Deb Stowe | August 25, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
U.S.-based Urban Outfitters is to launch a second-hand marketplace, bringing the fashion retailer into competition with such names as Poshmark and ThredUp. The...
Deb Stowe | August 12, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion marketplace Poshmark announced a 22% hike in year-on-year revenue in the second quarter, bringing its income to $81.8 million. The California-based company...
Deb Stowe | August 12, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Online apparel resale company ThredUp has posted second quarter year-on-year revenue growth of 27%, bringing its revenue to $60 million. The U.S.-based fashion...
Deb Stowe | August 12, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Online luxury watch marketplace Chrono24 has received over €100 million ($118 million) in Series C funding, putting its total value at more than $1 billion. The...
Greg Spencer | August 11, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Doximity, the physicians networking site recently valued at $12.5 billion, reported a grand-slam first quarter as a public company with a 100% y-o-y revenue gain...
Greg Spencer | August 10, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
The tech job board firm DHI Group (NYSE:DHX) reported its first quarter of revenue growth in years, after shedding an asset and beefing up its sales force. DHI...
Deb Stowe | August 09, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Austrian startup Refurbed, a marketplace for refurbished electronics, has raised $54 million Series B funding after previously raising $17 million in a Series A...
Deb Stowe | August 05, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces
Freelance gig website Fiverr and software-as-a-service company Wix are launching a program to train people with disabilities to build accessible websites. First,...
Deb Stowe | August 03, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Fashion marketplace Poshmark is expanding to India as it continues to explore new market opportunities. The resale site, where users can sell new and second-hand...
Deb Stowe | August 02, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Upwork, the freelancer marketplace targeted at creatives, posted a 42% year-on-year hike in revenue in Q2 2021, reaching $124 million, while its gross services...
Deb Stowe | July 29, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Tokyo-based startup SODA, which runs Japan’s leading sneaker resale platform, has received $56.4 million in a third round of funding. The new funds will...
Deb Stowe | July 28, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Australian marketplace Freelancer.com has posted a 5.7% dip in revenue for H1 2021 versus the same period of last year, to stand at AU$ 27.8 million ($20.4 million...
Deb Stowe | July 27, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
U.S. online apparel resale platform ThredUp is poised to launch its international expansion with the $28.5 million acquisition of Remix Global AD, a Bulgarian...
AIM Group | July 27, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Global executive search firm SRI Executive has acquired c-suite job board Marquee Search for an undisclosed sum. Operating for last two decades with focus on...
AIM Group | July 23, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces
AboveBoard, a U.S.-based recruitment marketplace for senior executives, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by a number of angel investors. Launched...
Deb Stowe | July 21, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Second-hand clothing resale app Flyp announced that it has raised $3.2 million in its latest round of funding. The app connects people who want to sell their used...
Greg Spencer | July 16, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces
Mave, a niche job board, launched this month in Tampa, Fla., with the hope of creating a community for smaller software vendors and salespeople. Although it’s not...
Greg Spencer | July 05, 2021 | Real Estate, Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Stagerie is a new marketplace connecting real estate agents and home sellers with home-staging specialists. In the U.S. real estate market, many believe an...
Greg Spencer | June 30, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Doximity, a niche networking site for physicians, went public last week, and within days posted a market cap of $10 billion, an astonishing feat for a firm little...
Lucy Barnard | June 30, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Turkish home decor marketplace Dekopasaj.com has launched the UAE’s first second-hand furniture vertical, Decosouq. The website aims to disrupt big players...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | June 30, 2021 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Zameen.com, the leading real estate marketplace in Pakistan, has teamed up with a home furnishing e-commerce website to promote exclusive properties, according to...
Rachel Velebny | June 28, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces
ThredUp has released its annual Resale Report projecting that the fashion resale market will grow eleven times faster than retail over the next five years, pushing...
Rachel Velebny | June 25, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
The California-based marketplace has raised $195 million in a Series F investment round and according to Goat Group this raises its valuation to $3.7 billion, more...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | June 14, 2021 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
BizReach, a Japan-based recruitment marketplace, saw sales exceed the pre-pandemic level during the third quarter ending in April, with V-shaped recovery in hiring...
Rachel Velebny | June 14, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Catawiki.com, a Dutch online auction marketplace, has reported its first profitable year since its first auction in 2011. Its full year 2020 net profit grew to...
AIM Group | June 12, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Here’s a different kind of marketplace. As Covid-19 vaccine availability grows around the world, it provides an opportunity for traditional marketplaces to offer...
Prabhu | June 04, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Home services business Urban Company has raised $255 million in a Series F funding round, taking its post-money valuation to over $2.1 billion. Join now to access...
Rachel Velebny | June 03, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Depop, the fashion resale marketplace favored by Gen Z, is being acquired by Etsy, a popular marketplace for selling and buying handmade, crafting, and vintage...
Rachel Velebny | June 01, 2021 | Niche Marketplaces
European fashion resale marketplace Vinted has announced its launch in Canada, where over one-third of consumers already purchase secondhand clothing, according to...
Rachel Velebny | May 27, 2021 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freightlancer.com, part of Freelancer.com-owner Freelancer Ltd, has announced its acquisition of Loadshift for $7.7 million AUD ($5.9 million U.S.), backed by a...
