Danielle le Clus-Rossouw | January 10, 2022 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
SweepSouth, the only cleaning service marketplace in the Naspers portfolio and the frontrunner in home cleaning services in South Africa, has acquired 100% of...
Deb Stowe | January 10, 2022 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Germany-based media group Funke is to acquire 75.1 percent of shares in Musterhaus.net, an independent house-building portal. The terms of the deal were not made...
Danielle le Clus-Rossouw | January 07, 2022 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces
South African classified RecruitMyMom today announced that it has upgraded its systems and added new features for candidates to improve candidate security and...
Deb Stowe | January 07, 2022 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Freelancer marketplace Upwork has appointed Melissa Waters as chief marketing officer. Waters (LinkedIn profile) joins the California-based company from Meta,...
Deb Stowe | January 05, 2022 | Real Estate, Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Groupe SeLoger has completed the sale of its vacation rental business unit AMIVAC to HomeToGo SE. AMIVAC operates the French brands amivac.com, vacances.com and...
Deb Stowe | December 23, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Schibsted is investing in Sweden-based second-hand fashion marketplace Plick, in a bid to capitalize on what is expected to remain one of the fastest-growing...
Deb Stowe | December 17, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Luxury marketplace Rebag has secured $33 million in Series E funding, which will be used to enhance the platform’s technical tools as well as expand its...
Pavel Marceux | December 15, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Intel
Company raised $11M to strengthen existing markets and expand overseas Resale marketplace offers mix of social commerce and classifieds Targets younger audiences...
Deb Stowe | December 14, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion rental marketplace Hurr has raised $5.4 million in seed funding, which it will invest in improving its proprietary technology, increasing its white-label...
Deb Stowe | December 06, 2021 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Carla, a Swedish platform for the purchase, sale and lease of electric vehicles, has secured a €10 million ($11.3 million) Series A funding round. The injection...
Deb Stowe | November 29, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
EBay has acquired the authentication business of Sneaker Con Digital, as the global e-commerce giant continues its vertical expansion strategy in sneakers and...
Deb Stowe | November 17, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Fashion marketplace Poshmark has appointed Rodrigo Brumana as its chief financial officer. Brumana, who will take up the post on Dec. 1, will be responsible for...
Alina Zaiets | November 14, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Georgian b-to-c and c-to-c fashion classified Phubber App has officially started its functionality in Ukraine. The service, which is modeled after Instagram, was...
Deb Stowe | November 12, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has posted a 42% year-on-year hike in revenue in the third quarter to reach $74.3 million. The “strong” growth came on the back of a...
Deb Stowe | November 11, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion marketplace Poshmark has posted a gain of 16% year-over-year in net revenues for the third quarter, taking its total to $79.7 million. The fashion...
Deb Stowe | November 10, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
ThredUp has announced a quarterly revenue high of $63.3 million for Q3, following 35% growth year-over-year. The result comes on the back of record numbers of...
Deb Stowe | November 08, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
London-based fashion resale marketplace Depop has made Francois Callens chief operating officer (COO), an expansion of his previous role of chief financial officer...
Deb Stowe | November 08, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces
European fashion marketplace Vinted has beefed up its user protection on its home market of Lithuania. The marketplace says it is rolling out a safe purchasing...
Deb Stowe | November 03, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Fashion marketplace Vestiaire Collective has announced three C-suite appointments that it hopes will drive the company’s growth. Klemen Drole will assume the...
AIM Group | October 22, 2021 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
The Dutch cooperative association of real estate agents (NVM), which owns Funda.nl, the leading real estate marketplace in the Netherlands, has decided to acquire...
Deb Stowe | October 11, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Fashion marketplace Poshmark has launched new services for its sellers, intended to help replicate and extend the brick-and-mortar shopping experience. Addressing...
Deb Stowe | October 08, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance gig website Fiverr has taken over CreativeLive, a Seattle-based online learning company that specializes in the creative industries and...
Deb Stowe | October 08, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces
Sportswear giant Adidas has launched a resale program using fashion marketplace ThredUp’s resale-as-a-service infrastructure and know-how. The ‘Choose...
Deb Stowe | October 05, 2021 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Data vendor and marketplace operator CoStar Group has acquired ComReal Info, the owner of France-based commercial property portal BureauxLocaux, as it seeks to...
AIM Group | October 05, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Auction Technology Group (ATG), which operates marketplaces for individuals and commercial and industrial customers, completed the acquisition of art, antiques and...
Deb Stowe | September 22, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Vestiaire Collective, the leading second-hand luxury fashion marketplace in France, has raised €178 million ($209 million) in a funding round that takes the site's...
Deb Stowe | September 20, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Men’s fashion marketplace Grailed has secured a $60 million investment in a funding round led by sneaker resale player Goat Group. The money will be used to...
Deb Stowe | September 20, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals, People on the Move
U.S.-based fashion marketplace Tradesy has raised a further $67 million, almost doubling its total investment to date. The Series D Round --- which was led by...
Deb Stowe | September 10, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Online apparel resale company ThredUp is reportedly considering a $50 million investment in a new site in Lancaster, Texas. The facility would create 1,500 jobs in...
Deb Stowe | September 01, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion marketplace The Next Closet has raised €3 million ($3.5 million) in growth capital. The Amsterdam-based platform will use the funding to attract new...
