| 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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| 26.03.2022 | ‘Every Shopper Will Be a Seller’: Tradesy Founder Tracy DiNunzio Talks Vestiaire Collective Merger | When Tracy DiNunzio had the idea to build a secondhand high-end apparel company, she bootstrapped the business by renting out her bedroom on Airbnb and sleeping on her living room couch.
It worked. Over the past decade, Tradesy—the Los Ange... |
| 16.03.2022 | Making second-hand fashion a first choice, SoftBank and Tiger Global-backed French platform buys US rival | As consumers increasingly reuse fashion and luxury items, there has been a spurt in the second-hand market. Adding on to the race of startups getting into the second-hand goods marketplace, French second-hand luxury marketplace Vestiaire Co... |
| 16.03.2022 | 4 South by Southwest predictions about the future of dealmaking | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 18.09.2021 | Daily funding roundup - September 18th, 2021 | Francis Medical raised $55M; CodeSignal landed $50M; Ketch secured $23M; Roboflow picks up $20M
Whatnot: Whatnot is a L.A.-based startup that hosts live-streamed video sales and auctions of Pokemon cards and other collectibles. Whatnot has ... |
| 17.09.2021 | Tradesy Is Leading Shoppers Away from Fast Fashion, and Investors Are Buying Into It | Tracy DiNunzio wants to kill fast fashion.
Founder and CEO of Santa Monica-based Tradesy, DiNunzio said over the last decade consumers are recognizing the harmful effects of low-priced, rapidly-produced fast fashion on the global climate. S... |
| 17.09.2021 |
Tradesy Gets $67M For Secondhand Fashion
| Los Angeles-based secondhand, luxury fashion goods marketplace Tradesy has raised $67M more in a Series D funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Foris Ventures, the family office of venture capitalist John Doerr. Tr... |
| 17.09.2021 | Daily funding roundup - September 17th, 2021 | Francis Medical raised $55M; CodeSignal landed $50M; Ketch secured $23M; Roboflow picks up $20M
Whatnot: Whatnot is a L.A.-based startup that hosts live-streamed video sales and auctions of Pokemon cards and other collectibles. Whatnot has ... |
| 17.09.2021 | When startup exits aren’t such good news | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
An exit—in which a company is sold—is often hailed as a celebratory event.
There’s practically a ... |
| 17.09.2021 | When startup exits aren’t such good news | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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An exit—in whi... |
| 12.08.2021 | How To Make Money Online In 2021: 21 Easy Ideas | Looking for tips on how to make money online? You’ve come to the right place. Summer 2021 has been called “the summer of quitting.” In the most recent employment report, the Department of Labor said that four million Americans quit their jo... |
| 22.03.2021 | The a16z Marketplace 100: 2021 | Last February, we introduced the a16z Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies. The series was a hit, spurring debate about the evolution of marketplaces and promising new consumer... |
| 17.09.2019 | Apps To Make You An Environment-Focused Fashionista, No Matter What Your Style | Getty |
| 18.04.2019 | Spending: Self-improvement for $1,000 or less | On your next self-improvement kick, consider these ideas to elevate your style and get fit for $1,000 or less.
Dress to impress.
Take the opportunity to upgrade your look and dress for the job you want, even if it’s not the job you have. Cl... |
| 13.11.2017 | This gold-plated ‘Loo-uis Vuitton’ toilet can be yours for $100,000 | Flushed with cash? Then this gold-plated $100,000 Louis Vuitton toilet may be for you.
Do your doodie in designer style on this one-of-a-kind “Loo-uis Vuitton Toilet,” on sale on Tradesy.com, which is a marketplace for designer fashions.
Lo... |
| 08.12.2016 | New Money: Online Thrift Store Swap.com Raises $20M | Swap.com
Deal: $20 million
Investors: eEquity, a Swedish private equity firm
What they do: Swap, an online consignment and thrift store, raised $20 million this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sellers can list items like men's, ... |
| 26.08.2016 | Meet Chad Byers, General Partner at Susa Ventures | Susa just secured a $50 million second fund, so we chatted with a founder about the rising seed firm
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Ma... |
| 11.05.2016 | Tradesy Raises $30M in Series C Funding | Tradesy, a Santa Monica, CA-based online platform for women’s second-hand luxury clothes & accessories, raised $30m in a Series C funding round.
Backers included Wildcat Capital Management and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caulfiel... |
| 10.05.2016 |
Tradesy Takes $30M More For Online Luxury Clothing Marketplace
| Santa Monica-based online luxury clothing marketplace Tradesy has raised $30M more in a Series C funding, the company disclosed late Monday. The funding was led by Wildcat Capital Management and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ... |
| 04.05.2016 | Rebagg raises $8M for designer handbag marketplace | Instead of connecting peer to peer, the NY-based startup buys and sells handbags directly
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. Sp... |
| 14.09.2015 | 81 Sites To Find Side Gigs To Earn More Money Now | Who doesn't need more money? If you're not up for forex trading, selling an organ on the black market or dabbling in illicit activity, income on the side is easier to find than ever before, thanks to the burgeoning freelance economy and the... |
| 06.08.2015 | Snobswap Raises A Million To Bring Brick-And-Mortar Consignment Shops Online | A startup working to bring offline brick-and-mortar consignment shops into the e-commerce age, Snobswap, has raised over a million dollars in seed funding to expand what it describes as its “luxury online mall.” While today, these mom-and-p... |
| 04.08.2015 | Max Levchin’s Affirm wants to finance your way through Hack Reactor’s code school | PayPal co-creator Max Levchin brought you Affirm, a money lending service. Now, the company wants to help programmers-to-be pay for “‘the Harvard’ of coding bootcamps.”
Starting today, Affirm will offer financing for Hack Reactor students, ... |
| 15.07.2015 | Hey SydStart, looking for female conference speakers? Here are almost 50 women you could call for starters | All-male panels have become an all too common sight.
Recently we’ve seen one of Australia’s biggest startup conferences, SydStart, announce its first round of speakers without any women featured, although they’re promising there are female ... |
| 21.03.2015 | How to protect yourself as middleman in a marketplace | Internet marketplace businesses (ranging from Craigslist to eBay to Airbnb, among many others) earn fees for connecting buyers and sellers. Most early Internet marketplaces like Craigslist were simple listing services, but more compelling t... |
| 21.03.2015 | How to protect yourself as middleman in a marketplace | 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!
Internet marketplace businesses (ranging from Cra... |
| 28.01.2015 | Tradesy Raises $30M in Funding | Tradesy, a Santa Monica, CA-based a platform for buying and selling clothing, shoes and accessories online, raised $30m in funding.
The round, which valued Tradesy around $100m, was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, with participation ... |
| 08.08.2014 | Luxury Consignment Reseller Snobswap Grabs $700K To Bring Brick-And-Mortar Shops Online | Snobswap, the D.C.-based online shopping resale site with a funny but memorable name, is one of many new entrants in a growing market focused on bringing the experience of shopping for second-hand clothing and other accessories online. And,... |
| 12.06.2014 | Balanced Adds Push-To-Card Payment Option For Marketplaces | Payments startup Balanced is looking for ways in which its marketplace customers can more quickly exchange funds between those who are purchasing goods or services on their platforms to those who provide them. The latest option to be added ... |
| 21.05.2014 | Tradesy Raises $13M in Series B Funding | Tradesy, a Santa Monica, CA-based peer-to-peer marketplace for designer fashion, raised $13m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with participation from Sir Richard Branson, Rincon Ventur... |
| 20.05.2014 |
Tradesy Finds $13M for Fashion Marketplace From KPCB, Others
| In a significant vote of confidence for Santa Monica-based Tradesy, the peer-to-peer marketplace headed by Tracy DiNunzio, has raised a $13M funding round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sir Richard Branson, Rincon Venture Partne... |
| 22.11.2013 | Consignment Startups Like Tradesy Could Help Retailers Close The Loop On Product Lifecycles | With a good enough premise, a fashion startup can build a community of thousands, all obsessing over the pieces that they want or need in their closets (it’s basically the same). That in turns means that they’re aggregating tons of data abo... |
| 22.09.2013 | Poshmark, The Mobile Marketplace For Women To Sell And Swap Clothes, Crosses 1M Items Sold So Far This Year | App downloads are key metrics for all mobile-focused startups, but not many early-stage companies in the space can cite revenue-generating figures alongside their user growth. But Poshmark, the mobile marketplace that lets women swap and se... |
| 17.05.2013 | A list of top LA accelerators and incubators
Retrieve Voicemail Online or By Phone | Amplify, Launchpad, MuckerLab, Idealab and Science among those churning out new startups
(Updated to reflect more up to date information for Start Engine and Curious Minds)
s I have noted before, the tech scene in Los Angeles is on the rise... |
| 27.03.2013 | eBay’s new ‘Sell it Forward’ program channels your hoarding impulses for charity | We all have secret stashes of stuff we rarely use, and yet these items can be oddly difficult to part with. eBay has partnered with Goodwill to lessen separation anxiety and soothe the pains of parting.
This new initiative is called Sell it... |
| 04.11.2012 | Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore | Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mark Suster (@msuster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners. He publishes more frequently over on his blog BothSidesoftheTable
It is election season. So it’s tempting to think this is going to be... |
| 24.10.2012 | Clothing Swap Startup Tradesy Wants To Turn Every Woman’s Closet Into Currency | The average woman has worn just 20% of her wardrobe in the last year, but continues to spend upwards of $6,000 year on new clothing and accessories, leaving many (including me) with a closet full of extra clothing. So the idea that you coul... |
| 24.10.2012 | Unlock the goldmine in your closet on Tradesy | 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!
I am a big fan of resold, used, and thrift clothi... |
| 24.10.2012 | Funding Daily: A tantalizing bowl of investment | 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!
While looking into Salerno, Italy in conjunction ... |
| 24.10.2012 |
Tradesy Takes On Women's Clothing Resale, Gets $1.5M in Funding
| Tradesy, a new website and mobile app developed by Recycled Bride's Tracy DiNunzio, is launching Wednesday, with $1.5M in funding from Rincon Venture Partners, 500 Startups, Dany Levy (DailyCandy), Daher Capital, Bee Partners, Double M Capi... |
| 23.10.2012 | Tradesy Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding | Tradesy, a Santa Monica, CA-based startup that builds peer-to-peer marketplaces for women who buy, sell, and trade fashion from their closets, has received a $1.5m in seed funding.
Backers include Rincon Venture Partners, 500 Startups, Dany... |
| - | 10 things that will be more expensive in 2022 | The cost of clothes, groceries, furniture and other goods are rising in the year ahead.
Here’s what you can do about higher prices. |
| - | Drybar Co-founder Alli Webb on Going from Stay-At-Home Mom to Building a Hairstyle Empire | With her parents as business owners, Alli Webb said entrepreneurship was in her blood.
On this episode of the Behind Her Empire podcast, Webb talks about the founding of Drybar, along with her other ventures like humidifier company Canopy a... |
| - | Not going back to the office? How to turn your work clothes into cash | The pandemic has reduced the time people spend in an office, and their need for office clothes along with it.
If you’re hoping to part with your work wardrobe, there a number of selling and donating options. |
| - | Making second-hand fashion a first choice, SoftBank and Tiger Global-backed French platform buys US rival | As consumers increasingly reuse fashion and luxury items, there has been a spurt in the second-hand market. Adding on to the race of startups getting into the second-hand goods marketplace, French second-hand luxury marketplace Vestiaire Co... |
| - | Leonardo DiCaprio Backs New $45 Million Climate VC Fund | A new, early-stage venture capital firm targeting climate and sustainability-related investments announced its debut $45 million fund on Monday, with backing from the likes of Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Silicon Valley’s Tribe Cap... |
| - | Here's how to make money off the clothes you used to wear to the office | If you're spending less time in an office these days, you can turn to your old office wardrobe for some extra cash.
You can sell blazers and shoes on a number of online resale marketplaces, or even put together a garage sale. |
