British homeware and furniture retailer Made.com Group has announced plans to buy Trouva, a London-based marketplace for independent boutiques. Made said Monday the acquisition accelerates its “strategic priorities” and will allow it to bolster the choice and reach of its offering. It said the deal is expected to accelerate the expansion of...
9 May 2022
London-based retailer Trouva has received a 17 million pound investment to help fuel its international expansion. The funding, led by Octopus Ventures alongside C4 Ventures, Downing Ventures, BGF and LocalGlobe, will help the company “further establish itself as the global destination for the best of independent retail” and comes as the online...
28 Nov 2019
Online marketplace Trouva has announced a new partnership with real estate advisors Harper Dennis Hobbs (HDH) to help its community of 500 high street stores tackle the pressure of business rates. The partnership will see Trouva’s network of boutiques receive access to HDH’s bespoke business rates investigation and appeal services, as well as...
15 Mar 2019
Trouva , the curated online marketplace for independent bricks-and-mortar shops, has named former Uber and Betfair executive Niall Wass as non-executive director and chair, as the company expands into Amsterdam, Madrid and Copenhagen. The appointment follows a 10 million US Series A funding round last year that was led by BGF Ventures, alongside...
12 Dec 2018
Mandeep Singh is a busy man. FashionUnited catches the CEO and co-founder of e-commerce platform Trouva on the phone in between meetings and a heavy schedule of appointments. Nevertheless, Singh is chatty and evidently in a good mood. He has reason to – Trouva has just hit a big milestone with the expansion into Germany, the company’s first...
3 Jul 2018
London - Trouva, online marketplace for independent bricks-and-mortar boutiques, has successfully raised 10 million USD in a series A round of funding led by BGF Ventures, which previously backed other leading online retailers such as Asos, Farfetch and Etsy. Octopus Investments, Index Ventures, and other return investors also participated in...
14 Nov 2017
Trouva , the online platform for the UK’s independent bricks-and-mortar boutiques, marked its second birthday with a turnover growth of 1,600 percent since its launch in 2015. Trouva enables customers to shop a curated range of over 75,000 design-led products from room décor, lighting and tableware, to art & prints, storage and home furnishings...
6 Oct 2017
London - Trouva, the retail platform for independent boutiques, has celebrated its one year anniversary by releasing figures showing a 50 percent growth month-on-month. The London-based retail start-up, which bridges the gap between online and offline for independent boutiques, counts 160 retail partners across the UK which have reported sales...
23 Sept 2016
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