Foraged, a Washington, DC-based marketplace for wild and specialty foods, raised $2.7M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, StubHub co-founder Eric Baker, Shopify President Harley Finkelstein, and Fiverr founder and CEO Micha Kaufman.
The company intends to use the funds to enhance its suite of tools and features to deliver an imrpvided platform for buyers and sellers alike in the online marketplace.
Founded in 2021 by Jack Hamrick (CEO) and Andy Conner, Foraged makes it easy for consumers to buy wild and specialty foods from independent foragers and farmers. The platform handles everything from shipping (especially for perishable goods) to secure payment processing via Stripe to a mobile app for messaging customers, uploading photos of products, and managing local pickups.
Over the past year, Foraged has experienced more than 400% revenue growth from customers in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. ì
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12/07/2023