VarageSale
Type of site
Garage sale app
Founded2012
URLvaragesale.com

VarageSale is a virtual garage sale app that lets users buy and sell items in their communities. It currently has users across the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. The company is based in Toronto and funded by investors including Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.[1][2][3]

History

VarageSale was founded by Tami Zuckerman, an elementary school teacher living in Montreal, Quebec. While pregnant with her first child, she asked her husband Carl Mercier, a programmer, to improve on the experience of buying and selling items over social networks.[4][5]

In May of 2012, VarageSale launched its first community, "West Island Community" In Montreal's West Island sector. The company has since moved its headquarters to Toronto, Ontario.[6][7]

VarageSale was named 2014 Startup of the Year in the Canadian Startup Awards.[8] In March 2015, it was included as part of Canadian Business's list of Canada's Most Innovative Companies.[9]

On November 7, 2017 VarageSale announced it was acquired by VerticalScope, another Toronto-based company that focuses on building online communities.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Fast-growing Canadian startup VarageSale raises $34-million from Silicon Valley investors". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Loaded with funding, VarageSale looks to be the world's dominant mobile classified site". Financialpost. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Daily Startup: Fast-Growing ZenPayroll Courts Small Businesses". Wall Street Journal – Blogs. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "A Virtual Garage Sale Takes on Craigslist". Bloomberg. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Virtual garage sale launches across Charlotte area". bizjournals. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "How This Kindergarten Teacher Raised $34 Million From the Firm That Funded Apple and Google". Inc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Canadian startup VarageSale aims to make online buying, selling safer for families". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "2014 Startup of the Year". techvibes. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tech Dominates List of Canada's Most Innovative Companies". techvibes. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Mason, Quinn (20 November 2017). "Montreal-founded VarageSale acquired by VerticalScope". Montreal in Technology. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "VarageSale Acquired by VerticalScope". Digital Magazine. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.


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