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Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
3
Feed Summary
Investment Trend Summary
Exit Outlook Summary
BlueBox
Summary of Key Markets
Notable Companies in the Sector
Recent News
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Note: Mega Companies includes IPO’d companies, Mega Acquisitions and Unicorn. Data is taken from Tracxn Platform as on May 17, 2019.
Online Gifting Feed Summary
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Online Gifting > Feed Summary
Online platforms that enable users to buy gifts across multiple categories, create & share gift registries, and obtain gift
recommendation. Also included are companies that enable businesses to create and manage gifting products/programs.
• Inclusions: Online platforms through which consumers
can buy/sell gift cards, flowers, merchandise, greeting
cards, and more. Online gift registries and gift
recommendation platforms that enhance the gift purchase
experience and enablers that assist businesses in creating
& managing gifting products/programs.
• Exclusions: Horizontal e-commerce players such as
Amazon, which provides gift products on its platform.
SaaS/ on-premise platforms that assist businesses in
managing corporate rewards and recognition programs
and loyalty programs for their customers/staff.
• Excludes funding information of Chinese companies
Feed in Numbers
Overview
$1.2B
Funding
12
Mega
Companies
3232291
FundedCovered on
Tracxn
1
Unicorns
11
Soonicorns
15
Minicorns
7
IPO’d Cos
83
Late Stage Cos
15
80
Acquisitions
447
DeadPooled
2
Acquihired
Series A+ Cos
Zola
(2013, New York City, $141M)
CashStar
(2007, Portland, $41M)
QwikCilver
(2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Top Companies
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Investment Trend Summary
Summary of Funding Activity in Online Gifting
5
$100M - Series D
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
$8.5M - Series B
Bloomon (2014, Amsterdam, $35.5M)
$60M - Series C
Raise (2013, Chicago, $147M)
$6.9M - Seed
Colvin (2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
$30M - Series B
Stockpile (2011, Palo Alto, $45M)
$6.6M - Series A
UrbanStems (2013, Washington D.C., $14.9M)
$19.5M - Series B
Bloom & Wild (2013, London, $28.1M)
$6M - Series A
Bergamotte (2015, Paris, $7.3M)
$12.5M - Series A
LovePop Cards (2014, Boston, $26.6M)
$5.5M - Angel
FLOWERBX (2015, London, $8.7M)
Top Geos of InvestmentEntrepreneurial Activity Global Funding Trend
*YTD *YTD
Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Investment Trend Summary
Seed
Blume Ventures (#2), New Enterprise Associates (#1), Upfront
Ventures (#1)
Series A/B
Sequoia Capital (#2), Forerunner Ventures (#2), Bessemer
Venture Partners (#1)
Series C+ Accel (#1), Lightspeed Venture Partners (#1), Partech (#1)
Incubators 500 Startups (#7), Techstars (#6), Y Combinator (#4)
Other Notable
Investors
Kima Ventures (#3), Amazon (#2), Credit Suisse (#1)
Debt Investors
Pinnacle Ventures (#2), Western Technology Investment (#2),
Export Development Canada (#1)
Most Active InvestorsRecent Investments
260
349
227
103
142
40
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
Y-o-Y # of Companies Founded 38 54 35 34 20 6
$857M
$229M
$30.4M
$21.3M
$11.5M
US
Europe
India
Israel
Canada
$ Funding
$15M
$48M
$169M
$91M
$198M
$179M
$36M
14
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding # Rounds
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Summary of exit outlook in Online Gifting
Exit Outlook Summary
66
Most Active AcquirersTop Investors in Exits
Accel 1 QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Helion Venture
Partners
1 QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Opus Capital 1 Egreetings (1998, San Francisco)
Allen & Company 1 CashStar (2007, Portland, $41M)
Amazon 1 QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Mar 2019 QwikCilver Acq by Pine labs for $110M
May 2018 Giftcloud Acq by Groupon for $65M
Aug 2017 CashStar Acq by Blackhawk Network for $175M
Nov 2016
PersonalizationMall.com Acq by Bed Bath & Beyond
for $200M
Jul 2014 ProFlowers Acq by FTD for $440M
Jul 2014 Provide Commerce Acq by FTD for $430M
Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Exit Outlook Summary
Blackhawk
Network
7
CashStar (Aug 2017, $175M), Didix (Nov 2015), Spafinder (Nov
2016)
FTD 4
ProFlowers (Jul 2014, $440M), Provide Commerce (Jul 2014,
$430M), BloomThat (Jan 2018)
American
Greetings
3
Blue Mountain (Sep 2001, $35M), Egreetings (Feb 2001, $28M),
Cardstore (Jun 2011)
Interflora 3
Flying Flowers (Feb 2012), Flowers Direct (May 2012),
Drake Algar (May 2012)
Groupon 2 Giftcloud (May 2018, $65M), Gtrot (Jun 2012)
Recent IPOs Top Acquisitions
1-800-Flowers.com Aug 1999
Online florist and gifting retail shop
IPO MCap: -
Ackroo
Gift card & loyalty program for businesse…
IPO MCap: -
Coastal Integrated Services
Online gifting platform for multi-categor…
IPO MCap: -
FTD Feb 2005
Online retailer of flowers and gift artic…
IPO MCap: $377M
Provide Commerce Dec 2003
E-commerce Gifting Company
IPO MCap: $170M
RedEnvelope Sep 2003
RedEnvelope is an e-commerce marketplace…
IPO MCap: $119M
Egreetings Dec 1999
Provides e-greeting card service
IPO MCap: $344M
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FACTSHEET
Funding data excludes Debt, Grants & Post-IPO rounds.
Excludes all details for Chinese companies.
Feed Report - Online Gifting - May 2019
Marketmap: Online Gifting
GIFT CARD PROCESSORS
E-COMMERCE
MULTI-CATEGORY
FLORIST
GIFT CARDS
GREETINGS CARDS
REGISTRIES
WEDDING
EVERT-SPECIFIC
Overview
Companies 2291
Funded 323 Series A+ 83
Funding $1.2B Last 2 yrs $318M
Most Active Investors
Seed Blume Ventures (2)
Series A/B Sequoia Capital (2)
Series C+ Accel (1)
Others Kima Ventures (3)
Incubators 500 Startups (7)
Top Cities
New York City 60 Cos $177M
Bay Area 90 Cos $166M
Feed in Numbers
Unicorns 1 Soonicorns 11
Minicorns 15 Editor Picks 56
Acquihired 2 Deadpooled 447
Top Companies
QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
CashStar (2007, Portland $41M)
Exits
IPOs 7 FTD, Egreetings
Acquisitions 80 ProFlowers, Provide
Commerce
Top Acquirers Blackhawk Network, FTD
Online Gifting > Feed Summary > BlueBox
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Key Sub Sectors in Online Gifting Sector
Summary of Key Markets
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Top Markets of Investment Activity
# Cos on
Platform
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round
E-Commerce > Florists > B2C >
Retail 362 $28.1M 10
E-Commerce > Horizontal >
Retail 569 $26.5M 8
Sub Sectors
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
E-Commerce
Online platforms for buying gifts across various
categories such as accessories, gift...
1902 244 $867M
Registries
Online platforms that enable creation and sharing of
registries for the wedding, events,...
244 41 $194M
Enablers
Companies that offer solutions such as
software/hardware to businesses to create, launch...
61 24 $113M
Gift Recommendation
Online platforms that provide gift recommendations
and suggestions
84 14 $11.6M
Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Summary of Key Markets
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List of Notable Companies in Online Gifting
Notable Companies in the Sector
9
Note: *(Founded Year, Location, Total Funding)
Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector
Public
FTD
(1910, Downers Grove)*
1-800-Flowers.com
(1976, New York City)
Coastal Integrated
Services
(2018, Cheyenne)
Ackroo
(2012, Ottawa)
Acquired
ProFlowers
(1998, San Diego, $35M)
Provide Commerce
(1998, California)
PersonalizationMall.co
m
(1998, Chicago)
Moonpig
(2000, London)
CashStar
(2007, Portland, $41M)
QwikCilver
(2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Deadpooled
Egreetings(1998, San
Francisco)
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Gifting
Notable Companies by Market (1/3)
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Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
E-Commerce
Horizontal
RedEnvelope (1999, San Diego, $64M)
RedEnvelope is an e-commerce marketplace for
gifts
Stage: Acquired
Weston Presidio, Camelot Venture Group, Madison
Dearborn Partners and 4 Other Investors
FTD (1910, Downers Grove)
Online retailer of flowers and gift articles
Editor's Pick. Stage: Public
Coastal Integrated Services (2018,
Cheyenne)
Online gifting platform for multi-category products
Stage: Public
PersonalizationMall.com (1998, Chicago)
Online gifting retail shop
Stage: Acquired
Horizontal
Provide Commerce (1998, California)
E-commerce Gifting Company
Stage: Acquired
Tenth Avenue Holdings, i-Hatch Ventures, TeleSoft
Partners
Florists
Bloomon (2014, Amsterdam, $35.5M)
Subscription based flower delivery services
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Rabobank, Fortino Capital, Inkef Capital and 1
Other Investors
ProFlowers (1998, San Diego, $35M)
Online gifting platform for flowers
Stage: Acquired
1-800-Flowers.com (1976, New York City)
Online florist and gifting retail shop
Unicorn. Stage: Public
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo, O'Connor
Ventures and 2 Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Gifting
Notable Companies by Market (2/3)
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Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
E-Commerce
Gift Cards
Raise (2013, Chicago, $147M)
P2P used Gift Card Marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Series C
Accel, PayPal, New Enterprise Associates and 7
Other Investors
Stockpile (2011, Palo Alto, $45M)
Fractional investment gift card
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Eight Roads Ventures, Arbor Ventures, Mayfield and
5 Other Investors
Zeek (2013, Tel Aviv, $24.5M)
Marketplace for used gift cards.
Soonicorn. Stage: Series B
Scale Up Venture Capital, Blumberg Capital,
Qualcomm and 9 Other Investors
eGifter (2011, Melville, $7.8M)
Social e-gifting platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Series A
Long Island Angels Network, Angel Dough Ventures,
94Bits and 4 Other Investors
Gift Cards
CardCash (2008, Brick Township, $6M)
Online Giftcard Exchange
Soonicorn. Stage: Series A
Sterling National Bank, Guggenheim Partners
Bouxtie (2014, Palo Alto, $5M)
App based platform for digital gift cards
Soonicorn. Stage: Series A
Keiretsu Capital, BayAngels, Fifth Era and 4 Other
Investors
Greeting Cards
Moonpig (2000, London)
Personalized greeting cards retailer
Stage: Acquired
Egreetings (1998, San Francisco)
Provides e-greeting card service
Stage: Deadpooled
Opus Capital, Altos Ventures Capital, Pritzker Group
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Online Gifting
Notable Companies by Market (3/3)
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Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Registries
Wedding
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
Wedding registry and gifts marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Series D
Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Goldman Sachs
Investment Partners and 11 Other Investors
Enablers
Gift Cards
CashStar (2007, Portland, $41M)
Digital Gifting & Incentives Company
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
FTV Capital, Passport Capital, Intel Capital and 5
Other Investors
Loop Commerce (2012, San Francisco, $29M)
E-gifting Saas platform
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
PayPal, Chegg, Houzz and 5 Other Investors
QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Multi-brand gift card store and B2B backend
technology provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Sistema, Accel, Helion Venture Partners and 6 Other
Investors
Ackroo (2012, Ottawa)
Gift card & loyalty program for businesses
Stage: Public
RBC Royal Bank, Export Development Canada
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Recent News in Online Gifting Sector
Recent News
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Online Gifting > Feed Summary > Recent News
May 2019 Saudi's Resal raises $800,000, Wamda
May 2019
MOBI724 Announces Agreement to Sell Certain Loyalty Based
Contracts to Ackroo so as to Focus on the Scale up of its Fintech
Business, GlobeNewswire
May 2019 Netflix buys kids show producer StoryBots, Reuters
May 2019 New Digital Financial Advice Service – OpenMoney, Fintech Finance
May 2019
UK's floral brand La Fleur hopes to make a bumper harvest in India,
Business Standard
May 2019 PrePay Solutions Powers Virgin Experience Days, Fintech Finance
May 2019
Alyce Introduces New, Recipient-First Approach to Premium
Branded Products with Swag Select™, Business Wire
May 2019 Garçon Wines makes Moonpig debut, Plastics News Europe
May 2019 Flower power as PR Agency One picks up online florist, Prolific North
May 2019 Petalfox Expands to the East Coast, GlobeNewswire
Apr 2019
1-800-Flowers stock gains after issuing rosy fiscal 4Q guidance,
Proactive Investors
Apr 2019
Gifto Abandons Ethereum, Migrates Over to Binance Chain, a
Blockchain that is Less Costly, Simple to Use, Crowdfund Insider
Apr 2019 Ackroo reports FY results, Seeking Alpha
Apr 2019
Pine Labs Acquires the Bengaluru-based Gift Solutions Company,
Qwikcilver, BusinessEx
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Apr 2019
Digital Payments Company Pine Labs to Acquire Qwikcilver,
SMEStreet
Apr 2019
E commerce Firm FlowerAura Forecasts Rs 300 Cr Revenue By
2021, BW Businessworld
Apr 2019
PVR Cinemas partners with GyFTR (Vouchagram) to power its e-gift
vouchers, TechStory
Apr 2019 MIP leads €2m series-A for flower delivery startup Colvin, Unquote
Apr 2019 Ferns N Petals eyes IPO in 2020 to fund expansion, Indiatimes
Apr 2019
PG&E in talks with BlueMountain to possibly expand board:
sources, Reuters
Apr 2019
MyRegistry.com Announces that Spring Graduations are the Next
Greatest Gift to Retailers After Weddings, PRWeb
Apr 2019
YouGotaGift launches a rewards platform to help HR Managers to
recognize & reward employees, Techmoran
Apr 2019
Bitcoin Solutions, Inc. / Mybitcards.com announces a new
distribution partner CardCash.com to sell its Bitcoin Gift Cards in
the USA, PR Newswire
Apr 2019
Qwikcilver reaches 80% of repeated transactions on Woohoo
thanks to CleverTap, PR Newswire
Apr 2019
Ritch Mueller and Mijares drive through solar financing,
latinlawyer.com
Mar 2019
Vietnamese digital gifting startup nabs seed funding to expand into
SEA, Tech in Asia
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
15
Funding Trends
Median Deal Size and Trend
New Entrants in Funding Club
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
Funding Funnel of the Sector
Top Investments and Investors
Investors in Unicorn club
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Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Gifting; 2012-2019
Global Funding Trends (1/2)
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Note: Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
#Rounds
$Funding
3 Year CAGR
6 Year CAGR 28% # of Rounds30% $ Funding
9% # of Rounds
2% $ Funding
$15M
$37M
$73M
$48M
$169M
$91M
$198M
$179M
$36M
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
$200M
$250M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding Predicted $ Funding # Rounds Predicted # Rounds
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25 40 27 30 25 20 11 4
8
12 11
22
9
12 8
2
2 2 1 2 1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
35
6
Total # of Rounds
$9M $21M $9M $15M $16M $19M $17M $7M
$23M
$53M
$38M
$138M
$50M
$95M
$62M
$8M
$5M $15M $25M $84M $100M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
$37M
$15M
Total $ Invested
18
Note: Mega Rounds = rounds with size > $20M. Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Stage-wise Number of RoundsStage-wise $ Invested
New Entrants in Funded Club
Global Funding Trends (2/2)
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Gifting; 2012-2019
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
67
22
29
19
17
10 2
166
$0.7M
$1.2M
$0.0M
$0.5M
$1.0M
$1.5M
$2.0M
$2.5M
$3.0M
$3.5M
$4.0M
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD Total
Entrants in Funding Club Avg. Ticket Size
$0.7M $0.2M $1.6M $0.6M $1.5M $3.4M $0.2M $1.2M
$56M
$25M
$137M
$100M
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
0
20000000
40000000
60000000
80000000
100000000
120000000
140000000
160000000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
$ Funding # of Rounds
Mega Rounds
- - - 1 1 4 1 -
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Funding Trends by Geography
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Online Gifting
Funding Trends by Geography
Funding Trends by Geography Top Cities of Funding
City $ Funding # Rounds
New York City 177M 24
Bay Area 166M 47
Chicago 142M 11
San Diego 99M 4
Los Angeles 58.1M 15
London 53.8M 22
Amsterdam 51.3M 5
Marina Del Rey 43.5M 5
Portland 41M 5
Berlin 37.2M 2
Total Funding
203
86
30
7
15
10
11
2
# Rounds
$857M
$229M
$30.4M
$21.3M
$11.5M
$6.7M
$4.9M
$800k
US
Europe
India
Israel
Canada
Australia
SEA
Saudi
Arabia
Note: Excludes funding information of China companies
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Trend of Average Deal Size ($M)
$0.5 $0.7 $0.5 $0.6 $0.8
$1.2
$2.1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Median Deal Size and Trend
Median and Average Deal Size in $M (per Stage) in Online Gifting; 2012-2018
Median Deal Size and Trend
Note: Excludes funding information of Chinese companies. *Graph not to scale
Median Deal Size and Range
$16K* $6.9M
$320K $18.1M
$818K $56M
$310K $100M
$24M
$10M
$3.9M
$392K
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed
Stage
$10.0
$2.6
$27.3
$8.1
$26.5
$19.5
$5.0 $7.7
$25.0
$42.0
$100.0
$2.5
$6.6 $4.5 $3.5 $4.5 $4.6
$10.7
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Note: 175 companies with undisclosed funding amount are not included
21
<$1M
$1-10M
$10-50M
$50-100M
$100M+
Funding Range
71
66
23
1
2
No. of Companies
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Distribution of companies by Funding Range
No. of companies by funding range in Online Gifting; as of May 2019
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
$19M
$234M
$581M
$64M
$288M
$ Investment
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Stage No. of Companies
Funding
Funnel
100%
14%
4%
1%
1%
22
Note: Numbers in the brackets show the count of companies
Time to raise
next round
15
29
83
323
2291
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Funded
Founded
Next
Round
100M+
Valuation
Exits
Acqui-
Hired
Dead
Pooled
Others
14% 1%
(20)
1%
(13)
0%
(2)
19%
(443)
66%
(1523)
26% 6%
(18)
3%
(11)
1%
(2)
17%
(54)
57%
(184)
35% 16%
(13)
5%
(4)
1%
(1)
7%
(6)
57%
(47)
52% 34%
(10)
14%
(4)
- 7%
(2)
41%
(12)
- 33%
(5)
20%
(3)
- 7%
(1)
47%
(7)
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Funding Funnel
Number of companies progressing to subsequent funding stages in Online Gifting
Funding Funnel
14 Months
17 Months
13 Months
Investment backedBootstrapped
11
1
58
7
22
Soonicorns
Unicorns
Acquisitions
IPOs
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Gifting; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (1/2)
LATE STAGE
$100M - Series D May 2018
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
Wedding registry and gifts marketplace
Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Goldman Sachs
Investment Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, BBG Ventures,
Female Founders Fund, Balyasny Asset
Management, Founders Circle Capital, Jerry Yang,
GingerBread Capital
$60M - Series C Sep 2017
Raise (2013, Chicago, $147M)
P2P used Gift Card Marketplace
Accel, PayPal, New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer
Venture Partners
EARLY STAGE
$30M - Series B Sep 2017
Stockpile (2011, Palo Alto, $45M)
Fractional investment gift card
Eight Roads Ventures, Arbor Ventures, Mayfield
$19.5M - Series B Oct 2018
Bloom & Wild (2013, London, $28.1M)
Letterbox flower delivery subscription
Piper Private Equity, MMC Ventures, Burda Principal
Investments
$12.5M - Series A Jan 2018
LovePop Cards (2014, Boston, $26.6M)
Online platform for sending personalized greeting
cards
Highland Capital Partners, Accomplice, Niraj Shah,
Wayne Chang, Jason Robins, Bob White, Blossom
Street Ventures
$8.5M - Series B Mar 2019
Bloomon (2014, Amsterdam, $35.5M)
Subscription based flower delivery services
Rabobank
EARLY STAGE
$6.6M - Series A Dec 2017
UrbanStems (2013, Washington D.C., $14.9M)
On demand flower delivery
SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, NextGen Angels,
Grotech Ventures, Haas Portman
$6M - Series A Sep 2017
Bergamotte (2015, Paris, $7.3M)
Subscription-based online retailer of gift products
XAnge, 360 Capital Partners, R-301 Capital
$3.9M - Series A May 2017
Prezola (2010, Bath, $3.9M)
Online wedding gift registry
Business Growth Fund
Series A Dec 2018
Bergamotte (2015, Paris, $7.3M)
Subscription-based online retailer of gift products
Raise, XAnge, 360 Capital Partners
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Gifting; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (2/2)
EARLY STAGE
Series A Jan 2019
Prezola (2010, Bath, $3.9M)
Online wedding gift registry
Business Growth Fund
SEED STAGE
$6.9M - Seed Oct 2018
Colvin (2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
Online retail platform for flowers and bouquets
P101, Mediaset Espana, Samaipata, Javier Etxebeste,
Hugo Arevalo
$5.5M - Angel Feb 2019
FLOWERBX (2015, London, $8.7M)
Online store which sells curated, fresh flowers
Natalie Massenet, Carmen Busquets, Alex
Chesterman, Rupert Hambro CBE
$2.3M - Seed Dec 2017
Colvin (2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
Online retail platform for flowers and bouquets
Samaipata Ventures, Hugo Arevalo
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
Major funding rounds by Stage in Online Gifting; May 2017-May 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
EARLY STAGE
Series B Jul 2018
Flower Plus (2013, Shanghai, $10M)
Subscription based flower delivery
Series B Jul 2017
Flower Plus (2013, Shanghai, $10M)
Subscription based flower delivery
ZhenFund, Guanghe VC, NewMargin Ventures,
Telescope Investment
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Most Active Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Online Gifting; Last 5 years (May 2014-May 2019)
Most Active VC & PE Investors
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Blume Ventures(2 Investments)
GCI Network, GiftCardsIndia
1
New Enterprise Associates
Inksedge
2
Upfront Ventures
Token
3
360 Capital Partners
Bergamotte
4
Truffle Capital
Wizypay
5
Ventureast
Zaggle
6
Middleland Capital
UrbanStems
7
Milliways Ventures
Inksedge
8
Freestyle Capital
Giftbit
9
Rothenberg Ventures
Man Crates
10
EARLY STAGE
Sequoia Capital(2 Investments)
Stockpile, Karma
1
Forerunner Ventures(2 Investments)
Zola, BloomThat
2
Bessemer Venture Partners
Raise
3
New Enterprise Associates
Raise
4
Kleiner Perkins
Karma
5
Highland Capital Partners
LovePop Cards
6
General Catalyst Partners
Alyce
7
Mayfield
Stockpile
8
Qualcomm Ventures
Zeek
9
First Round Capital
BloomThat
10
LATE STAGE
Accel
Raise
1
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Zola
2
Partech
Bouqs
3
Comcast Ventures
Zola
4
Founders Circle Capital
Zola
5
Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
Zola
6
NextEquity
Bouqs
7
Tekton Ventures
Bouqs
8
North Hill Ventures
CashStar
9
Mosaik Partners
CashStar
10
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Most Active Ecosystem Investors
Top Ecosystem Investors in Online Gifting; Last 5 years (May 2014-May 2019)
Most Active Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR
500 Startups(7 Investments)
BloomThis, Giftcard Zen, SureBids
1
Techstars(6 Investments)
LovePop Cards, JibJab, Giftbit
2
Y Combinator(4 Investments)
Cheerbox, Spark Gift, Gemnote
3
MergeLane(3 Investments)
Cheerbox, MentalHappy, Sugarwish
4
Plug and Play Tech Center(2 Investments)
Bouqs, Bouxtie
5
Startupbootcamp(2 Investments)
Feli, Doboz
6
NXTP Labs(2 Investments)
Gorsh, Uniko
7
IIDF(2 Investments)
FlowWow, Funfrom.me
8
Digital Magics(2 Investments)
Growish, Wishlist
9
Velocity(2 Investments)
Togethr
10
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures(3 Investments)
Wedoogift, La Petite Attention, Treatful
1
Amazon(2 Investments)
WeddingChannel, QwikCilver
2
Credit Suisse
Smartbox
3
Wells Fargo
1-800-Flowers.com
4
UK Government
British Hamper
5
Rabobank
Bloomon
6
Hearst
Snappy
7
Qualcomm
Zeek
8
KfW Bankengruppe
Meventi
9
Credit Agricole CIB
Smartbox
10
DEBT INVESTORS
Pinnacle Ventures(2 Investments)
H.Bloom, Inksedge
1
Western Technology Investment(2
Investments)
BloomThat, santa.com
2
Export Development Canada
Ackroo
3
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (1/2)
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club (2/2)
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Online Gifting > Investment Trends > Unicorn Investors in the Sector
Unicorn Investors in the Sector
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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BlueBox
Key Sub Sectors
Detailed Sector Taxonomy
Top Markets of Investment Activity
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Other Notable Markets
Market Deep Dive
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Online Gifting > Market Details > BlueBox
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Key Sub Sectors
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Key Sub Sectors in Online Gifting
Market Top Companies
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
E-Commerce
Online platforms for buying gifts across various categories such as accessories, gift cards,
greeting cards, flowers, confectionery, and more
1-800-Flowers.com (1976, New York City,
Public)
UrbanStems (2013, Washington D.C.,
$14.9M)
1902 244 $867M
Registries
Online platforms that enable creation and sharing of registries for the wedding, events, and
other occasions
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
MyRegistry.com (2005, Lee, $2.7M)
244 41 $194M
Enablers
Companies that offer solutions such as software/hardware to businesses to create, launch and
manage gifting platforms and services
QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, Acquired)
CashStar (2007, Portland, Acquired)
61 24 $113M
Gift Recommendation
Online platforms that provide gift recommendations and suggestions
Token (2016, Brooklyn, $2.5M)
Eva (2016, San Francisco, $300k)
84 14 $11.6M
Online Gifting > Market Details > Key Sub Sectors
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (1/4)
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (2/4)
36
Online Gifting > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (3/4)
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (4/4)
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Rank Market
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round Top Funded Company
1
(+2)
Registries > Wedding
Online platforms that enable creation and sharing of wedding gift registries
(Companies covered 44 | Funded 11 | Total Funding $179M)
$104M
(+$67M)
3
(-2)
Zola
(2013, New York City, $141M)
2
(+3)
E-Commerce > Florists > B2C > Retail
Companies that source products from merchants/vendors and offer them for sale on their platform
(Companies covered 362 | Funded 30 | Total Funding $129M)
$28.1M
(+$13.1M)
10
(+1)
Colvin
(2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
3
(+1)
E-Commerce > Horizontal > Retail
Companies that source products from merchants/vendors and offer them for sale on their platform
(Companies covered 569 | Funded 52 | Total Funding $70.3M)
$26.5M
(+$17.2M)
8
(-4)
Paladone
(1994, Shoreham-by-sea, $18.1M)
4
(+5)
E-Commerce > Gift Cards > Retail > Digital+Physical
Companies that source digital and physical gift cards from merchants/vendors and offer them for sale
on their platform
(Companies covered 35 | Funded 11 | Total Funding $9.7M)
$4.3M
(+$3.6M)
3
(-)
Swych
(2015, Plano, Acquired)
5
(-4)
E-Commerce > Florists > B2C > Retail > Subscription
Companies that enable users to avail a subscription for flower delivery services
(Companies covered 27 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $125M)
$28M
(-$44.8M)
2
(-7)
Bloom & Wild
(2013, London, $28.1M)
6
(+7)
E-Commerce > Corporate Gifts
Online platforms for corporate gifts, incentive programs, and promotional items.
(Companies covered 42 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $42.3M)
$15.3M
(+$15.3M)
2
(+1)
Snappy
(2015, New York City, $10M)
7
(-4)
E-Commerce > Greeting Cards > Physical
Online platforms that enable users to send physical greeting cards only
(Companies covered 88 | Funded 17 | Total Funding $42.3M)
$12.7M
(-$5.2M)
2
(-7)
LovePop Cards
(2014, Boston, $26.6M)
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Note: The numbers in the bracket represent the change in a 2 year period.
Top Markets of Investment Activity (1/2)
Top Markets by Funding in Online Gifting in last 2 years (May 2017 - April 2019)
Online Gifting > Market Details > Top Markets of Investment Activity
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Top Markets of Investment Activity (2/2)
Online Gifting > Market Details > Top Markets of Investment Activity
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Rank Market # Investments Key Investments
1
E-Commerce > Corporate Gifts
Online platforms for corporate gifts, incentive programs, and promotional items.
(Companies created 42 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $42.3M )
1 Alyce (2015, Boston, $5.3M)
Note: Investors considered - Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Benchmark Capital, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Index Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Venrock, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Battery Ventures
41
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Top Markets where Early Stage Investors are investing in last 2 years (May 2017 - April 2019)
Online Gifting > Market Details > Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
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Incubators Techstars (#1), Curious Office (#1)
Seed H-FARM Ventures (#1), Clearstone Venture Partners (#1)
Series A/B Thrive Capital (#1), Business Growth Fund (#1)
Series C+ Lightspeed Venture Partners (#1), Comcast Ventures (#1)
Blueprint Registry Aug - 2018
Acq by Davids Bridal
NewlyWish Nov - 2015
Acq by WeddingWire
Wishpot Sep - 2012
Acq by Lockerz
Series A
Prezola (2010, Bath, $3.9M)
$100M - Series D
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
$3.9M - Series A
Prezola (2010, Bath, $3.9M)
$25M - Series C
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
$1.5M - Seed
Blueprint Registry (2015, New York
City, $1.6M)
$297k - Angel
Wedding Wishlist (2012, Chennai,
$297k)
$118k - Seed
Blueprint Registry (2015, New York
City, $1.6M)
$10M - Series B
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
$2.6M - Series A
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
Mar 2019
Wedding company Zola tries on brick-and-mortar, AdAge
India
Jan 2019
Wedding Planning Startup Zola Ties the Knot at 7 WTC,
Commercial Observer
Jan 2019
Zola Opens Wedding Planning Destination in New York City,
PR Newswire
Dec 2018
Zola Will Open Its First Brick-and-Mortar Store in New York
City, Fortune
Sep 2018
Crate & Barrel Teams Up With Zola, Hoping to Win Over
Millennial Couples, Adweek
Sep 2018
Why Crate and Barrel is partnering with rising digital
competitor Zola: Customers ‘want to shop where they want
to shop’, Recode
May 2018
Barclays funds BGF-backed business with eyes on growth,
Insider Media
May 2018 Zola Raised $100 Mln In Series D Financing, Reuters
Feb 2018
Target partners with Honeyfund to add cash gifts to its
wedding registry, TechCrunch
Aug 2017
Shark Tank Alum HoneyFund Has Facilitated $500 Million in
Crowdfunded Wedding Registries, Crowdfund Insider
May 2017
ZOLA Raised $25 Million Without The Intent To Fundraise ,
Forbes
May 2017 Prezola Raises £3m in Equity Funding, FinSMEs
May 2017 Honeyfund Partners with CashStar, Citybizlist
Dec 2016 Lightspeed leads funding of online registry site Zola, PE Hub
Nov 2016
Seattle e-commerce platform Blueprint Registry closes
$1.45M funding round, The Business Journals
News
4
2
4
11
44
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Registries > Wedding: Market Factsheet
42
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsOnline platforms that enable
creation and sharing of wedding
gift registries
Zola
(2013, New York City, $141M)
Prezola
(2010, Bath, $3.9M)
Ameliste
(2006, Boulogne-billancourt)
WeddingChannel
(1996, Los Angeles, $30.3M)
Blueprint Registry
(2015, New York City, $1.6M)
Top Companies
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Wedding
Companies Created 44 | Funded 11 | Total Funding $179M
0
2
4
6
$0k
$100M
$200M
$300M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Wedding
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Registries > Wedding: Top Companies
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Wedding
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Wedding
Analyst’s Pick
Zola (2013, New York City, $141M)
Wedding registry and gifts marketplace
Soonicorn. Stage: Series D
Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Goldman Sachs
Investment Partners and 11 Other Investors
Prezola (2010, Bath, $3.9M)
Online wedding gift registry
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Business Growth Fund
Ameliste (2006, Boulogne-billancourt)
Online wedding gift registry and associated services
provider
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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Registries > Wedding: Leaderboard
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Wedding
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Wedding
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Zola 2013
New York
City
Series D $141M 5 - 5 - - - 75k 735 13 693
1650
%
- -
3.2 Prezola 2010 Bath Series A $3.9M 3 - - - - 4.2k - - 3 - - -90 -2%
3.1
WeddingCha
nnel
1996 Los Angeles Acquired $30.3M 5 - - - - 78.8k - - - - - -424 -1%
3.1
Wedding
Wishlist
2012 Chennai Seed $297k 1 - - - - 130 - - 2 - - 5 4%
2.9
Blueprint
Registry
2015
New York
City
Acquired $1.6M 2 - - - - - - - 3 - - - -
2.9 Wishpot 2006 Seattle Acquired $1.4M 4 - - - - 5.6k - - 2 - - -97 -2%
2.5 Honeyfund 2006 Sebastopol Unfunded - - - 5 - - 4.7k 30k 471 5 3 1% -98 -2%
2.2 Wanderable 2012
San
Francisco
Seed - 1 - - - - 1.4k - - - - - -17 -1%
2.2
Our Wishing
Well
2007 Bexley Seed $220k 1 - 4 - - - 3k 7 - 1 17% - -
1.9
SimpleRegist
ry
2010 Cincinnati Seed $300k 1 - - - - 169 - - - - - -9 -5%
1.6 NewlyWish 2010
New York
City
Acquired - - - - - - 4k - - - - - -61 -2%
1.5 1001 Listes 1999 Paris Funded - - - - - - 865 - - - - - -9 -1%
1.5 Ameliste 2006
Boulogne-
billancourt
Unfunded - - - - - 5 944 - - - - - -13 -1%
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Incubators Interplay Ventures (#1)
Seed 360 Capital Partners (#1), NextGen Angels (#1)
Series A/B XAnge (#1), SWaN & Legend Venture Partners (#1)
Series C+ 3i Group (#1)
Eco Flower Jan - 2017
Acq by W Capital LLC
Interflora Apr - 2015
Acq by LFPI Group
ProFlowers Jul - 2014
Acq by FTD for $440M
iFlorist Dec - 2013
Acq by 1-800-Flowers.com
Flowers Direct May - 2012
Acq by Interflora
Drake Algar May - 2012
Acq by Interflora
Flying Flowers Feb - 2012
Acq by Interflora
$800k - Seed
Resal (2015, Jeddah, $800k)
$5.5M - Angel
FLOWERBX (2015, London, $8.7M)
Series A
Bergamotte (2015, Paris, $7.3M)
Seed
Flower Chimp (2016, Kuala Lumpur,
$1.5M)
$6.9M - Seed
Colvin (2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
Seed
50Gram (2016, Kuala Lumpur)
May 2019 Saudi's Resal raises $800,000, Wamda
May 2019
UK's floral brand La Fleur hopes to make a bumper harvest
in India, Business Standard
May 2019
Flower power as PR Agency One picks up online florist,
Prolific North
May 2019 Petalfox Expands to the East Coast, GlobeNewswire
Apr 2019
1-800-Flowers stock gains after issuing rosy fiscal 4Q
guidance, Proactive Investors
Apr 2019
E commerce Firm FlowerAura Forecasts Rs 300 Cr Revenue
By 2021, BW Businessworld
Apr 2019
MIP leads €2m series-A for flower delivery startup Colvin,
Unquote
Apr 2019 Ferns N Petals eyes IPO in 2020 to fund expansion, Indiatimes
Mar 2019 Tapa Republic secures site for AppleYard, MCA
Mar 2019
Venus ET Fleur, The Original Long-Lasting Rose Atelier,
Launches New Bridal Collection Of Bespoke Bouquets, PR
Newswire
Feb 2019
London’s FLOWERBX blooms with multi-million pound US
expansion plan, Bdaily
Feb 2019
Loyalty program, everyday gifting props up 1-800-FLOWERS
ahead of Valentine's Day, Confectionery News
Feb 2019
Serenata Flowers reports strong Valentine’s Day sales, Direct
Commerce
Feb 2019
Connectivity to assure service during peak ordering times,
Electronic Specifier
Feb 2019
Petalfox Launches Shop By Text - Introducing the Most
Convenient Way to Get and Gift Flowers Every Week, PRWeb
News
10
4
10
30
362
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
E-Commerce > Florists > B2C > Retail: Market Factsheet
45
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies that source products
from merchants/vendors and
offer them for sale on their
platform
1-800-Flowers.com
(1976, New York City)
UrbanStems
(2013, Washington D.C., $14.9M)
Colvin
(2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
FLOWERBX
(2015, London, $8.7M)
Bergamotte
(2015, Paris, $7.3M)
Top Companies
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
Companies Created 362 | Funded 30 | Total Funding $129M
0
5
10
15
$0k
$10M
$20M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Retail
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E-Commerce > Florists > B2C > Retail: Top Companies
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Retail
Analyst’s Pick
UrbanStems (2013, Washington D.C., $14.9M)
On demand flower delivery
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, NextGen Angels,
Grotech Ventures and 10 Other Investors
Colvin (2016, Barcelona, $10.4M)
Online retail platform for flowers and bouquets
Minicorn. Stage: Seed
P101, Mediaset Espana, Samaipata and 7 Other
Investors
FLOWERBX (2015, London, $8.7M)
Online store which sells curated, fresh flowers
Minicorn. Stage: Seed
Natalie Massenet, Carmen Busquets, Alex
Chesterman and 4 Other Investors
Bergamotte (2015, Paris, $7.3M)
Subscription-based online retailer of gift products
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Raise, XAnge, 360 Capital Partners and 2 Other
Investors
Analyst’s Pick
One Moment (2015, Seoul, $355k)
Online retailer of flowers
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
BonAngels Venture Partners, Capstone Partners,
Sazze Partners
1-800-Flowers.com (1976, New York City)
Online florist and gifting retail shop
Unicorn. Stage: Public
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo, O'Connor
Ventures and 2 Other Investors
50Gram (2016, Kuala Lumpur)
Online retailer of flowers
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
TBV Capital
La Fleur Bouquets (2015, Los Angeles)
Online flower gifting platform
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
LolaFlora (2016, Barcelona)
Online gifting platform for flowers
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Analyst’s Pick
Roses Only (1995)
Online platform for flowers
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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E-Commerce > Florists > B2C > Retail: Leaderboard
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Retail
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0
1-800-
Flowers.com
1976
New York
City
Public - 1 - 4 - - 45.8k 300k 3.1k 26 87 3% 360 1%
4.6 Cicek Sepeti 2006 Istanbul Seed - 1 - 4 - - 26.2k 3.1M 24.9k - 7.6k 43% 101 -
4.3 ProFlowers 1998 San Diego Acquired $35M 1 - 4 - - 12.7k 30k 194 2 7 4% 98 1%
4.2 Resal 2015 Jeddah Seed $800k 2 - 3 4 5 9.7k 3k 30 2 9 43% 1.2k 13%
4.1 FLOWERBX 2015 London Seed $8.7M 3 - - - - 635 - - 3 - - 22 4%
4.1 UrbanStems 2013
Washingto
n D.C.
Series A $14.9M 4 - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 3 50%
4.0 Bergamotte 2015 Paris Series A $7.3M 3 - - - - 743 - - 2 - - 36 5%
3.9 FlowWow 2014 Moscow Seed - 1 - 5 - - 42 83k 1.3k - 856 221% 1 2%
3.9 Colvin 2016 Barcelona Seed $10.4M 3 - 4 - - 884 3k 24 2 11 85% - -
3.9 Aquarelle 1987 Paris Series A $8.4M 1 - 4 - - 669 30k 194 - 7 4% 73 12%
3.8 Interflora 1923 Berlin Acquired $37.1M 1 - 4 - - - 78k 307 3 - - - -
3.4
Ferns N
Petals
1994 Pune Funded - - - 4 - - 45 750k 17.4k 7 7.7k 79% -1 -2%
3.4
Arena
Flowers
2006 London Funded $310k 1 - - - - 35.9k - - 1 - - 183 1%
2.7 Bloominous 2013 Los Angeles Seed $200k 1 - - - - 693 - - - - - 3 -
2.5 Eco Flower 2013 Ogden Acquired $400k 1 - - - - - - - 2 - - - -
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Incubators Y Combinator (#2), MergeLane (#1)
Seed Rothenberg Ventures (#1), Billiken Angels Network (#1)
Series A/B Prime Ventures (#1), Lightbank (#1)
Series C+
Greetz Aug - 2018
Acq by Photobox
PersonalizationMall.com
Nov - 2016
Acq by Bed Bath & Beyond for $200M
Personal Creation Weddings
Jul - 2014
Acq by FTD
Gtrot Jun - 2012
Acq by Groupon
GettingPersonal Jul - 2011
Acq by Card Factory
FTD Feb - 2005
IPO'd on NASDAQ
$150k - Seed
Cheerbox (2016, San Jose, $150k)
$1.5M - Seed
Packed Party (2013, Austin, $1.5M)
$18.1M - Series A
Paladone (1994, Shoreham-by-sea,
$18.1M)
$944k - Seed
IGP.com (2001, Noida, $2.1M)
$4M - Seed
Fanchest (2015, New York City, $5.4M)
$288k - Seed
Wrapistry (2014, Johannesburg,
$288k)
Mar 2019
British Airways teams up with My 1st Years for dedicated
kids zones, Preschool News
Feb 2019
Indiagift Launches Valentine Gifts That Are Suitable for
Every Occasion, Business Wire India
Jan 2019
Giftalove Presents Its New Range of Valentine Gifts 2019,
Braces to Celebrate Love, Punekar News
Jan 2019
Andersen Corporation Delivers Cheer to Veterans With
Cheeriodicals, PR Newswire
Dec 2018
Hamper Company receives funding from DIT in time for
Christmas, East Midlands Business LInk
Dec 2018
Dad’s Solution to Buying Presents—Hire Someone Else to Do
It, The Wall Street Journal
Nov 2018
Social Network and Wish List App for Gift-Giving, ElfShare,
Goes Live, PRWeb
Oct 2018
Branding and Social Media Help Seller Expand Beyond Etsy,
EcommerceBytes
Sep 2018 Frida Kahlo Adds Fire to Flamingo Candles, License Global
Aug 2018 Photobox Group Greetz latest acquisition, PrintWeek
Aug 2018
Twenty Seven granted cobalt prospect in McArthur Basin of
Northern Territory, Mining Capital
Jul 2018
Nothing could be more exciting than these newly launched
rakhi gifts by Dezains, newKerala.com
Jul 2018
MentalHappy helps companies send custom care packages to
employees going through a rough time, TechCrunch
Jun 2018
Thegiftmagic.com Launched to Keep India’s Gifting Industry
Relevant & Ahead of the Time, Core Sector Communique
News
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5
14
52
569
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
E-Commerce > Horizontal > Retail: Market Factsheet
48
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies that source products
from merchants/vendors and
offer them for sale on their
platform
My 1st Years
(2010, London, $8.5M)
Fanchest
(2015, New York City, $5.4M)
Man Crates
(2011, Redwood City, $3.1M)
Packed Party
(2013, Austin, $1.5M)
CherryTin
(2012, Chennai, $301k)
Top Companies
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
Companies Created 569 | Funded 52 | Total Funding $70.3M
0
5
10
$0k
$20M
$40M
$60M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Retail
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Retail
Analyst’s Pick
My 1st Years (2010, London, $8.5M)
Online retailer of personalized gifts
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Hargreave Hale, ProVen VCTs, Beringea
Fanchest (2015, New York City, $5.4M)
Online gifting platform for sports fans
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Nicholas Horbaczewski, GoAhead Ventures,
Connected VC and 2 Other Investors
Man Crates (2011, Redwood City, $3.1M)
Manufacturer of personalized gifting platform for
men
Minicorn. Stage: Seed
Tekton Ventures, Corazon Capital, Sovereign
Capital and 5 Other Investors
Packed Party (2013, Austin, $1.5M)
Online gifting platform for multi-category products
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Analyst’s Pick
CherryTin (2012, Chennai, $301k)
Online retail gift store
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Alok Ohrie, Rajesh Rege, Jeby Cherian and 6 Other
Investors
FTD (1910, Downers Grove)
Online retailer of flowers and gift articles
Editor's Pick. Stage: Public
Yarrowkart (2016, Chennai)
Online platform for multi-category gifting products
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Retail
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Retail
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Fanchest 2015
New York
City
Seed $5.4M 3 - - - - 4.6k - - 1 - - 473 12%
5.0 Paladone 1994
Shoreham-
by-sea
Series A $18.1M 1 - 3 - - 9k 8k 19 3 12 171% 543 6%
4.9 My 1st Years 2010 London Series A $8.5M 1 - - - - 9.5k - - 4 - - 380 4%
4.6 Boomf 2014 London Series A $2.1M 2 - - - - 7.1k - - 3 - - 82 1%
4.5 Winni 2012 Bangalore Funded - - - 4 - - 6.1k 75k 3.8k - 3.5k
1164
%
2.3k 59%
4.4
GettingPerso
nal
2005
Wythensha
we
Acquired $6.1M 1 - - - - 15.9k - - - - - 854 6%
4.3 Man Crates 2011
Redwood
City
Seed $3.1M 1 - - - - 4.4k - - 2 - - 78 2%
4.3 Greetz 2004 Amsterdam Acquired $15.8M 2 - 3 - - 5.7k 300k 1.6k 1 30 2% -66 -1%
3.9
Funky
Pigeon
2009 Bristol Unfunded - - - 4 - - 13.3k 758k 5.3k 2 254 5% 207 2%
3.6 Joi Gifts 2015 Dubai Funded - - - 5 - - 312 3k 47 1 15 47% 99 46%
3.4 Greetabl 2012 Saint Louis Seed $1.7M 5 - - - - 2.5k - - 2 - - -33 -1%
3.2 IGP.com 2001 Noida Seed $2.1M 2 - - - - - - - 4 - - - -
3.2 Printcious 2015 Klang Seed $112k 1 - - - - 47 - - 1 - - 14 42%
3.2 Bleems 2012 Kuwait City Unfunded - - - 4 - - 1.6k 30k 102 - 21 26% 80 5%
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#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Digital+Physical
Companies Created 35 | Funded 11 | Total Funding $9.7M
Market: Digital+Physical
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Digital+Physical
#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Digital+Physical
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#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Subscription
Companies Created 27 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $125M
Market: Subscription
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Subscription
#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Subscription
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Subscription
#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Subscription
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#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Corporate Gifts
Companies Created 42 | Funded 6 | Total Funding $42.3M
Market: Corporate Gifts
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Corporate Gifts
#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Corporate Gifts
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Corporate Gifts
#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Corporate Gifts
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Physical
Companies Created 88 | Funded 17 | Total Funding $42.3M
Market: Physical
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Physical
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Physical
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#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Experiences
Companies Created 80 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $6.9M
Market: Experiences
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Experiences
#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Experiences
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Experiences
#8 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Experiences
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#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Pre-owned cards
Companies Created 16 | Funded 3 | Total Funding $172M
Market: Pre-owned cards
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Pre-owned cards
#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Pre-owned cards
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Pre-owned cards
#9 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Pre-owned cards
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#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Equity Cards
Companies Created 10 | Funded 2 | Total Funding $45.1M
Market: Equity Cards
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#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Equity Cards
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Online Gifting > Market Details > Market: Equity Cards
#10 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Equity Cards
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Contents
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Notable Acquisitions
Top Acquirers
Acqui-hires
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Apr 2019
Data as a Service
Apr 2019
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Apr 2019
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Public companies
73
List of Public Companies in Online Gifting
IPO Date Company
IPO
Mcap
Exchange
Ticker
Feb 2005
FTD (1910, Downers Grove)
Online retailer of flowers and gift articles
$377M NASDAQ:FTD
Aug 1999
1-800-Flowers.com (1976, New York City)
Online florist and gifting retail shop
NASDAQ:FLWS
Ackroo (2012, Ottawa)
Gift card & loyalty program for businesses
CVE:AKR
Coastal Integrated Services (2018, Cheyenne)
Online gifting platform for multi-category products
Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Public Companies
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Notable Acquisitions (1/3)
74
Notable Acquisitions in Online Gifting
Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2019 YTD
Acquirer: Pine labs Deal: $110M
QwikCilver (2008, Bangalore, $25.1M)
Multi-brand gift card store and B2B backend
technology provider
2018
Acquirer: Synchrony
Loop Commerce (2012, San Francisco, $29M)
E-gifting Saas platform
2017
Acquirer: Blackhawk Network
Deal: $175M
CashStar (2007, Portland, $41M)
Digital Gifting & Incentives Company
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Notable Acquisitions in Online Gifting
Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2016
Acquirer: Bed Bath & BeyondDeal: $200M
PersonalizationMall.com (1998, Chicago)
Online gifting retail shop
2015
Acquirer: LFPI Group
Interflora (1923, Berlin, $37.1M)
Online flower retail shop
2014
Acquirer: FTD Deal: $430M
Provide Commerce (1998, California)
E-commerce Gifting Company
Acquirer: FTD Deal: $440M
ProFlowers (1998, San Diego, $35M)
Online gifting platform for flowers
Acquirer: CardCash
Plastic Jungle (2006, San Mateo, $23.4M)
Gift card exchange platform
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Notable Acquisitions in Online Gifting
Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2011
Acquirer: Photobox Deal: $196M
Moonpig (2000, London)
Personalized greeting cards retailer
2009
Acquirer:
SendOutCards (2009, Salt Lake City)
Community-based platform to send greeting card
Before 2008
Acquirer: Provide CommerceDeal: $5.7M
RedEnvelope (1999, San Diego, $64M)
RedEnvelope is an e-commerce marketplace for
gifts
Acquirer: The Knot Deal: $61.7M
WeddingChannel (1996, Los Angeles, $30.3M)
Online marketplace for wedding services and gift
registry
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Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Most Active Acquirers
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Acqui-hires
78
List of Acqui-hires in Online Gifting
Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Date Target
Jun-16 Slide Acq by Raise
Aug-12 Giftiki Acq by LaunchRock
Online Gifting > Exit Outlook > Acqui-hires
View all 2 Acqui-hired companies on Tracxn Platform
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Details on VC & PE Investors
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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Apr 2019
Mobile App Studios
Apr 2019
Vernacular Platforms
Mar 2019
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Online Gifting > Investors > Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
Index of Top Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Online Gifting; Last 5 years (May 2014 - Apr 2019)
Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Blume Ventures (2 Investments)
New Enterprise Associates
Upfront Ventures
360 Capital Partners
Truffle Capital
Ventureast
Middleland Capital
Milliways Ventures
Freestyle Capital
Rothenberg Ventures
Great Oaks Venture Capital
Founders' Co-op
Slow Ventures
OVO Fund
Dorm Room Fund
EARLY STAGE
Sequoia Capital (2 Investments)
Forerunner Ventures (2 Investments)
Bessemer Venture Partners
New Enterprise Associates
Kleiner Perkins
Highland Capital Partners
General Catalyst Partners
Mayfield
Qualcomm Ventures
First Round Capital
Eight Roads Ventures
Partech
XAnge
LDC
Blumberg Capital
LATE STAGE
Accel
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Partech
Comcast Ventures
Founders Circle Capital
Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
NextEquity
Tekton Ventures
North Hill Ventures
Mosaik Partners
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Online Gifting > Investors > Blume Ventures
People
Investments
[Unicorn] Ola (2011, Bangalore, $3.6B, Series J)
App-based asset-light cab operator
[Unicorn] Zomato (2008, Gurgaon, $688M, Series I)
Online platform for food discovery, ordering, and table booking at
restaurants
[Soonicorn] GreyOrange (2011, Gurgaon, $180M, Series C)
Develops warehouse automation robots
[Soonicorn] Turtlemint (2015, Mumbai, $34.3M, Series B)
Aggregator of insurance products
[Minicorn] Unacademy (2015, Bangalore, $39.7M, Series C)
Online learning platform offering crowd sourced courses on multiple
subjects
[Minicorn] Locus (2015, Bangalore, $32.5M, Series B)
Delivery automation solutions for on-demand businesses
[Minicorn] NowFloats (2012, Hyderabad, $30.6M, Series B)
SaaS platform for online website creation
[Minicorn] Dunzo (2015, Bangalore, $27M, Series C)
Mobile-based concierge services provider
[Minicorn] HealthifyMe (2012, Bangalore, $25.3M, Series B)
Online fitness tracker and meal planning platform
[Minicorn] Servify (2015, Mumbai, $19.4M, Series B)
Mobile app to book electronics repair services
[Minicorn] MilkBasket (2015, Gurgaon, $19M, Series A)
Subscription based daily need items delivery
[Minicorn] Cashify (2013, Gurgaon, $17.8M, Series C)
Online buy-back platform for used gadgets
[Minicorn] SlicePay (2015, Bangalore, $17.5M, Series A)
EMI based purchase loans for students
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Sanjay Nath
Co-Founder &
Managing Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
May 2018 Swych Acquires Gift Cards India (GCI Network), PRWeb
Giftery
(2011, Mumbai, $300k)
GiftCardsIndia
(2010, Mumbai)
Acq by Swych - May 2018
2
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Follow On New Investments
-
-
-
-
3
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed3
-
-
-
-
India
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Online Gifting > Investors > New Enterprise Associates
People
Investments
[Soonicorn] Raise (2013, Chicago, $147M, Series C)
P2P used Gift Card Marketplace
Online Gifting Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $9B, Public)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
[Unicorn] Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B, Public)
Multimedia messaging application
[Unicorn] Intarcia (1997, Boston, $1.5B, Series J)
Osmotic pump for subcutaneous drug delivery
[Unicorn] Opendoor (2014, San Francisco, $1.3B, Series F)
Residential re-selling solution provider.
[Unicorn] Bloom Energy (2001, Sunnyvale, $1.2B, Public)
Builds solid oxide fuel cell technology
[Unicorn] Groupon (2008, Chicago, $1.1B, Public)
Daily deals website
[Unicorn] 23andMe (2006, Mountain View, $791M, Series F)
Enables customers to study their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited
traits
[Unicorn] Box (2005, Los Altos, $701M, Public)
File sharing in the cloud
[Unicorn] Vonage (2001, Holmdel, $671M, Public)
Offers VoIP services
[Unicorn] Houzz (2009, Palo Alto, $614M, Series E)
Online commerce and community platform for home remodeling and
design
[Unicorn] Automation Anywhere (2006, San Jose, $550M,
Series A)
Robotic Process Automation platform for Enterprises
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Dick Kramlich
Co-Founder
Frank Bonsal
Co-Founder
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Nov 2018
Nairobi’s iHub becomes Africa’s first tokenised tech
incubator, IT News Africa
Nov 2018
iHub becomes first tokenised accelerator after deal that
will digitize all its assets, Techmoran
Nov 2018
iHub announces plans to be 1st tokenised African tech
accelerator, CIO East Africa
Aug 2018
VCs need right information to make the winning call,
Indiatimes
Sep 2017
Raise Secures $60 Million in Series C Funding Round, Led
by Accel, to Drive Growth and Expand Mobile Payments
Network, Business Wire
May 2017 Raise Launches New Mobile Wallet App, PR Newswire
Jan 2015
Raise grabs $56M to help you sell your gift card for cash |
VentureBeat, VentureBeat
Nov 2014
Raise.com’s New App Lets You Buy Discounted Gift Cards
To Instantly Save While Shopping, TechCrunch
None
11 1
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Follow On New Investments
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-
1
-
1
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed1
1
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US
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Online Gifting > Investors > Middleland Capital
People
Investments
[Minicorn] UrbanStems (2013, Washington D.C., $14.9M, Series
A)
On demand flower delivery
Online Gifting Notable Portfolio
[Soonicorn] Ozon (1998, Moscow, $268M, Series D)
On-line seller for Russian products
[Soonicorn] Shift Technologies (2013, San Francisco, $223M,
Series D)
Online marketplace for buying and selling of used cars
[Soonicorn] AeroFarms (2004, New York City, $55.7M, Series D)
Soil less cultivation systems in vertical indoor farms
[Minicorn] Benson Hill Biosystems (2012, St. Louis, $99.3M,
Series C)
Developing crop traits for efficient photosynthesis
[Minicorn] FiscalNote (2013, Washington D.C., $30M, Series C)
Real-Time Government Regulations Analysis Platform
[Minicorn] Super (2014, San Francisco, $30M, Series B)
Subscription for home care & repair services
[Minicorn] Carbon38 (2012, Los Angeles, $26M, Series A)
Online retailer of activewear
[Minicorn] Sentera (2014, Minneapolis, $22.1M, Series A)
Provides complete software & hardware solutions for precision
agriculture & infrastructure inspections
[Minicorn] Plant Response (2008, Madrid, $13M, Series B)
Manufacturer and distributor of biological farm inputs
[Minicorn] Conservis (2009, Minneapolis, $11M, Series A)
Farm business management solutions provider
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Scott Horner
CEO & MD
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Dec 2018
UrbanStems Welcomes a New Creative Director,
Accenture Names a Chief Data Scientist, Citybizlist
Mar 2018
UrbanStems Has A New Collab With Bumble For
International Women’s Day, Citybizlist
Jan 2018
DC-based Flower Delivery Service UrbanStems Teams
With Vogue, Citybizlist
Dec 2017
Flower Delivery Startup Brings In $6.6 Million,
NewsCenter
Jun 2017
UrbanStems Secures $6 Million - NewsCenter.io,
NewsCenter
Feb 2017
UrbanStems goes live in Austin offering same-day, flat-
rate flower delivery, builtinaustin.com
Apr 2016 UrbanStems raises $6.8 mln - PE Hub, PE Hub
Jul 2015
UrbanStems Delivers Happiness (Well, Flowers) On
Demand, TechCrunch
Feb 2015 UrbanStems Announces $1.5 Million in Funding , PRWeb
None
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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Follow On New Investments
-
-
-
-
1
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed1
-
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US
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Freestyle Capital
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Rothenberg Ventures
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Dorm Room Fund
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Online Gifting > Investors > Dorm Room Fund
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Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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Seed Stage
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Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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Online Gifting > Investors > Index of Ecosystem Investors
Index of Top Ecosystem Investors in Online Gifting; Q2 2014 - Q2 2019
Index of Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
500 Startups (7 Investments)
Techstars (6 Investments)
Y Combinator (4 Investments)
MergeLane (3 Investments)
Plug and Play Tech Center (2 Investments)
Startupbootcamp (2 Investments)
NXTP Labs (2 Investments)
IIDF (2 Investments)
Digital Magics (2 Investments)
Velocity (2 Investments)
Innovation Works
Brand Capital
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
Axilor Ventures
Arch Grants
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Kima Ventures (3 Investments)
Amazon (2 Investments)
Credit Suisse
Wells Fargo
UK Government
Rabobank
Hearst
Qualcomm
KfW Bankengruppe
Credit Agricole CIB
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
EBay
CrunchFund
RBC Royal Bank
Spring Lake Equity Partners
DEBT INVESTORS
Pinnacle Ventures (2 Investments)
Western Technology Investment (2
Investments)
Export Development Canada
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People
Investments
[Unicorn] Grab (2012, Singapore, $8.2B, Series H)
Technology company focused on on-demand transportation services
[Unicorn] Credit Karma (2007, San Francisco, $370M, Series D)
Aggregator of various consumer financial products.
[Unicorn] Intercom (2011, San Francisco, $241M, Series D)
Customer communication and Retention Platform
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Unicorn] Gitlab (2014, San Francisco, $166M, Series D)
Code collaboration tool
[Unicorn] Talkdesk (2011, San Francisco, $128M, Series B)
Browser based call center
[Soonicorn] Carousell (2012, Singapore, $183M, Series C)
Online listing platform for multi-category pre-owned products
[Soonicorn] VTS (2011, New York City, $178M, Series D)
Leasing and asset management software for real estate investment
[Soonicorn] Smule (2008, San Francisco, $176M, Series F)
Developer of social music creation and sharing apps
[Soonicorn] Udemy (2010, San Francisco, $173M, Series D)
Marketplace for online courses
[Soonicorn] Clip (2012, Mexico City, $160M, Series C)
mPoS solution provider
[Soonicorn] Knotel (2015, New York City, $160M, Series B)
Managed co-working space for startups.
[Soonicorn] Akulaku (2014, Pasig, $145M, Series C)
Mobile app which gives cardless installment payment
[Soonicorn] Flywire (2009, Boston, $137M, Series D)
Global money transfer in local currency
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Christine Tsai
Co-Founder & CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Global Gift Cards Market Growth Factor 2019 –
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Edge Loyalty Systems
Pty Ltd., Gyft, InComm, Tech Dose Daily
Dec 2018 Everplus Invests in Gloe Brands & Bitmo, BevNET
Jun 2018 NXTP Labs Announces New Investments , LAVCA
Mar 2017
Online florist BloomThis raises US$600K to expand into
Singapore and Indonesia, E27
Feb 2017
Gift Card Giants Gyft And eGifter Force Wallets For Bitcoin
Payments, CryptoCoinsNews
Aug 2016
Here’s the 18th batch of companies from 500 Startups,
TechCrunch
Gyft
(2012, San Francisco, $6.9M)
Acq by First Data - Jul 2014
Giftcard Zen
(2012, Phoenix, $150k)
Acq by RetailMeNot - Apr 2016
Giftcard Zen
(2012, Phoenix, $150k)
Acq by RetailMeNot - Apr 2016
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Latam
Nigeria
SEA
Europe
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[Minicorn] LovePop Cards (2014, Boston, $26.6M, Series A)
Online platform for sending personalized greeting cards
Online Gifting Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Unicorn] Outreach (2013, Seattle, $239M, Series E)
SaaS based Lead Engagement Tools
[Soonicorn] ClassPass (2011, New York City, $308M, Series D)
Membership programs for fitness classes across multiple gyms
[Soonicorn] Remitly (2011, Seattle, $227M, Series D)
Cross-border money transfer using banking networks.
[Soonicorn] DataRobot (2012, Boston, $225M, Series D)
Automated machine learning platform for data science applications
[Soonicorn] SalesLoft (2011, Atlanta, $146M, Series D)
Sales Prospecting and email engagement tool
[Soonicorn] Leanplum (2012, San Francisco, $145M, Series D)
Mobile A/B testing, personalization & analytics platform
[Soonicorn] DigitalOcean (2011, New York City, $134M, Series
B)
Cloud computing platform to build, deploy and scale cloud applications
[Soonicorn] Zipline (2014, San Francisco, $131M, Series C)
Delivery drones for medicine and vaccine delivery
[Soonicorn] Wynd (2013, Paris, $127M, Series C)
Provider of cloud-based PoS solution for the restaurants, hospitality
and retail industries
[Soonicorn] SendBird (2013, San Francisco, $118M, Series B)
Messaging and chat API/SDK
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
David Cohen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Brad Feld
Co-Founder & Partner
David Brown
Founder & Co-CEO
David Cohen
Founder & Co-CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Mar 2019
Lovepop Opens First Brick and Mortar Store at New York
City's Hudson Yards, GlobeNewswire
Feb 2019
Catapult Capital catches JibJab, Global Corporate
Venturing
Feb 2019
St. Cloud Capital Announces Investment In JibJab, PR
Newswire
Feb 2019
Catapult Capital Announces Acquisition of JibJab, PR
Newswire
Dec 2018
Millennials Consider Themselves More Thoughtful Than
Their Parents, PRWeb
Aug 2018
David's Bridal Announces Asset Acquisition of
Technology Company Blueprint Registry to Increase
Service Offering, PR Newswire
Jan 2018
Lovepop Announces An Investment Of $12.5 Mln Led By
Highland Capital Partners, Reuters
Nov 2017
Lovepop Partners with HBO Global Licensing & GAME OF
THRONES®, PR Newswire
Jun 2017
Lovepop filed for patent on pop-up greeting cards months
before suing N.Y. rival, The Business Journals
May 2017 Lovepop Partners with The Beatles, Citybizlist
JibJab
(1999, Los Angeles, $17M)
Acq by Catapult Capital - Feb
2019
Blueprint Registry
(2015, New York City, $1.6M)
Acq by Davids Bridal - Aug
2018
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[Unicorn] Airbnb (2008, San Francisco, $3.4B, Series F)
Marketplace for vacation rental accommodations
[Unicorn] Instacart (2012, San Francisco, $2.8B, Series G)
Marketplace for same-day grocery delivery
[Unicorn] Rappi (2015, Bogota, $1.5B, Series E)
On-demand delivery services for multi-vertical products
[Unicorn] DoorDash (2013, Palo Alto, $1.4B, Series F)
On-demand food delivery marketplace
[Unicorn] Flexport (2013, San Francisco, $1.3B, Series E)
Online freight forwarder
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $856M, Series E)
API-linked payment gateway for transaction processing
[Unicorn] Dropbox (2007, San Francisco, $607M, Public)
Cloud-based file sharing and synchronization software
[Unicorn] Zenefits (2013, San Francisco, $584M, Series C)
SaaS HR Platform for SMBs
[Unicorn] Coinbase (2012, San Francisco, $547M, Series E)
Digital currency exchange & wallet provider
[Unicorn] Ginkgo Bioworks (2008, Boston, $429M, Series D)
Designs microbes to produce cultured ingredients
[Unicorn] Gusto (2011, San Francisco, $316M, Series C)
Cloud-based HRMS and payroll management solution
[Unicorn] Docker (2008, San Francisco, $273M, Series E)
LXC based OS-level virtualization technology and PaaS
[Unicorn] MZ (Machine Zone) (2008, Palo Alto, $263M, Series B)
Mobile game developer
[Unicorn] Quora (2009, Mountain View, $226M, Series D)
Social Q&A community
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Jessica
Livingston
Co-Founder & Partner
Trevor
Blackwell
Co-Founder
Paul Graham
Co-Founder
Robert Morris
Co-Founder
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Sep 2018
BloomThat pauses on-demand flower services,
TechCrunch
Jan 2018
A flower giant has reportedly acquired BloomThat, an on-
demand flower startup, TechCrunch
Jan 2017
Cardpool Makes it Easier to Buy and Sell Gift Cards, PR
Newswire
Feb 2016
BloomThat Now Delivers Flowers Nationwide,
TechCrunch
Jul 2015
Y Combinator-backed Gemnote Saves Companies From
Cheesy Gift Baskets, TechCrunch
Jun 2015
BloomThat Grows Beyond Flower Delivery To Gifts With
$5.5M, TechCrunch
Feb 2014
Flower delivery startup BloomThat grabs $2 mln - PE
Hub, PE Hub
Feb 2014
Y Combinator's BloomThat takes a tech-savvy approach
to sending flowers | VentureBeat, VentureBeat
Nov 2013
Meet the 16 Startups in the Latest Accelerate Series - Y
Combinator Summer 2013 Batch | FundersClub,
FundersClub
BloomThat
(2012, San Francisco, $7.5M)
Acq by FTD - Jan 2018
Spark Gift
(2015, San Francisco, $120k)
Acq by Stockpile - Jun 2016
Cardpool
(2009, San Francisco)
Acq by Blackhawk Network -
Oct 2011
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Export Development Canada
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May 2019 Saudi's Resal raises $800,000, Wamda
May 2019
MOBI724 Announces Agreement to Sell Certain Loyalty Based
Contracts to Ackroo so as to Focus on the Scale up of its Fintech
Business, GlobeNewswire
May 2019 Netflix buys kids show producer StoryBots, Reuters
May 2019 New Digital Financial Advice Service – OpenMoney, Fintech Finance
May 2019
UK's floral brand La Fleur hopes to make a bumper harvest in India,
Business Standard
May 2019 PrePay Solutions Powers Virgin Experience Days, Fintech Finance
May 2019
Alyce Introduces New, Recipient-First Approach to Premium
Branded Products with Swag Select™, Business Wire
May 2019 Garçon Wines makes Moonpig debut, Plastics News Europe
May 2019 Flower power as PR Agency One picks up online florist, Prolific North
May 2019 Petalfox Expands to the East Coast, GlobeNewswire
Apr 2019
1-800-Flowers stock gains after issuing rosy fiscal 4Q guidance,
Proactive Investors
Apr 2019
Gifto Abandons Ethereum, Migrates Over to Binance Chain, a
Blockchain that is Less Costly, Simple to Use, Crowdfund Insider
Apr 2019 Ackroo reports FY results, Seeking Alpha
Apr 2019
Pine Labs Acquires the Bengaluru-based Gift Solutions Company,
Qwikcilver, BusinessEx
Apr 2019
Digital Payments Company Pine Labs to Acquire Qwikcilver,
SMEStreet
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Apr 2019
E commerce Firm FlowerAura Forecasts Rs 300 Cr Revenue By
2021, BW Businessworld
Apr 2019
PVR Cinemas partners with GyFTR (Vouchagram) to power its e-gift
vouchers, TechStory
Apr 2019 MIP leads €2m series-A for flower delivery startup Colvin, Unquote
Apr 2019 Ferns N Petals eyes IPO in 2020 to fund expansion, Indiatimes
Apr 2019
PG&E in talks with BlueMountain to possibly expand board:
sources, Reuters
Apr 2019
MyRegistry.com Announces that Spring Graduations are the Next
Greatest Gift to Retailers After Weddings, PRWeb
Apr 2019
YouGotaGift launches a rewards platform to help HR Managers to
recognize & reward employees, Techmoran
Apr 2019
Bitcoin Solutions, Inc. / Mybitcards.com announces a new
distribution partner CardCash.com to sell its Bitcoin Gift Cards in
the USA, PR Newswire
Apr 2019
Qwikcilver reaches 80% of repeated transactions on Woohoo
thanks to CleverTap, PR Newswire
Apr 2019
Ritch Mueller and Mijares drive through solar financing,
latinlawyer.com
Mar 2019
Vietnamese digital gifting startup nabs seed funding to expand into
SEA, Tech in Asia
Mar 2019 Tapa Republic secures site for AppleYard, MCA
Mar 2019
ZEE5 associates with gift technology stalwart Qwikcilver,
Indiantelevision.com
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Mar 2019
OurCrowd Portfolio Company Bouqs Seeks to Disrupt Online Florist
Business. Better Flowers, Lower Price – Just What Consumers Want
& Need, Crowdfund Insider
Mar 2019
Venus ET Fleur, The Original Long-Lasting Rose Atelier, Launches
New Bridal Collection Of Bespoke Bouquets, PR Newswire
Mar 2019 FlowerAura unveils Colourful Holi Gifts, hospibuz.com
Mar 2019
India: Pine Labs acquires QwikCilver in $110m deal, Sistema Asia
Fund exits, Deal Street Asia
Mar 2019
Mylist Platform Thrives With Diversity via NamSor Algorithm
Software, Newswire
Mar 2019
British Airways teams up with My 1st Years for dedicated kids
zones, Preschool News
Mar 2019
Lovepop Opens First Brick and Mortar Store at New York City's
Hudson Yards, GlobeNewswire
Mar 2019
2019 Study on Odoo 10 Enterprise Solution vs Microsoft Dynamics
365: An Extensive, Side-by-Side Comparison -
ResearchAndMarkets.com, Business Wire
Mar 2019 CASE STUDY: Funky Pigeon flying high, retailtechnology.co.uk
Mar 2019 Bluegrass Digital supports online florist Bloomable, Telecompaper
Mar 2019
Dutch banking giant Rabobank invests €7.5M in unique
subscription-based flower delivery startup Bloomon, Silicon Canals
Mar 2019 Malaysia's Tealive partners Japan's giftee Inc, The Star Online
Mar 2019 Wedding company Zola tries on brick-and-mortar, AdAge India
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Mar 2019
Smilebox Launches New, Intuitive eCard Add-On for First-Ever
Gmail Implementation, Business Wire
Feb 2019 Presto Raises $30M, Hospitality Tech
Feb 2019 Kettle Chips unveils on-pack promo, Asian Trader
Feb 2019
Future Group’s too many diversification was a mistake: CEO Kishore
Biyani, hospibuz.com
Feb 2019
Vietnam’s VinaCapital backs two local tech start-ups, Asian Venture
Capital Journal
Feb 2019
London’s FLOWERBX blooms with multi-million pound US
expansion plan, Bdaily
Feb 2019 Stored Value Solutions Acquires Buyatab, CNW
Feb 2019 Amazon looks to clean up rivals with pvt label Presto!, Indiatimes
Feb 2019 Catapult Capital catches JibJab, Global Corporate Venturing
Feb 2019
Global Gift Card Market Insights 2019-2025: epay Worldwide,
Incomm, Blackhawk Network, Cashstar, iTunes Card Delivery,
Industry News Report
Feb 2019 St. Cloud Capital Announces Investment In JibJab, PR Newswire
Feb 2019
Global Gift Cards Market Growth Factor 2019 – Blackhawk Network
Holdings, Inc., Edge Loyalty Systems Pty Ltd., Gyft, InComm, Tech
Dose Daily
Feb 2019
Loyalty program, everyday gifting props up 1-800-FLOWERS ahead
of Valentine's Day, Confectionery News
Feb 2019 Tango Card Acquires GiftCertificates.com, PR Newswire
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Public Companies
Acquired Companies
Funded Companies
Investment Trends
Recent Investments
Mega Investments
Investment Trend
Markets
BlueBox
Taxonomy
News
Key News
Recent News
Company Stage
Seed Funded
Early Stage (Series A/B)
Late Stage (Series C+)
Acqui-hires
Deadpooled
Investors Acquirers
Unicorn Investors
Most Active Investors
Most Active VC &PE Investors
Portfolio of Top Investor
Most Active Acquirer
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