Soonicorn Club
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Minicorn
Interior Define (2012, Chicago, $26.2M) – Internet-first brand of custom made furniture
Market: Online Retail > Home Decor & Furniture > Furniture > Private Label > Custom Made
Analyst Picks
- Super Heroic (2016, Palo Alto, $7M) – Internet first brand of footwear for children
Market: Online Retail > Baby & Kids > Footwear > Private Label - Oars + Alps (2016, Chicago, $1.3M) – Internet first brand of men’s grooming products
Market: Online Retail > Beauty & Personal Care > Skin Care > Private Label - Turmswear (2016, Bangalore) – Online private label brand of hydrophobic performance clothing
Market: Online Retail > Fashion > Apparel > Private Label > Performance Fabrics - Greyy (2016, Mumbai) – Internet-first brand of anti-odour performance apparel
Market: Online Retail > Fashion > Apparel > Private Label > Performance Fabrics - Tushy (2015, New York City, $500K) – Internet first brand of bidet attachment for toilets
Market: Online Retail > Home Decor & Furniture > Hardware > Bathroom Fittings & Accessories > Private Label
Funding Rounds
PE, $445M
Paytm Mall (2017, Delhi, $645M) – Online horizontal e-commerce marketplace
Investors: Alibaba Group, SoftBank Group
Series E, $75M
Warby Parker (2010, New York City, $300M) – Internet-first brand of eyewear
Investors: T. Rowe Price
Series C, $55.8M
MADE.COM (2010, London, $136M) – Internet-first brand of multi-category home improvement products
Investors: Partech Ventures, Level Equity, Eight Roads Ventures
Series C, $50M
Goop (2008, New York City, $82M) – Weekly lifestyle publication and e-commerce shop
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Felix Capital, New Enterprise Associates
Series F, $38.5M
Pepperfry (2011, Mumbai, $199M) – Online managed marketplace for home improvement products
Investors: State Street Global Advisors
Series C, $34M
Outdoor Voices (2013, Austin, $65.5M) – Internet-first brand of activewear
Investors: GV, Millard Drexler, General Catalyst Partners, Forerunner Ventures
Series B, $15M
Interior Define (2012, Chicago, $26.2M) – Internet-first brand of custom made furniture
Investors: Pritzker Group, Fifth Wall Ventures, Peterson Partners, Listen, Breakout Capital
Series B, $14.1M
True Botanicals (2016, Mill Valley, $17.1M) – Internet first luxury skincare brand
Series A, $14M
Burrow (2016, New York City, $18.4M) – Direct-to-consumer customizable couch brand
Investors: New Enterprise Associates, Correlation Ventures, Red & Blue Ventures, Y Combinator, Winklevoss Capital, Social Starts
Series B, $14M
Eight (2014, San Francisco, $46.5M) – Internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers
Investors: Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Yunqi Partners, Azure Capital, StartX
Series A, $11.4M
11 Honore (2017, West Hollywood, $14.9M) – Online retailer of fashion products
Investors: Redpoint Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Canvas Ventures
Series A, $6.9M
CurrentBody (2009, Cheadle Hulme, $6.9M) – Online retailer of electronic appliances for beauty care
Investors: NVM Private Equity
Series D, $5.9M
BlueStone (2011, Bangalore, $60.1M) – Online private label jewellery shopping store
Investors: Kalaari Capital, rbinvestments.lv, Accel Partners
Series A, $5M
Artemest (2015, Milan, $6.2M) – Online platform offering handmade decor products through curated content
Investors: nuocapital.com, Italian Angels for Growth
Series A, $5M
TAFT (2014, Provo, $5M) – Internet-first brand of fashion accessories
M&A
- Amazon Has Considered Acquiring Some Toys ‘R’ Us Stores – Bloomberg Reuters
- Amazon confirms that it has acquired GameSparks TechCrunch
- Italian regulator approves Richemont bid on YNAP financetime.org
- Tarad looks to TCC for survival Bangkok Post
- Alibaba is in Early Negotiations to Acquire Daraz.pk ProPakistani
- PriceSmart Announces Acquisition of Aeropost, Inc. PR Newswire
- Shutterfly Inc. Closes Transformational Acquisition of Lifetouch Business Wire
- Ardian looks to cap strong three-year growth for DIY private sales website Bricoprivé.com with sale to Florac AltAssets
- Bustle Digital Group Acquires ‘The Zoe Report,’ Plans Future Expansion MediaPost
- Fragrance buys Jervois block for S$46.3m; Eu Realty sells two shophouses The Business Times
IPO
- Fragrance Shop mulls £200m IPO Fashion Network
- Jd.com Takes Cornerstone Stake In Ipo Of First China Outlet Mall Reit Mingtiandi
- Inside Xiaomi: The perks and perils of startups that join its ecosystem Tech in Asia
New Fund Launch
- Chunghwa Telecom and PChome Form Strategic Partnership to Establish “CHT-PCH NO.1” VC Platform ACN Newswire
Funds Raising Funds
- JD.com’s finance arm is fundraising at a $20 billion valuation CNBC
- Vipshop Investing in a Private Equity Fund PR Newswire
- Warby Parker co-founder raises $250M for second Boston-based VC fund The Business Journals
Regulatory Change
- Google, Apple face EU law on business practices thestar.com.my
New Product Announcement
- Get ready for another Redmi Phone launching on 14th March Gogi Tech
- Xiaomi Redmi 5 full-screen budget smartphone to launch in India soon Retail News
- Xiaomi rolls out stable MIUI 9 ROM for all compatible devices TechRadar
- Amazon GameOn Brings Cross-Platform Competitions to Developers and Players with New Cloud-Based Service Business Wire
- Xiaomi Unveils Mi MIX 2S, an Elegant Work of Art with a Dual Camera Business Wire
- Amazon introduces the lightest reading app in India, the Kindle Lite TechGenYZ
- Xiaomi Mi TV 4S 55-inch Model With PatchWall UI Launched Stock News Press
- Pivot3 launches Pivot3 Cloud Edition extends Policy-Based Management and Automation to the Cloud Technology-Signals
New Market Entry
- The World’s 5th Largest Smartphone Maker Enters Gaming Notebook Market Forbes
- Amazon Fashion Launches Online Baby Clothing Store; To Have 30K Styles For Babies Younger Than Two Inc42
- Flipkart To Enter Travel Vertical, To Compete With MakeMyTrip, Yatra OfficeChai
- Hopes are high for Amazon’s entry into health care—as long as they don’t ‘pull a Facebook’ CNBC
- Amazon ‘likely’ to succeed at healthcare—and have disruptive impact Chain Store Age
- Amazon’s entry into health care may have just narrowed with the Cigna-Express Scripts deal OrbitingSphere
- Google, Amazon & Apple’s moves into healthcare could create opportunities Reinsurance News
New Geo Entry
- Walmart opens first small high-tech supermarket in China Reuters
- Jack Wills makes Asian online debut via Zalora InsideRetail
- US based e-commerce company DesiClik set to enter India Indiatimes
- Xiaomi opens first store in Poland ecns.cn
Business Partnership
- Casino Group: Amazon and Monoprix join forces to innovate on behalf of Prime Now customers GlobeNewswire
- Microsoft, Apollo partner to improve cardio care Indiatimes
- Farfetch signs partnership with Harvey Nichols as £4bn IPO plans move forward City A.M
Company Announcement
- FedEx to roll out 500 more stores inside Walmart Reuters
- Amazon’s Alexa goes quiet on Echo devices amid AWS disturbances AppleInsider
- Microsoft announces its first cloud regions in the Middle East Tech Empire
Commentary on Company
- Amazon mulling checking-account like product with big banks: WSJ Reuters
- Amazon to bring Whole Foods delivery to San Francisco Fast Company
Key People Movement
- Amazon Prime boss leaves company TechCrunch
Award
- Amazon Passes Alphabet as Second-Largest U.S. Company The Wall Street Journal