Ankorstore

Marketplace · Paris, FR · ankorstore.com

French wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with local brands.

Founders

Pierre-Louis Lacoste (France · ♂) — A retail veteran and former Etsy France country manager who had also been a shop owner, co-founding Ankorstore in 2019 to reinvent wholesale for independent brands and retailers.
Nicolas Cohen (France · ♂) — Co-founder of marketplace A Little Market (acquired by Etsy), he co-founded Ankorstore convinced marketplaces are the best tool to help small businesses succeed.
Nicolas d'Audiffret (France · ♂) — Co-founder of A Little Market who, after years at Etsy, co-founded Ankorstore to build a B2B wholesale marketplace for independent shops.
Mathieu Alengrin (France · ♂) — Former head engineer at Vestiaire Collective who co-founded Ankorstore as CTO to build its wholesale marketplace technology.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jan 2022	Series C French wholesale marketplace Ankorstore raised a €250m Series C at a €1.75bn valuation, becoming a unicorn.	$270M
May 2021	Series B Paris B2B marketplace Ankorstore raised a $100M Series B led by Tiger Global and Bain Capital Ventures, with Index Ventures, Global Founders Capital and Alven.	$100M
Dec 2020	Series A Paris B2B wholesale marketplace Ankorstore raised a EUR25M Series A round led by Index Ventures.	$30M

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