Investors are getting comfy with couches | Burrow
Money

Big Money: Burrow’s $4.3M seed points to a larger trend – VCs are warming up to emerging furniture brands.

With a couple of recent VC-backed furniture busts, no one would’ve blamed VCs for rejecting the furniture space this year. And yet here we are, close to Christmas, and two rising furniture companies — Floyd and Burrow — have both managed to raise two $4M+ rounds. We spoke to Burrow to find out how investors are looking at new furniture brands like theirs in a different light.

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Co-founders Akash Shah and Craig Elbert now have twelve million reasons to smile | Care/of
Money

Care/of scoops up $12M in a new Series A, its second fundraise since November.

At this point, at least in terms of valuation and momentum, it’s easy to argue that Care/of is currently king of the hill in the new emerging premium supplements and vitamins space.

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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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Strong move for Kevin and the Mizzen team | Dallas Morning News
Business

Mizzen+Main just locked up at least $10M from LVMH’s investment firm, L Catterton.

Mizzen+Main’s just become the latest in a series of key modern luxury investment deals for private equity firm L Catterton. We spoke to CEO Kevin Lavelle to get the details that matter. (932 words)

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The sneaker trading business is big business | GOAT
Business

GOAT just raised $25M. Here’s what you should know.

Shoe trading was already big business before GOAT came along. But by connecting users with users — and eradicated the risk for fakes — they’ve just made it easier. (394 words)

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Away's founders, Jen Rubio and Stephanie Korey, have reason to smile. | Photo credit: Nate Poekert
Business

Travel abroad: Making sense of Away’s new $8.5M Series A (and its big, global ambitions)

Does the quick rush to expand globally by suitcase brand Away (after less than a year in business) point to a larger trend among modern luxury brands?

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