| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.11.2024 | Основатель стартапа Bonobos сумел привлечь $125 млн благодаря маниакальным эпизодам | Основатель Bonobos Энди Данн, страдающий биполярным расстройством, продал свою компанию за $310 млн и снова вернулся к работе над социальной платформой под названием Pie, сообщает TechCrunch. Он также написал книгу «Скорость выгорания: запу... |
| 28.09.2024 | Pie: Social App Company Raises $11.5 Million (Series A) | Pie is a social app that makes it easy for friends to connect in real life. The company recently announced it raised $11.5 million in Series A funding, led by Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, with participation from Origin Ventures, Re... |
| 14.06.2024 | PHOENIX - New Joint Venture Led by WHP Global - Receives Court Approval to Acquire Operations of Express Retail Company | PHOENIX will Operate DTC Commerce in the U.S.A. for Express & Bonobos
NEW YORK, June 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WHP Global, in collaboration with an affiliate of Simon Property Group ("Simon"), Brookfield Properties ("Brook... |
| 06.06.2024 | Hoop's AI-Powered Task Management Platform Secures $5M in Seed Funding | Hoop, a NYC-based provider of an AI-powered task management platform, recently raised $5M in Seed funding. Led by Index Ventures, the round also saw participation from Origin Ventures, Divergent Capital, and Chingona Ventures, along with no... |
| 06.06.2024 | AI-Powered Productivity Startup Hoop Announces $5Million in Seed Funding Led by Index Ventures | Founded by Early Trello Team, Hoop’s To-Do List Updates Itself by Auto-Capturing Tasks Across Platforms
Related Posts
Arista Unveils Etherlink AI Networking Platforms
Jun 6, 2024
Wipro Cyber X-Ray Empowers CXO’s to Make Optimized Security I... |
| 30.04.2024 | Fortune Launches New Advice Column with Founder, Investor, Entrepreneur Andy Dunn | "Ask Andy" features tips for launching a new business venture while maintaining a healthy mind
Bonobos and Pie co-founder, best-selling author of "Burn Rate," and mental health advocate shares personal insights on mental... |
| 19.03.2024 | The 15 best board shorts for men in 2024 | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Style The 15 best board shorts for men in 2024
Written by Beau Hayhoe; edited by Amir Ismael,
Insider Picks
Updated
2024-03-19... |
| 29.05.2022 | How Fashion Brand AYR Stayed Small To Get Big During The Pandemic | AYR'S Capeside top (with a collar from the spring summer 2022 collection) AYR |
| 09.05.2022 | Bonobos cofounder Andy Dunn is taking public his secret battle with bipolar disorder | Andy Dunn, the cofounder and former CEO of the men’s clothing company Bonobos, has something new to sell: his life story. It might just save another life.
In “Burn Rate,” hitting bookshelves tomorrow, Dunn goes public with a secret he manag... |
| 01.07.2021 | More brands are hitting the road this summer with traveling showrooms | For an upstart brand, the mobile showroom gives Maker&Son an advantage to reach physical customers beyond their New York City showroom. “Because we’re a digitally-native brand, being able to arrive at someone’s home gives an extra perso... |
| 01.07.2021 | More brands are hitting the road this summer with traveling showrooms | In 2020, many showrooms and popups took a pause, and began coming back gradually this year. Now, brands are ready to bring back physical showrooms by hitting the road.
Brands have experimented with mobile pop-ups before the pandemic. In 201... |
| 25.06.2020 | This July 4th, Celebrate With Style | There’s no shortage of people these days explaining why travel is good for your wellbeing - more often than not discussed in the context of a lengthy quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Americans, this July 4th, more than ever befo... |
| 05.05.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Join Kirsten Green for a Q&A next Tuesday at 11 a.m PST/2 p.m. EST/6 p.m. GMT | Last month, the Extra Crunch Live team hosted conversations with folks from all over the venture community that ranged from the pre-seed world with Charles Hudson to shark territory with Mark Cuban. We’re starting off May with a packed agen... |
| 12.03.2020 | AYR Makes Denim That Will Make You Love Wearing Jeans Again | AYR The Must jeansAYR |
| 07.11.2019 | Pomelo is solving a problem that’s plaguing online shopping | The collapse of fast fashion chain Forever 21, which filed for bankruptcy in the US this September, shook up the retail industry worldwide. Stores have realized that today’s shoppers are of a different breed. Digitally savvy, highly discern... |
| 15.09.2018 | The Valley needs a business Mr. Rogers … and I think I found him | 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!
Mr. Rogers is having a “moment,” with the “Won’t ... |
| 15.09.2018 | The Valley needs a business Mr. Rogers … and I think I found him | Mr. Rogers is having a “moment,” with the “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” documentary doing big box office and a full-on Hollywood biopic starring Tom Hanks going into production this fall. It’s causing many observers to say that the nostalgia f... |
| 26.11.2017 | Predicting success in startup consumer brands | Matt Heiman Contributor
Matt Heiman is a partner at CRV.
More posts by this contributor
Consumer internet companies are easy to understand, but hard to create
Why ‘TAM’ doesn’t matter to me
Nearly three years ago, Saar Gur and I wrote about... |
| 24.11.2017 | The World’s Most Popular WebSites Are Recording Everything You Do | For most internet users, the notion that websites track your browsing habits won’t come as much of a surprise. Most websites that offer a service, particularly news and shopping sites, install cookies onto your browser with every visit to h... |
| 16.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, June 16 | WHOLE FOODS GETS A BUYER
Good morning. This is Anne VanderMey, filling in for Erin today. Send your feedback to anne_vandermey@fortune.com, or find me on Twitter @vandermy.
Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop
Some... |
| 20.05.2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | People often ask me, “Why did you move from San Francisco to, uh, Detroit?” The answer is easy. In 10 years, San Francisco will be as good as it is today, but Detroit will be a roaring city once again, defining a new technology hub at the i... |
| 20.05.2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | 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!
People often ask me, “Why did you move from San F... |
| 19.05.2017 | Bonobos introduced a solution for guys who are too tall or too short for regular shirts | Bonobos
Bonobos shirts come in short, regular, and long.
The average height for American men is five feet, nine inches. And if you're that height, or around that - congrats, shirts from most retailers were made for you.
Advertisement
Everyo... |
| 25.04.2017 | How grown men can actually look good in shorts | Facebook/J Crew
Above the knees? Check. Well-fitting? Check.
There's an ongoing debate over whether grown men should actually wear shorts. If you do choose to wear them, we won't judge.
Advertisement
It's warm, and you don't want to suffoca... |
| 17.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, April 17 | EXUBERANT DEALMAKING
Good morning!
Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop
But it may also be a convenient excuse when Chinese buyers get cold feet, as Variety noted last month. It’s even true of LeEco. It’s no secret... |
| 16.01.2017 | 5 Trends That Will Change The Way Your Customers Will Shop In 2017 | |
| 18.10.2016 | A Distinguished Shopper's Guide to Brookfield Place
A Distinguished Shopper's Guide to Brookfield Place | (Bloomberg) -- As a general rule, the soul of a shopping mall consists of the high schoolers who loiter therein. But very few teenagers are to be seen at Brookfield Place, the new-ish luxury mall located in the downtown office complex forme... |
| 06.07.2016 | Forerunner Ventures ups the ante with a new, third fund | Forerunner Ventures, an early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm that focuses almost exclusively on e-commerce businesses, has raised a $122 million fund, shows an SEC filing that was filed earlier this morning.
The firm was founded by... |
| 31.05.2016 | Ticketing software startup Vendini raises $20M | This is the first funding for the company, which was founded in 2001
Tech companies love raising money, and we in the press, admittedly, love writing about how much capital is flowing, and the big rounds that the companies raise. Raising fu... |
| 19.05.2016 | Andy Dunn: Venture capital isn’t always a good thing | Silicon Valley may have an unhealthy obsession with the VC round, suggest Bonobos founder and CEO
It was a question that almost seemed to be rhetorical.
“Do you think funding is a good thing or a bad thing?”
The question was posed by Bianca... |
| 12.05.2016 | See how Vator Splash Spring played out on Twitter | Thank you to all of those who attended Vator Splash Spring and made it great!
Vator held its Splash Spring event on Thursday, and it couldn't have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so w... |
| 08.04.2016 | Crediyo - Vator Splash Health Class of 2016 | Check out Leonard Hinton's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort Crediyo, Crediyo leverages big data and analytics to lower consumer out of pocket medical expenses. We work directly with patients to ... |
| 07.04.2016 | Vator Splash LA 2016 Honorable Mention - Bloom Technologies | Check out Eric Dy's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort Bloom Technologies, won the Honorable Mention. Here's the video of Eric Dy, Bloom Technologies Founder and CEO, giving the winning presentati... |
| 06.04.2016 | Lighthouse - Vator Splash Health 2016 Winner | Check out Dave Vockell's winning presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort Lighthouse, took home the gold. Here's the video of Dave Vockell, Lighthouse Founder and CEO, giving the winning presentation.
L... |
| 05.04.2016 | DocDelta - Vator Splash Health Class of 2016 | Check out John Dymond's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort DocDelta, a talent engine for healthcare. They help hospitals make millions of dollars in additional revenue by helping them to hire the ... |
| 04.04.2016 | Transcript: Protecting yourself as the founder; Ryan Howard | At Vator Splash Health 2016, Ryan Howard (Chairman & Founder, Practice Fusion)
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Ryan Howard (Chairman & Founder, Practice Fusion) talked about 'Protecting yourself as the founder'. Here's a transcript as ... |
| 01.04.2016 | Lab Sensor Solutions - Vator Splash Health Class of 2016 | Check out Jarie Bolander's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback
Vator Splash Health 2016 cohort Lab Sensor Solutions specializes in IoT Sensors for the Healthcare industry. They increases patient safety while helping customers mee... |
| 31.03.2016 | FanDuel and DraftKings agree to drop college sports | The NCAA had been a vocal critic of these leagues, and is working to bar them in state legislation
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 Oa... |
| 31.03.2016 | Why a Direct Messenger app probably wouldn't help Twitter | It's likely too late for the company to copy the success of the decoupled Facebook Messenger
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.... |
| 31.03.2016 | Video: "Are you in Kaiser’s line of sight?" | At Vator Splash Health 2016, Kaiser Permanente's Nico Arcino and Missy Krasner
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Nico Arcino (Sr. Director Digital Health, Kaiser Permanente) and Missy Krasner (Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, B... |
| 30.03.2016 | Quora makes first acquisition in online community Parlio | Parlio was founded as a platform to have more insightful discussions about serious topics
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... |
| 30.03.2016 | At Splash: how Nextdoor tackles the racial profiling issue | As Oakland becomes a tech hub, the community can sometimes be at odds with those companies
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. S... |
| 30.03.2016 | Video: on the future of healthtech with Lynne Chou | At Vator Splash Health 2016, Fireside chat w/ Cory Johnson and Lynne Chou, Kleiner Perkins
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Lynne Chou (Partner, Kleiner Perkins) with Cory Johnson (Anchor, Bloomberg West TV) discussed The Future of Healthcare. ... |
| 30.03.2016 | Millenials don't love Facebook but spend a ton of time there | Facebook's percentage of younger users is low, but they spent 5x more time there than other networks
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 ... |
| 30.03.2016 | Political campaigns are leveraging online and offline tech | Eventbrite study shows how in-person events help drive action for political campaigns
This campaign season feels like it's been going on for forever, doesn't it? The whole thing, and Donald Trump in particular, has begun to hit lows that, f... |
| 29.03.2016 | Dropcam founder slams Nest, now regrets selling his company | Nest bought Dropcam for $555 million in June of 2014
Mergers and acquisitions are becoming more common with the stagnant IPO market. When those kinds of deals go down, the hope has to be, when combining two teams, as well as founders and CE... |
| 29.03.2016 | Spotify raises $1 billion in debt, and an IPO may be coming | Spotify is rising as Pandora is falling, so it could soon be the biggest music streaming service
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 Oakl... |
| 29.03.2016 | The fight between Apple and the FBI is over, and the FBI won | The FBI dropped its case against Apple, saying it has unlocked the San Bernardino phone without them
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 ... |
| 29.03.2016 | Who's financing the digital health ecosystem? | At Vator Splash Health 2016, KPMG's Mark Ginestro moderated panel on healthtech investing trends
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Mark Ginestro (Principal, KPMG) moderated the panel: Who's Financing the Digital Health Ecosystem with panelists: ... |
| 29.03.2016 | Hootsuite acquires social-selling app Sales Prodigy | The company will use Social Prodigy's technology to build out its own social selling offerings
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 Oaklan... |
| 29.03.2016 | Tinder buys Humin, looks to expand beyond dating | Humin's team will be working on a new product, levering its tech to help better connect people
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 Oaklan... |
| 28.03.2016 | Transcript: Helmy Eltoukhy at Vator Splash Health | Splash Talk Helmy Eltoukhy (Founder & CEO, Guardant Health)
At Vator Splash Health 2016,Helmy Eltoukhy (Founder & CEO, Guardant Health) tackled cancer with technology together with Bambi Francisco Roizen. Here's a transcript as well... |
| 25.03.2016 | Fireside: Reinventing Healthcare Insurance with Ali Diab | Ezra Roizen discussed with Ali Diab on re-inventing health insurance at Vator Splash Health 2016
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Ali Diab (Founder & CEO, Collective Health) and Ezra Roizen (Managing Director, Vator Investment Club) discuss... |
| 24.03.2016 | Glooko, Propeller Health, Enlitic on telemedicine trends | At Vator Splash Health 2016, Vator's Roman Arzhintar leads talk on patient-engagement
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Roman Arzhintar (Managing Director, Vator Investment Club) moderated the panel: "Telemedicine and Patient-Engagement&quo... |
| 24.03.2016 | Pokitdok, Box, Validic, Human API: New data on health | At Vator Splash Health 2016, Subtraction Capital leads discussion on uncovering new data
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Paul Willard (Partner, Subtraction Capital) moderated the panel: Uncovering new data from APIs and the platforms with pane... |
| 24.03.2016 | Video: Breakout Labs' Julia Moore on funding 'science' | At Vator Splash Health 2016
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Julia Moore (Portfolio Director, Thiel Foundation's Breakout Labs) shares Funding the 'science' behind Health Care - See more at: https://events.vator.tv/splash-health-...
Thanks to o... |
| 21.03.2016 | Innovators in patient-centered healthcare | At Vator Splash Health 2016
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Stephanie Lee (Senior Technology Reporter) moderated the panel: Innovators in patient-centered healthcare with panelists: Jason Oberfest (Founder & CEO, Mango Health), Vic Gundotr... |
| 20.03.2016 | Lessons from starting a company during the last downturn | Alex Bard Contributor
Alex Bard is the CEO of Campaign Monitor.
I started my last company in mid-2009, just as the market was beginning to recover from the fallout of the financial crisis. In the past several years, surrounded by fast-growt... |
| 18.03.2016 | Transcript: Vijay Pande at Splash Health 2016 | Splash Talk Vijay Pande (General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz)
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Vijay Pande (General Partner, Andreesen Horowitz) shared his presentation: "When software eats bio." Here's a transcript as well as the vi... |
| 17.03.2016 | Video: Vijay Pande of Andreessen Horowitz at Splash Health | VC Partner talks about the convergence of technology and biology
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Vijay Pande, Partner at Andreessen Horrowitz gave (what was rated the most popular presentation at Splash Health) a talk about how healthcare tech... |
| 16.03.2016 | Video: Practice Fusion's Ryan Howard at Splash Health 2016 | Founder shares insightful lessons about protecting ourselves as founders
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Ryan Howard, Founder & Chairman of Practice Fusion, shared from his experience on how to be protected as a founder.
Thanks to our main... |
| 15.03.2016 | Video: Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy at Splash Health | Tackling cancer with technology
At Vator Splash Health 2016, Helmy Eltoukhy, Founder & CEO of Guardant Health, sat down with Bambi Francisco to tackle cancer with technology.
Thanks to our main sponsors KPMG, Javelin Venture Partners, S... |
| 17.02.2016 | Cairn Subscription Box raises $1.7 million to expand its business for outdoor recreation enthusiasts | Cairn’s “Obsidian Box.” Photo via Cairn.
Cairn Subscription Box, a monthly service based out of Bend, Ore. that sends food, gear, and other outdoor recreation supplies to its subscribers, has just closed on $1.7 million in funding. Previous... |
| 21.12.2015 | E-Commerce Isn’t Everything | Jeff Schneble Contributor
Jeff Schneble is a partner at Wing Venture Capital.
The holiday season is here. For many of us that means lots of shopping. Are you doing most of your shopping online or in stores? If you’re like most consumers, th... |
| 23.10.2015 | Seeing a future in San Diego | It took losing a pair of glasses for Dave Gilboa to finally see.
Gilboa had worn glasses since he was in the sixth grade and growing up in Solana Beach; half the time they were sunglasses. While a grad student at the Wharton School of Busin... |
| 21.07.2015 | GRANA, Which Makes Affordable Clothing In Premium Fabrics, Picks Up $1.5M | GRANA wants to fill closets all over the world with affordable, high-quality wardrobe staples in a rainbow of colors. The e-commerce startup just raised $1.5 million from investors including Golden Gate Ventures.
Along with an earlier seed ... |
| 13.02.2015 | Bonobos Issues 'Cease & Insist' To Katy Perry After It Promised To Sell Left Shark Suits | So the saga of the Left Shark and Katy Perry’s lawyers keeps getting more and more strange. We’ve already covered the legal threat from Perry’s lawyers to the guy who was offering a 3D printed figurine of the Left Shark, followed by the res... |
| 22.01.2015 | Why Are E-Commerce Startups Bullish On Retail? | Kit Hickey Contributor
Editor’s note: Kit Hickey is the co-founder of Ministry of Supply, a performance-professional menswear brand which is bullish on retail.
It’s a tough time to be an old-school retail company.
This past summer, I was wa... |
| 15.12.2014 | TechCrunch Makers: Bonobos Headquarters Ramps Up For The Holidays | When I first approached Bonobos for an episode of TC Makers I was convinced I’d be able to visit a huge warehouse at the edge of town where a gaggle of monkeys was sewing together travel jeans and hipster flannel. Instead, I was invited int... |
| 09.09.2014 | Handbag seller Dagne Dover raises $1.25M and gets its site back up and running | Dagne Dover had a fairly auspicious debut, selling out of its handbags in nine months, then going offline for another seven months in search of funding.
Today the handbag purveyor’s products are back online and the company is announcing $1.... |
| 03.07.2014 | Funding Daily: 2 big venture funds and a whole lot of pants | You can’t expect many startups in the United States to make news about fresh funding on the eve of the July Fourth three-day weekend. But then again, sometimes startups are surprising. A few did just that. And believe it or not, a couple of... |
| 03.07.2014 | Bonobos Closes $55M in Series D Funding | Bonobos, a New York City-based men’s clothing brand, closed $55m in Series D funding.
The round was by Coppel Capital with participation from Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nordstrom, Mousse Partners, Glynn Capital Management,... |
| 03.07.2014 | Bonobos Raises Another $55 Million To Expand Its Online-Offline Shopping Experience | Online clothing retailer Bonobos has raised a $55 million Series D round of funding led by Coppel Capital. With the funding, the company plans to expand its offline presence as a way to introduce new customers to the style and fit of its cl... |
| 03.07.2014 | Bonobos raises $55M to expand offline presence | The men's e-commerce company already has 10 stores, and wants to open another 30
(Updated to reflect confirmation from Bonobos)
As my girlfriend will gladly tell you, when it comes to clothes and shopping, I'm kind of hopeless. I have no id... |
| 03.07.2014 | Funding Daily: 2 big venture funds and a whole lot of pants | 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!
You can’t expect many startups in the United Stat... |
| 02.07.2014 | Men's e-commerce company Bonobos slips $55M into the cash register | 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!
Bonobos, a company that sells slim-fitting pants ... |
| 02.07.2014 | Men's e-commerce company Bonobos slips $55M into the cash register | Bonobos, a company that sells slim-fitting pants and other clothing for men online, has taken on $55 million in new funding.
Coppel Capital led the round. Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nordstrom, Mousse Partners, Glynn Capita... |
| 20.05.2014 | Three ways big data is helping companies make more money | SAN FRANCISCO — One of the ways big data can help companies is by providing more information on who the best sales leads are — and helping salespeople connect with those leads.
At VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference today, several companies t... |
| 13.05.2014 | 10 ways to use your data to make more money (really) | Amid all of the hype around “big data,” lots of people are starting to doubt whether there’s any evidence that it’s more than just that — hype.
So we set out to find proof of companies that are successfully leveraging data to get real resul... |
| 28.04.2014 | Living the Dream: Bedsheet Startup Approaches Full Funding | (via Brooklinens)
If you know the difference between cotton sateen and cotton percale — but make, say, normal-person amounts of money — there’s an upcoming service that wants to be the Warby Parker or Bonobos of bedsheets.
Brooklinen, if th... |
| 03.04.2014 | Numari Offers Affordable Luxury With Custom-Fit Women’s Dresses | “Fast fashion” has made it easy to stay on top of trends, but drastically lowered the quality of clothing available in mass market stores. Several startups, include Bonobos, Indochino, J. Hilburn, and Trumaker, are trying to reverse the tre... |
| 28.02.2014 | The Rise And Future Of The New York Startup Ecosystem | Contributor Contributor
More posts by this contributor
The dinner that destroyed Gawker
Author Ryan Holiday on “the nature of world-altering success”
Like many who have been active in the New York startup ecosystem over the past decade, I a... |
| 08.01.2014 | History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme: VC William Peng | Investors recognize patterns. The introspective ones put effort into making sure they’re following the right ones.
Williamsburg based venture capitalist William Peng, a partner in Red Swan Ventures, just might be one of those.
“Red swans,” ... |
| 11.08.2013 | Four Online Brands That Are Building Their Reputations Offline, Because It’s Called Street Cred For A Reason | As a consumer, online-native luxury brands mess with my feelings. On the one hand I tell myself, “Hey, I’m a modern woman. I believe in the power of minimizing overhead!” But when push comes to shove, I want to feel the quality of that leat... |
| 24.06.2013 | Who needs Square, PayPal? Warby Parker forges its own path for payments | Warby Parker is not only “disrupting eyewear” — it’s taking on the point-of-sale (POS) industry too and building its own POS system.
The hot e-retailer of eyewear is known of being one of the most tech-savvy fashion brands out there. Warby ... |
| 31.05.2013 | Connecting Offline Shopping With E-Commerce, Curebit Partners With Bonobos On New “Retail Referrals” Program | Curebit, an e-commerce startup that has built its business around optimizing and tracking word-of-mouth referrals for customers like Bonobos, Restaurant.com, Jawbone, True & Co., and others, is now stepping into the world of offline bri... |
| 11.03.2013 | How YC’s Curebit Has A “Sixth Sense” Into E-Commerce Startups That Are About To Blow Up | Bonobos. Dodocase. Warby Parker. A generation of e-commerce companies is growing up using a vertically integrated strategy where they take more ownership of the design, production, marketing and branding of their products. But how do you kn... |
| 23.12.2012 | Iterations: “A Warby Parker For [Blank]” And Consumer Product Reinvention | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners and a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
A few years ago, when I was going back and forth to India for work, I’d routinely carry with me the ... |
| 14.10.2012 | Inside Bonobos’ New Palo Alto Digs, Where The Startup Known For E-Commerce Is Investing In Bricks & Mortar | Bonobos, the men’s clothing company, has gained lots of ground since it was founded in 2007 for its presence on the web as a mostly pure e-commerce play. But in recent months, the company, which is headquartered in New York City, has starte... |
| 26.07.2012 | Female-only VC firm Forerunner Ventures raises $40M fund | Amid sweeping accusations that Silicon Valley venture capital firms have failed to attract female talent, one women-only firm has been quietly raising millions for its first institutionally-backed fund.
If you haven’t heard of Forerunner Ve... |
| 14.05.2012 | Brian Spaly, CEO Of Trunk Club, Is On A Mission To Get Men To Dress Better | Do you like to go to mall and shop for clothing so you look good? If you are like most men, you probably do not enjoy shopping and might think it is kind of a drag. That said, looking good can help you feel good, which should ultimately hel... |
| 11.05.2012 | Tagstand Is NFC-Enabling A Giant Cocktail Party, Will Let Guests Facebook & Tweet From Their Wristbands | Tagstand, the YC-backed company focused on making NFC a more mainstream technology, is getting some action at a pretty big black-tie event in New York this weekend which will see its technology used to enable some nifty actions for the 3,50... |
| 14.04.2012 | Bonobos Receives $16.4M Investment; Launches Offline | Bonobos, Inc., a New York City-based large clothing brand launched on the internet in the United States, has closed a $16.4m funding.
The round led by Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), with participation from Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Part... |
| 13.04.2012 | Funding daily: Men’s pants and the smartphones in their pockets | 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!
At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding n... |
| 12.04.2012 | Men’s Clothing Brand Bonobos Raises $16.4M From Accel; Lands Nordstrom Investment And Retail Deal | Bonobos, a brand that sells men’s clothing online, has raised $16.4 million led by retail giant Nordstrom, with Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners participating. This brings the company’s total funding to nearly $40 million. In ... |
| 12.04.2012 | Nordstrom bets on Bonobos, leads $16.4M investment in online fashion retailer | The home screen of New York online retailer Bonobos
Earlier this year, Nordstrom announced that it planned to spend $150 million on boosting its e-commerce infrastructure, part of a larger effort by the Seattle retailer to capture shoppers ... |
| 21.03.2012 | Bonobos Launches “Cyber Pop-up Store,” Further Blurring The Lines Of Ecommerce | Bonobos, everyone’s favorite online clothing provider named after amorous monkeys, has announced a Cyber Pop-up Store featuring a number of special items curated by Nets basketball player Deron Williams with proceeds going to his charity.
I... |
| 30.01.2012 | Salesforce launches Desk.com, slick social customer support software based on Assistly | 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!
Enterprise cloud powerhouse Salesforce has launch... |
| 15.11.2011 | Clothing Brand Bonobos Snags Netflix Director Of Engineering | Bonobos, a web-only premium clothing brand for men, just announced the hiring of Michael Hart, Netflix’s former Director of Engineering for social systems, as CTO. Hart says he wanted to “lead an earlier stage company” and was excited to ap... |
| 08.09.2011 | Personal Styling And Retail Platform For Men Trunk Club Raises $11 Million | Personal styling and retail platform Trunk Club has raised $11 million in Series funding led by U.S. Venture Partners with Greycroft Partners, Apex Venture Partners, and Anthos Capital also participating in the round.
As we wrote in our pre... |
