2021年5月6日

华盛顿，2021年5月5日——现代花卉和礼品公司urbanstem宣布完成2000万美元的C轮融资，由SWaN & Legend Venture Partners和DFE Capital Management领投，Motley Fool Ventures、Gordon Segal、Gaingels、PAN和其他战略投资者投资。urbanstem开始颠覆过时的花卉配送系统，并开始战略性地发展业务。到目前为止，urbanstem已经筹集了4800万美元的资金。融资之际，该团队正在为母亲节做准备，这也是该公司历史上收入最高的一周。urbanstem在2020年增长了130%，其中包括;一个新的技术平台，以推动改善客户体验，新的产品类别，如干花，扩大他们的供应链和推出新的营销渠道，如电视。客户和品牌的热情导致了2021年与Vogue和Bumble的首要合作伙伴关系。有了新的融资，urbanstem将继续招聘和壮大团队，建立其领先的礼品技术平台，并扩大基础设施，以支持品牌的加速增长计划。自2018年B轮融资以来，该公司已经增长了500%，在首席执行官Seth Goldman的指导下，该公司在直接面向消费者的花卉和礼品领域的领导者地位得到了提升。“我们很高兴能与SWaN和DFE合作，继续我们的创始使命，成为重新定义人们如何相互联系的终极礼品平台。” Seth Goldman, CEO of UrbanStems. "We have seen UrbanStems build the best floral gifting brand in the US over the past four years, and are thrilled to continue to support their expansion. We are excited to continue to partner with the strong team assembled by Seth, to continue to change the course of global gifting." David Strasser, Partner at SWaN & Legend. "We are extremely excited to partner with the UrbanStems team. Based on our experience with direct to consumer brands, we see a tremendous amount of opportunity in the personalized gifting space. We strongly believe, based on their focus on product quality and customer experience, that UrbanStems is primed to accelerate their rapid growth. Their world class management team is poised to execute and win." Jason Stiles, CEO, DFE Capital Management. 2021 also included philanthropic partnerships for organizations such as Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Trevor Project, ACLU, World Central Kitchen, and Baby2Baby. About UrbanStems: UrbanStems is a modern floral and gifting company designed for thoughtful people. Through expressive bouquets and plants, as well as curated gift options, they are helping people connect and feel more cared for even from afar. UrbanStems works with the best in class designers to offer stunning bouquets and curated plants that fit every occasion. Personalized notes and gift-like packaging create a best in class gifting experience. The company launched on Valentine's Day 2014 with the aim to disrupt an outdated floral delivery system and provide a superior experience to its customers. UrbanStems now includes a team of over 100 and offers coast-to-coast next day delivery and same-day courier service in NYC and DC. For more information visit https://urbanstems.com/. Including this transaction, UrbanStems has raised over $48M in funding led by SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, DFE Capital Management, Motley Fool Ventures, Gordon Segal, Gaingels, PAN, Grotech Ventures and NextGen Venture Partners. UrbanStems was advised by Capstone Partners in the transaction.