Rares is a social investing platform that lets you invest in rare sneakers by buying and trading shares in them. Investing in sneaker culture has never been easier!
Location: United States, Nevada, Las Vegas
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | RareBreed ... | rarebreed.... |
| - | Captain Pa... | captainpar... |
| - | Crush Vent... | crush.vent... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.10.2021 | Seed | $4M | REach Acce... |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.09.2022 | Sneakers, video games, fancy bags: Americans snubbing stocks for goods | More On: collectors Microsoft co-founder’s $1B art collection is most expensive auction ever Collectors charged for trying to sell stolen Eagles ‘Hotel California’ notes Pepsi superfan breaks world record with 12,402 can-collection Happy VC... |
| 08.02.2022 | Необычные инвестиции: сервисы, которые помогут инвестировать в вино, искусство, кроссовки и музыку | Инвестиции можно условно разделить на несколько категорий в зависимости от способа инвестирования, его сроков или стиля. Одним из самых общих является деление на традиционные и альтернативные виды вложений. К традиционным принято относить а... |
| 11.10.2021 | Sneaker Investment App Rares Announces $4 Million Seed Funding Round, Led by MaC Venture Capital | LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 11, 2021– Rares, an innovative social investing platform and the first alternative asset marketplace exclusively for sneakers, announces today that it has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Ma... |
| 11.10.2021 | CORRECTING and REPLACING Sneaker Investment App Rares Announces $4 Million Seed Funding Round, Led by MaC Venture Capital | First paragraph, second sentence of release should read: The new investment round was supported by Cake Ventures, Portfolia Rising America Funds I and II, and Evolution VC, with both W Fund and Gaingels participating after their Pre-Seed in... |
| 26.04.2021 | A pair of shoes Kanye West wore at the Grammys in 2008 just broke the record for the most valuable sneaker sale ever | Sneakers worn by Kanye West shattered the record for the most expensive shoes ever sold. The Yeezy prototypes West wore at the 2008 Grammys were sold to RARES, a sneaker-investment platform. The shoes went for $1.8 million, more than triple... |
| 09.03.2021 | Techstars Music announces its 2021 class and a partnership with Quality Control | This morning Techstars Music is announcing 11 new companies that have joined its ranks, along with a partnership with Atlanta media company/record label Quality Control. While it’s easy to mentally bunch everything Techstars does together u... |
| - | One company is allowing the everyday investor to buy shares of rare shoes, including Kanye's $1.8 million Nike Air Yeezys, for as little as $25. Here's how sneaker investing works and if it makes sens... | Rares is a platform that allows users to invest in fractional shares of valuable sneakers, including the Air Yeezy 1 Prototype sneakers that Kanye West wore at the 2008 Grammys (pictured above). Courtesy of Rares This story is available exc... |