The pandemic was the best thing that ever happened to home goods. Yup, I just said it. In the 6 months following the start of a global pandemic, the entire furniture world has been forced to come to grips with a new reality. The evidence is stark. And the direction of consumer spending habits is pretty much irrefutable. Here’s what we’ve learned:
The ticker: Very relevant reads 🔥🔥🔥
CommerceBear named one of Canada’s most innovative tech companies 🚀🚀🚀 We are beyond humbled to be included in this year’s CIX Top 20 list, alongside other category defining companies and CIX alumni like Shopify, Nulogy, Wealthsimple, Clearbanc, to name a few. You can check out the full release here.
You could have made a lot of $$$ in online furniture. If you invested $10K in Overstock.com on March 19th, you would have $182.6K right now, just 6 months later. Insane stuff to be honest.
A leading California based furniture manufacturer built a powerful online channel with Bear. It’s a compelling story about how they built a scalable and dependable ecomm revenue stream after 40+ years in the industry. Read their story here (3min).
Snowflake just had the largest software IPO ever, valuing the company at $33B. What's crazy is how much money one of their earliest investors made today 👀 Sutter Hill Ventures (Palo Alto, CA) led Snowflake's $5M Series A in 2012. Their 50K shares are now worth $12B. Just think about that for a second. To read more about how this low-profile investor pulled it off, check out this story (4min read).
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As always, be excellent to each other.
Sam Vlessing
Founder & CEO | CommerceBear