financial Officer. This decision... |
| 21.04.2025 | Secondhand retailers poised to benefit if tariffs drive up new clothing costs | Please subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
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| 01.04.2022 | Tea Collection Launches Its Own Resale Business—A First In Kids Clothing | Tea Collection launches Rewear. Tea Collection |
| 20.07.2021 | Origin Ventures Promotes Scott Stern and Prashant Shukla to Partner | Venture capital is a team sport. A great team makes better decisions, wins more deals, and provides more resources to companies. Investing in startups is like whitewater rafting. A great team navigates rapids by playing different roles on t... |
| 25.11.2020 | 2020 Minnesota Entrepreneur Gift Buying Guide | Every year, when I begin holiday shopping for friends and family, I always start with a list of gift ideas sourced from local entrepreneurs in Minnesota and the surrounding region. One of the best ways to support your community is to become... |
| 14.05.2020 | More moms, kid brands and retailers sign on with Kidizen as COVID19 reshapes the economy | Minneapolis, May 2020 – Unique, creative models that connect sellers and buyers are benefitting from the new reality of social distancing. Kidizen, the online community marketplace for second-hand kids’ fashion, is seeing increased engag... |
| 21.12.2019 | Sofia Fund Invests in Health Tech Startup Clinician Nexus | Angel team caps off record year of investing in woman-owned businesses |
| 02.10.2019 | Kidizen Partners with Brands and Moms to Reduce Fashion Waste | Digital Marketplace Launches REWEAR™ Collective and Style Scout Programs |
| 30.07.2019 | Origin Ventures Promotes Stern, Shukla, Leichtman | In 2019, we celebrate our firm’s 20-year anniversary with 20 short stories
and lessons learned by investing over $150M in more than 70 companies
and the entrepreneurs behind their origin. These are their stories. |
| 10.04.2018 | Debunking 3 of the biggest myths about Midwest tech | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the past four years, a slew of articles have b... |
| 10.04.2018 | Debunking 3 of the biggest myths about Midwest tech | In the past four years, a slew of articles have been published comparing the Midwest tech scene to Silicon Valley: in 2014, 2015, 2016, and ending with a recent one from the New York Times. While well-intentioned, these articles all have at... |
| 12.01.2018 | How female founders are faring in the Midwest | Women remain underrepresented in tech, even as the industry tries to address jaw-dropping statistics about their absence in tech’s upper echelon. Less than 3 percent of female founders raised venture capital in 2017, even though in the firs... |
| 12.01.2018 | How female founders are faring in the Midwest | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Women remain underrepresented in tech, even as th... |
| 12.01.2018 | How female founders are faring in the Midwest | Women remain underrepresented in tech, even as the industry tries to address jaw-dropping statistics about their absence in tech’s upper echelon. Less than 3 percent of female founders raised venture capital in 2017, even though in the firs... |
| 20.12.2017 | Minnesota is becoming the center of the Midwest’s retail tech universe | Minnesota is home to a number of Fortune 500 retail companies like Target, Best Buy, and Supervalu. It also boasts a number of Fortune 500 companies that build out the entire retail ecosystem, including supply chain companies such as CH Rob... |
| 20.12.2017 | Minnesota is becoming the center of the Midwest’s retail tech universe | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Minnesota is home to a number of Fortune 500 reta... |
| 27.04.2017 | Reflection on our New Fund | Bruce, Steve, Brent, and I are excited to announce we have closed our fourth fund, exceeding our target with an $80M fund focused on series A investments in software, marketplaces and content startups. |
| 20.03.2017 | Origin Ventures Leads Series A Funding Round in Kidizen | Origin is excited to announce its participation in the the Series A round for Kidizen! |
| 12.03.2017 | Corigin Ventures Joins $3.2M Series A for Kidizen | Kidizen, the nation’s largest platform to share, shop, and sell kid style, today announces it has closed a $3.2 Series A funding led by Origin Ventures with participation by Royal Street Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Irish Angels, and Mergela... |
| 09.03.2017 | Kidizen Closes $3.2m Series A Funding | Kidizen, a Minneapolis, MN-based platform to share, shop, and sell kid style, closed a $3.2m Series A funding.
The round was led by Origin Ventures with participation from Royal Street Ventures, Corigin Ventures, Irish Angels, and Mergelane... |
| 09.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, March 9 | WHAT KILLS MORE JOBS, PRIVATE EQUITY OR VENTURE CAPITAL?
Hi! Erin Griffith here, reclaiming the newsletter for one day during my vacation. The following is from the latest edition of Fortune magazine, where I write a regular column about te... |
| 09.03.2017 | Kidizen raises $3.2M for a kids’ clothes resale app with a social twist | Kidizen, a marketplace for secondhand children’s apparel, has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding, the company announced today. The funding was led by Chicago-based Origin Ventures, which backed the startup following its more than 100 p... |
| 02.02.2017 | How I Save Hundreds On Groceries, Clothes, Diapers And More Each Month For My Family Of Four | |
| 05.04.2015 | Kidizen Raises Funding from Sofia Fund | Kidizen, a Minneapolis, MN-based online marketplace for buying and selling kids’ clothes and toys, raised a funding of undisclosed amount.
Female run venture capital firm Sofia Fund made the investment.
The company has reportedly raised app... |
| 10.11.2014 | Kidizen, A Mobile Marketplace For Secondhand “Kids’ Stuff” Raises Half A Million | Minneapolis-based Kidizen has raised just over half a million in funding for its mobile, peer-to-peer marketplace which allows parents to buy and sell their children’s clothing, toys, shoes and other easily shippable items. The idea is simi... |
| 03.04.2014 | 10 Startups That Received $100k from Steve Case at the Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day | At yesterday's inaugural Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day, AOL cofounder and Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve Case surprised the crowd – not to mention the 10 participating startups – when he announced that he would be investing $100,000 ... |
| 18.02.2014 | Kidizen Lets Parents Buy & Sell Kids’ “Pre-Loved” Clothing And Other Items Via Their iPhones | A new iOS application called Kidizen is launching a mobile, peer-to-peer marketplace allowing parents to buy and sell their children’s clothing, toys, shoes and other easily shippable accessories. By offering parents the option to ship item... |
