Floyd's modular table legs: Cost-effective modern luxury | Curbed
Business

Floyd locked up a $875K seed round last year (but didn’t tell anyone). Here’s what you need to know.

In something of a delayed fundraising announcement, we spoke to co-founder Alex O’Dell, who filled us in on the furniture brand’s unpublicized $875K seed round from May 2016 led by LZB Investments and Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia. (886 words)

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All smiles for a solid launch week | Burrow
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Burrow, the Y Combinator-backed ‘Casper of Couches’ is now officially up and running.

Designer sofas, delivered to you in a box within one week. A 100 day return policy. As CEO Stephen Kuhl explained it, “If you live in a walk-up in New York, you need us.” Sound familiar? (899 words)

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Burrow loveseat in red | Burrow
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From clothes to couches: How Burrow’s launch is proof of a rapidly maturing modern luxury market.

The natural market progression from startups creating products you can wear, to those that are trying their hand at more advanced “hard” consumer products. (526 words)

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