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: Massdrop is an online community for enthusiasts that provides people across several communities — from audio and electronics to quilting and cooking — a place to connect, discuss their favorite products and activities, and buy those products together.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$46.5M
Founded date
2012
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 2
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| Sep 24, 2014 | Series A round | $6.5M |
Mentions in press and media 20
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| Feb 6, 2018 | You Can Now Preorder The Huawei Mate 10 Pro At Major Retailers, Free $150 Gift Card Included | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 06 February 2018, 07:02 am Folks in the United States may finally preorder the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, the Chinese company's flagship phone. The preorder going live is the result of a rough patch, however. Huawei took a... |
| May 5, 2017 | Hands On With the ‘K-Type,’ an Infinitely Customizable Mechanical Keyboard | Mechanical keyboards have gotten incredibly popular in the last few years. You can now go buy a mech on Amazon for a reasonable amount of money. The surge of interest in mechs also supports a small but thriving custom keyboard community. I ... |
| Nov 8, 2016 | The Sennheiser x Massdrop HD6XX headphones are probably sold out, but will relaunch | If you were focused on, um, other things this morning, you may well have missed the launch of the HD6XX. The bad news is that the extremely limited edition Sennheiser/Massdrop team up looks to have sold out already. A rep from the company t... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Former Twitter VP Rishi Garg is now a VC at Mayfield | Rishi Garg has joined the early-stage venture firm Mayfield as a general partner. The move seems a natural one, given Garg’s career arc to date. While readers might recall that Garg’s last full-time gig was Twitter’s VP of corp dev, a role ... |
| Jul 29, 2016 | In search of typing perfection: Building a WhiteFox mechanical keyboard | A mechanical keyboard can make a world of difference if you’ve been using a cheap off-the-shelf membrane board or a flimsy laptop keyboard. Being a person who spends most of the day typing, I’ve taken a keen interest in mechanical keyboards... |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Group Commerce Startup Massdrop Is Working With Its Users To Design New Products | Massdrop‘s investors have argued that the group commerce site is more a community than a straightforward marketplace. Here’s one way that Massdrop is doing things differently — a new initiative called Massdrop Collabs. The startup has built... |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Massdrop Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Massdrop, a San Francisco, CA-based community for enthusiasts with different passions, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by August Capital with participation from First Round Capital, Mayfield Fund, and Cowboy Ventures. In ... |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Group Commerce Startup Massdrop Raises $40M | Massdrop is announcing that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. The company focuses on what it calls “community-driven commerce.” It allows people who are interested in things like high-quality audio, men’s fashion and quilting (... |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Massdrop, an online community for enthusiasts, raises $40M | Massdrop helps members sell their goods and services to others in the community Anytime I have ever needed a question answered online, I can be assured that somebody, somewhere, out there in the Internet has already asked it. And likely som... |
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FAQ about MassDrop
When was MassDrop founded?
MassDrop was founded in 2012.
How much funding has MassDrop raised?
MassDrop has raised $46.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has MassDrop raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of MassDrop, among them a Series A round of $6.5M on Sep 24, 2014.
What has the press written about MassDrop?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning MassDrop, among them “You Can Now Preorder The Huawei Mate 10 Pro At Major Retailers, Free $150 Gift Card Included” (Feb 6, 2018) and “Hands On With the ‘K-Type,’ an Infinitely Customizable Mechanical Keyboard” (May 5, 2017).
Is MassDrop still active?
Yes, MassDrop is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 22, 2020.