Damian Shore | January 25, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Secondhand clothing marketplace ItCloset, co-founded in 2019 by two 26-year-old Madrileños (natives of Madrid), Pablo Rodríguez (LinkedIn profile) and Gonzalo...
Damian Shore | January 25, 2023 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces, PropTech & IBuying
Regino Coca Barrionuevo founded Madrid-based Cocampo, a property marketplace that specialises in rural landholdings, in early 2022. His background is in banking...
Deb Stowe | January 23, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
U.K.-based New Look has introduced six new Re-Fashion in-store concessions, continuing the retailer’s foray into the resale space. Vintage and secondhand products...
Damian Shore | January 23, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Ireland-based WiseTek has launched a sales platform for refurbished laptops in the U.S., website BusinessPlus reports. Apart from laptops, WiseTekMarket also sells...
AIM Group | January 20, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Henek Lo (above) has started a new position as chief operating officer at WristCheck, a marketplace for buying and selling watches, he announced in a LinkedIn...
Deb Stowe | January 20, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Sneaker marketplace The Edit Ldn has secured $4.8 million in a seed funding round that it will use to step up its international expansion. According to The Edit...
AIM Group | January 18, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Hong Kong-based luxury watch marketplace WristCheck has raised $8.0 million in a seed funding round led by Gobi Partners, with K3 Ventures also participating....
Damian Shore | January 18, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces
Spain-based Momovem, a platform for individuals to rent out their motorcycles by the day, is to launch rentals of new motorcycles by the month, and plans to expand...
Damian Shore | January 17, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Spain-based BeChester, which operates a marketplace for used furniture and consumer appliances, in addition to renting them (and selling new items), earned revenue...
Damian Shore | January 17, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Valencia-based Tuvalum, a marketplace for the sale of reconditioned bicycles, has launched Tuvalum Certified Seal, which it describes as “a quality certificate...
Adegoke Seun | January 16, 2023 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Pan-African tech talent marketplace Gabeya, has secured a pre-series A equity investment from Tokyo-based venture capital company Inclusion Japan (ICJ) to drive...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | January 16, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
LG Corp.-backed ICT services provider MediaLog has launched Sell-O.kr, which buys smartphones from consumers in South Korea via its app or website. MediaLog,...
Ben Salisbury | January 16, 2023 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Healthcare recruitment platform ShiftKey has closed on a $300 million funding round led by majority investor Lorient Capital, a healthcare-focused private...
Damian Shore | January 16, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Isabel Gleeson has launched ReBride, a marketplace for used wedding dresses, in Ireland. Gleeson (LinkedIn profile) told the Irish Independent newspaper that she...
Deb Stowe | January 14, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion subscription site Rent the Runway has launched a secondhand collection with Amazon, which will be available through a new Amazon Fashion storefront. The...
Ben Salisbury | January 13, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
U.K.-based estate agency Savills has acquired Automotive Property Consultancy (APC), which focuses on franchised motor retail. Financial terms were not disclosed....
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | January 13, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Founded in 2020 and based in South Korea, luxury-goods repair app Luxury&All saw revenue reach KRW5.4 billion ($4.4 million U.S.) in 2022, up from KRW1.1...
Deb Stowe | January 10, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Luxury resale marketplace The RealReal has announced a series of service enhancements. The San Francisco-based fashion site is upgrading its new consignor...
Deb Stowe | January 10, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
South Korea-based niche c-to-c marketplace Kream is poised to close its Series C funding round with 200 billion won ($158 million U.S.) of fresh investment,...
Deb Stowe | January 07, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Korea-based Naver Corp. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of fashion marketplace Poshmark. Following the deal, which was originally announced...
Damian Shore | January 04, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Portugal-based The Loop Co. and Correios de Portugal (CCT --- the Portuguese postal service) have partnered with retailer Fnac to expand Fnac Restart, which sells...
Damian Shore | January 04, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
A new company is about to enter the smartphone reconditioning market in Spain — Malaga-based Aliqindoi —- joining the likes of France-based BackMarket...
Damian Shore | January 03, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
TodoColeccion, a Spain-based marketplace for items ranging from vinyl records, video games and DVDs to books, comics, art, jewelry and antiques, is aiming to boost...
Damian Shore | January 03, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
France-based smartphone refurbisher CertiDeal has appointed Iñigo Giner country manager for Spain. Prior to joining CertiDeal, Giner (LinkedIn profile) worked as...
Deb Stowe | January 03, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Bangkok-based womenswear marketplace Pomelo has raised $3.9 million U.S. from existing investor Jungle Ventures in a Series D funding round, bringing its total...
Damian Shore | January 03, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
SPC (Smart Products Connect), a Spain-based electronics company, has launched sales of reconditioned smartphones under the brand name GeeCool. Last month, Teresa...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | January 02, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
South Korea-based Baree Corp., which operates used-motorcycle marketplace Reitwagen, has raised KRW4.0 billion ($3.1 million U.S.) in Series A funding. Founded in...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | December 28, 2022 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Used-smartphone marketplace Fongabi has raised KRW4.3 billion ($3.4 million) in a Series A funding round, website Platum reports. The new backers were IBK Capital...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | December 27, 2022 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
South Korea-based conglomerate Hanwha Solutions Corporation has invested KWR5.0 billion ($3.9 million U.S.) to support its subsidiary NXEF in the launch of...
Patrick Kosmider | December 22, 2022 | Automotive, Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Amsterdam-based EuroStocks, an e-commerce platform for used vehicles — in addition to auto parts, accessories, tires and wheelsets — is to enable...
