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On Purple (2015, Alpine) – Direct to consumer mattress company
Market: Online Retail > Home Decor & Furniture > Mattress > Private Label
Analyst Picks
- Snappy Gifts (2015, San Francisco) – Mobile-based marketplace for gifts
Market: Online Retail > Gifting Products > Horizontal > Marketplace - Filippo Loreti (2014, Florence) – High-end watch brand for men and women
Market: Online Retail > Fashion > Accessories > Watches > Private Label
Funding Rounds
Series D, $100M
eMAG (2001, Bucharest, $100M) – Horizontal Online Retailer
Investors: Naspers
Series C, $44M
Tiki.vn (2010, Ho Chi Minh City, $61.0M) – Online retail platform
Investors: Jingdong Group
Series B, $19M
Pomelo Fashion (2013, Bangkok, $31.6M) – Fast-Fashion E-commerce for South East Asia
Investors: Jingdong Group, Provident Capital Partners, Lombard Investments
Series B, $15.3M
Collectabillia (2010, Bangalore, $25.5M) – Online platform selling sports and celebrity merchandise
Investors: Accel Partners
Series B, $10.6M
NEIWAI (2012, Shanghai, $10.6M) – Private label luxury brand of innerwear
Investors: Vertex Ventures China, ZhenFund, Kai Fu Capital
Series A, $10.0M
Trouva (2013, London, $13.8M) – Product discovery of independent boutique fashion items
Investors: Index Ventures, Octopus Investments, Business Growth Fund, Robin Klein, Playfair Capital, Downing Ventures
Series B, $7M
Althea (2015, Seoul, $10.5M) – Korean beauty products
Investors: FirstFloor Capital, Korean Development Bank, InnoVen Capital, Tekton Ventures
Series B, $3.9M
Brosa (2014, Melbourne, $5.9M) – Marketplace for furniture designers and creators
Investors: AirTree Ventures, Bailador, undefined
Conventional Debt, $3.6M
AMERICAN GIANT (2011, San Francisco, $11.1M) – Quality sweatshirts made in America
Series A, $3.5M
Flag & Anthem (2016, New York City, $3.5M) – Online private-label apparel brand for men
Series A, $3.0M
Totwoo (2015, Beijing, $4.6M) – Smart connected jewelry
Seed, $2.3M
GOTit (2013, Kfar Saba, $2.3M) – Mobile app based social marketplace platform
Seed, $2M
Oros Apparel (2013, Cincinnati, $3.2M) – Internet-first brand of performance apparel
Seed, $2M
Aday (2015, New York City, $3.1M) – Direct to consumer brand of activewear clothing for women
Investors: H&M, SoGal Ventures
Series A, $2M
HELM Boots (2009, Austin, $2.1M) – Men’s (and women’s) boots hand-crafted in the USA
M&A
- China’s HNA in talks to buy e-commerce firm Dangdang likely valued over $1 billionReuters
- A.C. Moore Acquires Blitsy, Invests In Zibbet PR Newswire
- Beauty Subscription Service GlamBox Gets Acquired By Saudi Group Inc. Arabia
- Procter & Gamble just bought this venture-backed deodorant startup for $100 million cash TechCrunch
- Threadless Acquires Bucketfeet SGB Media
- Petco Acquires Pet Subscription Service Company Featured on “Shark Tank”petproductnews.com
- Badger Sportswear to Acquire Alleson Athletic PR Newswire
- Global Partner Acquisition Corp. And Purple Innovation, LLC Announce Definitive Merger Agreement PR Newswire
- CSS Industries Acquires Simplicity Creative Group for $64M Citybizlist
- Xiaomi to buy Youmi Chinadaily
IPO
- Stitch Fix set to raise $120M from downsized IPO TechCrunch
- Online apparel retailer Stitch Fix IPO to be priced Nov 16; looks to deliver $2 bln valuation Indiatimes
- Farfetch Sales Jump in Road to Potential IPO Business of Fashion
New Fund Launch
- Myntra Launches Handloom Brand ‘Navibhu’ at its 6th Annual BW Businessworld
New Product Announcement
- Xiaomi Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite With 16MP Selfie Camera Launched Starting at Rs 6,999 News18
- OnePlus 5T coming to India on 16th November via Amazon The Indian Wire
- Flipkart to launch its own smartphone under the Billion brand Livemint
- OnePlus 5T flagship starts at $499, launches November 21 TechSpot
- Amazon Marketing Services Launches In Canada MediaPost
- Amazon launches Alexa-less Fire TV Stick for international users of its Prime video service TechCrunch
- Amazon takes on office supply retailers with launch of Business Prime ShippingTechCrunch
- Xiaomi India to Launch New Smartphone Series on November 2, Mi Note 3 ExpectedNew Delhi Television
New Market Entry
- JD.com marches into real estate market 4-Traders
- Amazon launches first own furniture brand Retail
- Kroger fights back at Amazon-owned Whole Foods and launches an apparel brand CNBC
- JD.com Enters Automobile Service Industry, Plans to Help Create at Least 100,000 Smart Repair Shops Yicai Global
- Scentbird expands into bath and body market with own-brand range Cosmetics Business
New Geo Entry
- China’s Xiaomi seeks to reignite global push with Spain launch Reuters
- Amazon launches its Echo devices and Alexa in Japan TechCrunch
- Amazon Australia Has Landed, First Sign Placed Outside Warehouse ChannelNews
- Amazon Echo and Echo Plus are now available in US The Bulletin Network
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and Redmi Note 5A Prime Are Coming to Pakistan ProPakistani
- Xiaomi opens new flagship shop in Moscow Telecompaper
- Xiaomi opens its first Mi-branded store in Egypt T3 Middle East
Business Partnership
- Alibaba Group, Auchan Retail and Ruentex Form New Retail Strategic Alliance Business Wire
- Apple and GE team up on software to track power plants, machinery Reuters
- Qualcomm signs $12 billion in China deals amid Trump visit Reuters
Company Announcement
- Amazon will start delivering packages into the homes of Prime members Recode
- Apple Says iPhone X Will Be Available for Walk-In Customers at Stores on Launch DayMacRumors
- Xiaomi looking to invest $1 billion in Indian startups Nternet
Earnings Release
- Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 34% to $43.7 Billion Business Wire
Earning Commentary
- Alibaba Q2 Profit Surges; Lifts FY18 Revenue Growth View RTTNews
Commentary on Company
- Amazon to end Fresh grocery delivery service in some areas financetime.org
New Feature Release
- Amazon revamps the Kindle app with a new design and deeper Goodreads integrationTechCrunch