FJ Labs

We’re thrilled to be announcing our $12M Series A funding round, co-led by?FirstMark?and?Craft Ventures, and featured in?Fortune?today. This isn’t just a funding milestone—it’s a signal that the future of fashion is changing, and Pickle is leading the way. With millions of coveted pieces sitting in closets between wears, Pickle is unlocking access to high-quality wardrobes while helping people monetize their fashion investments. We’re incredibly grateful to FirstMark and Craft Ventures, along with?Burst Capital?and?FJ Labs, for their belief in our vision. These are the same investors and marketplace visionaries behind the likes of Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber, and StubHub, and they’re doubling down on Pickle because they see what we see: explosive organic growth, remarkable brand love, and a community that’s not just sharing fashion but shaping trends in real time. So, what’s next? The short version: we're enhancing the Pickle experience, expanding on-demand markets, bringing Pickle IRL with more events, activations, and real-world experiences, and growing our incredible team (so, if you or someone you know is interested in joining Pickle, be sure to check out our open roles on our Careers page!). The longer version: Our founders,?Julia O'Mara?and?Brian McMahon, break it all down in their letter to our community on our blog:?https://lnkd.in/e9r2Cs2R Last but not least, we couldn’t have reached this milestone without our incredible community—you are the reason Pickle is shaping the next generation of fashion commerce, making fashion more accessible, affordable, social and circular.

Hello REBEL! Today is a huge day for us and a big OMG! moment for me as a Founder.? Rebelstork started from my basement- a vision of returns recommerce and diverting never used, simply returned open box and overstock baby gear from landfills.? You can only imagine the technology that we needed to build in house to become the only platform able to process returns for recommerce at scale! ? Expanding our tech, operations and industry relationships to tackle the returns crisis across new retail verticals is something we are so excited about.? Thank you Forbes for being interested in what our team is building! We are grateful to all of our brand and retailer partners who share in our mission as well as our customers who are trusting us as their destination to Shop Smarter ?. Way to go Team REBEL (formerly Rebelstork) ??

?? Faks lève 6 millions d'euros ! ?? Chez Faks, nous travaillons chaque jour depuis 5 ans pour aider les professionnels de la pharmacie à mieux travailler ensemble. Cette levée de fonds va nous permettre : ???de booster encore plus la performance des relations commerciales en pharmacie. ?? d’accélérer l’innovation grace à l’IA. ???de lancer notre expansion internationale. Nous sommes ravis de vous partager cette nouvelle grande étape de notre histoire, soutenu par nos investisseurs et partenaires. Merci à Speedinvest, avec le soutien de nos investisseurs historiques : Connect Ventures, Seedcamp et FJ Labs. L'article en commentaire ?? Merci à Raphael Hazan (Journal du Net), Sofia Chesnokova , Marion Simon-Rainaud (Les Echos),David johnson( Maddyness) , Yoann Bourgin (L'Usine Digitale),Lucy Adams?(Tech.eu), Daphné Leprince-Ringuet (Sifted) et également à notre RP Jihane Teretal ! #Medtech #Innovationsanté #LevéeDeFonds

Exciting News: CollX has raised a $10MM Series A! As part of this round, we are also welcoming MLB superstar Bobby Witt Jr to the team as an investor and ambassador. I am so proud of our team, investors, and collector community on the app for growing CollX to this point. Brand Foundry Ventures and 114 Ventures co-led the A, with Next Coast Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, FJ Labs participating, alongside our amazing angels, including Nat Turner (CEO of Collectors) Howie Rosman (Eagles GM), David Adelman (Co-Owner of Sixers), Scott Keeney. We now have more than 3 million collectors who add 1 million cards to their collections daily. Even more exciting, we are helping these folks level up in the hobby, including buying and selling via our marketplace (growing 25% MOM), grading (we have become one of the top referrers and affiliate for PSA Collectors ), and breaking (we’re also a top parter for Whatnot, Fanatics Live). We have long said there is a massive pool of 85 million Americans who own cards, and the opportunity to grow, the hobby is by finding ways to activate them. With this next chapter on the CollX story, with amazing folks like Witt on board, we’re excited to do this on a bigger scale. Let’s go! https://lnkd.in/eGQp4JWM

Exciting News: CollX has raised a $10MM Series A! As part of this round, we are also welcoming MLB superstar Bobby Witt Jr to the team as an investor and ambassador. I am so proud of our team, investors, and collector community on the app for growing CollX to this point. Brand Foundry Ventures and 114 Ventures co-led the A, with Next Coast Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, FJ Labs participating, alongside our amazing angels, including Nat Turner (CEO of Collectors) Howie Rosman (Eagles GM), David Adelman (Co-Owner of Sixers), Scott Keeney. We now have more than 3 million collectors who add 1 million cards to their collections daily. Even more exciting, we are helping these folks level up in the hobby, including buying and selling via our marketplace (growing 25% MOM), grading (we have become one of the top referrers and affiliate for PSA Collectors ), and breaking (we’re also a top parter for Whatnot, Fanatics Live). We have long said there is a massive pool of 85 million Americans who own cards, and the opportunity to grow, the hobby is by finding ways to activate them. With this next chapter on the CollX story, with amazing folks like Witt on board, we’re excited to do this on a bigger scale. Let’s go! https://lnkd.in/eGQp4JWM

?? Exciting News! ?? We’ve raised $50M in a Series D round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Industry Ventures, BMO Capital Partners, FJ Labs, and Flight Deck Capital. With this investment, we’re furthering our mission to provide Canadians with the most seamless and transparent car buying and selling experience. We’ve grown 4x in the last three years, demonstrated profitability in 2024, and are just getting started. Read more about what this means for Clutch and what’s next in this post from Clutch CEO Dan Park ?? bit.ly/clutch-series-D Let’s Go Canada! ???? Dillon Krasnigor Anthony Lee Brian Langner Adam Figura Andrew Hockin Thomas Rethazi, CFA Samuel Olubowale FCA,FMVA?,mMBA Jay Kahn Jeff Weinstein Laura Chau Anshul Ruparell Stephen Seibel Scott Dougan Anne French Ryan Crooks Richard Schneider Daniel Chitayat, CFA Maggie Mo, CPA, CA Dan Park Konata Lake Natalie Miller Tyler Cassack #buildcanada #canadiantech #torontotech #startups #autotech

The story is still far from over with Clutch but even there should be a movie made about the saga up until this point! We quadrupled down in the company’s painful recap round in 2023 and invited our good friends at Altos Ventures to join as new investors. Props to Dillon Krasnigor for being willing to think outside the box and invest in one of the hairiest and most asymmetric opportunities I’ve seen in my career. Now marked up >12X in just over a year. Also special to now have our great friend and FJ Venture Partner Anshul Ruparell onboard as an independent board member. Most importantly, a HUGE shoutout to the amazing Dan Park, Stephen Seibel and team for a fantastic turnaround! You guys are the definition of resilience and we’re excited to watch you execute and compound for years to come.

A few years ago, I left the traditional corporate path to build something from scratch. Recently, Revista Emprendedores Espa?a wrote about that journey and the early traction of Squad—why we believe AI, referrals, and networks will shape the future of hiring. Grateful for our early users and day 0 supporters (FJ Labs Fabrice Grinda Jose Marin Jeff Berger). Excited for what’s ahead!

A few years ago, I left the traditional corporate path to build something from scratch. Recently, Revista Emprendedores Espa?a wrote about that journey and the early traction of Squad—why we believe AI, referrals, and networks will shape the future of hiring. Grateful for our early users and day 0 supporters (FJ Labs Fabrice Grinda Jose Marin Jeff Berger). Excited for what’s ahead!

Today, I'm excited to announce that Baton has raised a $10M Series A, led by Obvious Ventures, and other incredible investors Burst Capital, FJ Labs, Fluent Ventures, and 75 & Sunny. In addition, existing investors Divergent Capital, Bloomberg Beta and Zeno Partners also participated. Of course, none of this would be possible without our seed investment from Giant Ventures, which started us on this journey three years ago. ?? We’ve been heads down building the world’s best marketplace for SMB acquisitions for the last three years, and today is a testament to the progress we’ve made. This funding will help us to support even more SMB owners and buyers and continue growing our company’s mission of making small business ownership attainable for all. I’m extremely grateful to Luisa Beltran at Fortune for writing our story, check it out in the comments below. Luisa really spent the time to understand what makes Baton different, better, and special. She spent the time to interview our customers and discover how Baton supports them in their selling journey. A huge thank you to my co-founder Dylan Gans and the entire Baton team for believing in our vision every step of the way. I look forward to what we’ll accomplish next! If you’re a small business looking to sell, or an entrepreneur looking to start your journey, don’t hesitate to reach out!