| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consignment, Online marketplace |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Anna Brockway, Gregg Brockway, Andrew Denmark, Eric Grosse |
| Headquarters | , United States  |
Area served | United States |
| Products | pre-owned home furnishings |
| Website | www |
Chairish is a curated online marketplace for high-end vintage home furnishings and art. [1] [2]
The company was founded by former fashion marketing executive Anna Brockway and travel industry executives Gregg Brockway (co-founder at Hotwire and TripIt, Andrew Denmark (co-founder at TripIt) and Eric Grosse (co-founder at Hotwire) in March 2013. [3] According to the founders, sustainability is a top priority among most consumers, and millennials believe the resale market plays a big role in sustainability. [4] Chairish accepts furniture and decor with no minimum listing price. Listing items is free, and the seller keeps only 55% percent of the final sale. [5] [6] In January 2019, Chairish announced the acquisition of New York-based Dering Hall, an "online discovery platform" for contemporary furniture brands and interior designers. [7] In 2020, the company launched the Chairish Podcast hosted by journalist Michael Boodro. [8] [9] In 2021, the company acquired Pamono, a major European marketplace. [5] In 2021, the company released its first Home Furnishings Resale Report, a study of the resale of home furnishings industry. [2] In January 2023, the company launched The Chairish Art Gallery, a brick-and-mortar retail experience within the New York luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman. [10]
The company raised a $3.2 million round of funding in July, 2013, [11] $4 million in August 2014 [12] and $6.5 million in June 2015, primarily from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and Azure Capital Partners. In March 2017, the company announced a new round of $8.5 million led by Altos Ventures with support from return investors OATV and Azure Capital Partners. [13] In 2020, Chairish announced a round of Series B funding of $33 million led by Austin, Texas–based firm Tritium Partners. [14]
On March 9, 2017, the company launched an in-app augmented reality feature, designed to allow buyers to visualize items in the context of their own home. [15] Subsequently, the Chairish app was named a 2017 Webby Honoree in the Mobile Site & Apps Category for Shopping. [16]
In 2018, the company ranked No. 388 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies. and No. 38 in Entrepreneur's Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America. [17] [18] The company was named to Newsweek’s Best Online Shops list in 2020 and 2022. [19] In 2020, co-founder Anna Brockway was named a Top Woman in Retail by the Women in Retail Leadership Circle. [20] In 2023, she was a recipient of a John Jay Award from Columbia College. [21]