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Former one word, exceptionally brandable .com domain representing Mertado – a leading social shopping company that lets consumers discover and buy new products within the online communities that they frequent. Got featured and still has live, natural organic links/mentions in major online media outlets like BusinessInsider.fr, Entrepreneur.com, Inc.com, AdWeek.com, etc. Read more: Quality Home Products. … Continue reading ""
Overview
Total raised
$2.3M
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 12
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| Jan 22, 2012 | Mertado Acquired by Groupon | Mertado, a Redwood City, California-based social shopping company that lets consumers discover products for the home and kitchen, said it has been acquired by Groupon (read here). The company, which recently closed a $2.3M Series A funding ... |
| Jan 20, 2012 | Groupon Buys Social Shopping Platform Mertado To Bolster Groupon Goods | We’ve been hearing rumbles about Groupon taking its Groupon Goods initiative more seriously, including rumors that it was talking with various eCommerce companies about partnering up. Those rumbles have a little more weight today, as the co... |
| Jan 20, 2012 | Rustic Canyon Gets Quick Exit At Mertado | Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado, after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. Financial terms of the acquisition were no... |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Mertado Raises $2.3 Million; Launches TV Platform To Bring Home Shopping To The Social Web | Mertado, the social shopping startup that allows users to find and buy products on Facebook, today launched “Mertado TV”, a new product that will combine lifestyle video content with product selection on the social web. What does that mean?... |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Rustic Canyon Backs Social Shopping Site | Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon is the lead investor in a round of funding from a social shopping site out of Y Combinator. According to Mertado, a social shopping service which links users with home and kitchen product... |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Mertado raises $2.3M, launches Mertado TV | The social shopping site for kitchen and home goods now syndicates cooking and lifestyle videos So last season, I really got into that show “Masterchef,” partly because I have a weird crush on Gordon Ramsay—he just seems so tortured…I know ... |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Mertado Closes $2.3M Series A Funding Round | Mertado, a Redwood City, California-based social shopping company that lets consumers discover products for the home and kitchen, has closed a $2.3M Series A funding round. Investors include Rustic Canyon Partners and existing investors Blu... |
| Mar 30, 2011 | The Archos Arnova 10 Trades High Amounts Of Memory For A Lower Price | Archos quietly became the favorite low-cost Android tablet maker of fanboys everywhere thanks to a solid 2010 offering. The company’s Arnova brand builds upon the same formula with even cheaper tablets. The secret sauce? The bare minimum am... |
| Oct 26, 2010 | Mertado Now Lets Developers Bake A Retail Store Into Social Games | Mertado, a social shopping site that launched in April, wants to give social game developers a new way to make money: by incorporating a virtual storefront into their games. Today the startup is launching a new widget that developers on Fac... |
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FAQ about Mertado
How much funding has Mertado raised?
Mertado has raised $2.3M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Mertado?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning Mertado, among them “Mertado Acquired by Groupon” (Jan 22, 2012) and “Groupon Buys Social Shopping Platform Mertado To Bolster Groupon Goods” (Jan 20, 2012).
Is Mertado still active?
Yes, Mertado is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.