Chairish

Chairish
Privately held company
Industry Consignment, Online marketplace
Founded 2013
Founder Anna Brockway, Gregg Brockway, Andrew Denmark, Eric Grosse
Area served
 United States
Products pre-owned home furnishings
Website https://www.chairish.com/

Chairish is an online vintage furniture, art and home accessories sales service. Chairish accepts furniture and decor with listings a minimum listing price of $25. Listing items is free, and the seller keeps up to 80 percent of the final sale.[1]

History

The company was founded by former fashion marketing executive Anna Brockway and travel industry executives Gregg Brockway (co-founder at Hotwire and TripIt, Andrew Denmark (co-founder at TripIt) and Eric Grosse (co-founder at Hotwire) in March 2013.[2]

Funding

The company raised a $3.2 million round of funding in July, 2013,[3] $4 million in August 2014[4] and $6.5 million in June 2015, primarily from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and Azure Capital Partners. In March 2017, the company announced a new round of $8.5 million led by Altos Ventures with support from return investors OATV and Azure Capital Partners.[5]

Technology

Architectural Digest named Chairish the top new app for home decorating in 2014 and one of the best design and decorating apps in 2017.[6] On March 9, 2017, the company launched an in-app augmented reality feature, designed to allow buyers visualize items in the context of their own home.[7] Subsequently, the Chairish app was named a 2017 Webby Honoree in the Mobile Site & Apps Category for Shopping.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Buyer Guide - Vintage & Used Furniture and Decor | Chairish". Chairish. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  2. ↑ "TripIt Founders Launch Chairish, A Consignment Marketplace To Sell Pre-Owned Home Furniture", TechCrunch, February 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Chairish raises $3.2 million in seed funding" "FinSMEs" July 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Colleen. "Vintage Home Decor Marketplace Chairish Collects $4M In Series A Funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  5. ↑ Roof, Katie. "Chairish raises $8 million to find you furniture". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  6. ↑ "The Best Design and Decorating Apps | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  7. ↑ "You Can Now See How That Vintage Piece Looks In Your Home Before You Buy". Apartment Therapy. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Chairish | The Webby Awards". Retrieved 2017-05-19.


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