Soonicorn Club
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Minicorn
Floyd (2013, Detroit, $5.6M) – Direct to consumer self assemble furniture
Market: Online Retail > Home Decor & Furniture > Horizontal > Private Label
Analyst Picks
- Sukkhi Fashion Jewellery (2016, Mumbai) – Internet-first brand of jewelry
Market: Online Retail > Fashion > Accessories > Jewelry > Private Label - Cosy Chic Pet Boutique (2016, Coventry) – Online private label brand of pet products
Market: Online Retail > Pets > Horizontal > Private Label - Leflair Vietnam (2015, Ho Chi Minh City, $5M) – Platform providing international fashion brands in Vietnam
Market: Online Retail > Horizontal > Retailer > Cross Border - Otrium (2015, Amsterdam, $1.8M) – Sample sales platform for fashion for selling excess inventory
Market: Online Retail > Horizontal > Marketplace > Fashion - Pasarwarga (2015, Jakarta) – Online marketplace for multi-category products
Market: Online Retail > Horizontal > Marketplace > Assisted Purchase
Funding Rounds
Series B, $45M
NA-KD.com (2015, Gothenburg, $66.1M) – Online fashion retailer
Investors: Partech Ventures, MADE.COM, Northzone, eEquity, FJ Labs, Filip Engelbert, Jonas Nordlander
Series A, $12.5M
LovePop Cards (2014, Boston, $21.3M) – Online platform for sending personalized greeting cards
Investors: Highland Capital Partners, Accomplice, Niraj Shah, Wayne Chang, Jason Robins, Bob White
Series A, $6.0M
Rockets of Awesome (2016, New York City, $25.5M) – Personalized Subscription Box for Kids Apparel
Series B, $6M
LivSpace (2012, Bangalore, $35.2M) – Online retail for in-home designs and furniture
Investors: Deep Nishar, Gokul Rajaram, Rajeev Madhavan
Series A, $5.6M
Floyd (2013, Detroit, $5.6M) – Direct to consumer self assemble furniture
Investors: Beringea
Series A, $3M
Leflair Vietnam (2015, Ho Chi Minh City, $5M) – Platform providing international fashion brands in Vietnam
Investors: cm-group.com
Series A, $2.8M
Citiesocial (2010, Taipei, $2.8M) – Online B2C flash sales platform for hand picked luxury goods
Investors: Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, CDIB Capital, Cherubic Ventures
Seed, $1.1M
Preemadonna (2013, Menlo Park, $1.1M) – Smart nail decorating and polishing robot
Angel, $918K
Otrium (2015, Amsterdam, $1.8M) – Sample sales platform for fashion for selling excess inventory
Investors: Adriaan Mol, Fred Gehring, Ludo Onnink
Conventional Debt, $275K
Criquet Shirts (2010, Austin, $2.1M) – Men’s Fashion apparel and accessories Brand
Angel
Buttercups (2011, Bangalore, $1.2M) – Online private label lingerie brand
Investors: Rajan Anandan, Kanwaljit Singh, Anand Chandrasekaran, Chandra Chappadi
Series B
Beautycounter (2013, Santa Monica, $65M) – Line of beauty products
Investors: TPG
Series B
Eloquii (2011, Columbus, $23.3M) – Online brand store for women plus size fashion clothing
Investors: Halogen Ventures
Series C
Tiki.vn (2010, Ho Chi Minh City, $61.0M) – Online retail platform
Investors: Jingdong Group, VNG Corporation
M&A
- Future Group in talks to buy Snapdeal’s logistics arm Indiatimes
- Amazon will buy Target in 2018 to take on Walmart, VC Gene Munster predicts The Business Journals
- Richemont offers 2.8 billion euros to buy Yoox Net-A-Porter Reuters
- Liberty Interactive Completes Acquisition of HSN, Inc. Business Wire
- MidOcean Partners Acquires BH Cosmetics, a Leading Color Cosmetics Brand Business Wire
- j2 Global Completes Four Acquisitions in Q4 2017 Business Wire
- Tritax buys AO.com national distribution centre for £36.1m TheBusinessDesk
- Kroger could be looking to stock up with Overstock acquisition Food Dive
- Dubai bank acquires Amazon’s new logistics centre Arabian Business
- A flower giant has reportedly acquired BloomThat, an on-demand flower startupTechCrunch
IPO
- Xiaomi seeks public listing, as Hong Kong eager for big tech IPOs in 2018 Pakistan Today
- Rocket Internet’s Home24 reportedly planning an IPO this summer Tech.eu
Regulatory Change
- E-commerce cos Amazon, Flipkart & Snapdeal seek more time to adopt MRP normsIndiatimes
- Flipkart can’t use MarQ brand till February 5 Indiatimes
- Delhi HC restrains Flipkart from selling counterfeit goods of Cosco India Livemint
New Product Announcement
- OnePlus 5T could get Lava Red variant in India on January 26 bgr.in
- Samsung to launch `Galaxy On7 Prime` on Amazon.in Gadget2
- Amazon announces dev kit to bring Alexa to wearables Seeking Alpha
- Amazon brings voice control to its Alexa app for Android, with iOS coming soon theusafeed
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 may launch with Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC Diligent Media Corporation
- Meizu M6S Hits Geekbench, 3GB Of RAM & Android Nougat In Tow Android Headlines
- Amazon launches Echo devices and Alexa in Australia Startup Daily
- Qualcomm Introduces Breakthrough Low Power Bluetooth Audio SoC Series for Wireless Earbuds and Hearables PR Newswire
New Market Entry
- Patanjali unveils new game plan: Go online and tie up with eight e-commerce giantsIBTimes
- Saint Laurent ventures online in China as luxury portals take off Reuters
- LimeRoad joins rush for offline stores Indiatimes
- Flipkart Fashion launches Footwear Club Fibre2Fashion
- Is Amazon’s Next Target Warehouse Clubs? PYMNTS
New Geo Entry
- OnePlus opens first authorised offline store in India Indiatimes
- JD.com plans to make US foray this year btvi.in
- Amazon Prime Music expanding into India with Saregama deal Music Business Worldwide
- Amazon Coming to South Florida Commercial Property Executive
Business Partnership
- Oculus partners with Xiaomi to launch the Oculus Go and Mi VR Standalone TechCrunch
- Walmart and Rakuten partner on grocery delivery in Japan, Kobo e-books and audiobooks in U.S. TechCrunch
Company Announcement
- Amazon May Have Dropped a Clue About a Likely HQ2 Location Fortune
- Amazon Prime shipped 5 billion products in 2017, company says FOX Business
- OnePlus 6 confirmed for June launch, exploring partnerships with US carriers PC
- Amazon Music Unlimited Coming to Australia and New Zealand on February 1 Business Wire
- Flipkart to expand MarQ brand, to launch ACs and smart TVs Indiatimes
Commentary on Company
- Amazon Now Owns 1/5 of Online Grocery Progressive Grocer
- China’s JD.com targets $2 billion fundraising at logistics unit – sources Reuters
Lawsuit
- OnePlus is Investigating Alleged Credit Card Fraud Stemming From its Payment Portal JjlInternational