Tech Company Financing Transactions

BlackCart Funding Round

BlackCart, operating out of Toronto ON, secured $8.8 million from Hyde Park Venture Partners, Origin Ventures and 500 Global.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/26/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,800,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Hyde Park Venture Partners (Lead Investor)

Origin Ventures (Lead Investor) (Prashant Shukla)

500 Global

Citi Ventures

private investors (Christian Sullivan)

private investors (Dean Bakes)

private investors (Gregory Rudin)

private investors (Jordan Nathan)

private investors (Nick Pirollo)

Struck Capital

Proceeds Purpose
With the additional funding, BlackCart aims to shift to paying the merchant immediately for the items at checkout, then reconciling afterwards in order to be more efficient.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
ECommerce
Mailing Address
399 Adelaide St. West 414
Toronto ON, M5V 1S1
Canada
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
BlackCart was founded on the premise of making the experience of online shopping less painful for customers, while enabling merchants to deliver the same fitting-room experience to consumers everywhere. As the first technology provider to bring try-before-you-buy to market, our expertise stems from the many experiments we've conducted to ensure a model that delivers results.
Profile
BlackCart LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
BlackCart Company Twitter Account
Company News
BlackCart News
Facebook
BlackCart on Facebook
YouTube
BlackCart on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Donny Ouyang
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Chief Technical Officer
Matthew Chan
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VP - Bus. Development
Jason Komosa
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VP - Operations
John Li
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VP - Product Management
Vahid Jozi
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