Goat Group

Goat Group

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Overview

GOAT Group is a marketplace for authentic sneakers available under the GOAT and Flight Club brands. Its brands offer a selection of sneakers available through company-operated retail stores, e-commerce sites, and mobile apps under the GOAT and Flight Club brands. Through its innovative technology and service, GOAT Group has changed the landscape of sneaker commerce. GOAT has thirteen physical locations in the United States, Asia, and Europe, including distribution and authentication centers that ship products to 170 international markets.

The company's platforms feature over 350 brands across sneakers, apparel, and accessories. The company is backed by strategic investor Foot Locker, Inc. as well as some names in venture capital including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures, Webb Investment Network, and Y Combinator.

Daishin Sugano and Eddy Lu founded the company in Culver City, California in 2015.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

E-Commerce

Employees

1001-5000

Investment

1

Lead Investment

1

Exits

1

Stages

Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Goat Group, established in 2011 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture investments across Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Angel Investment, Software, Fashion. The organization boasts a portfolio of 1 investments, with an average round size of $60.0M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, Groupe Artémis. The highest investment round they participated in was $2.2B. Among their most notable exits are Index Ventures and Thrive Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Eddy Lu

Cofounder

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Daishin Sugano

Co-founder & CPO

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Sen Sugano

Chief Brand Officer

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Jason Kriss

Director, Data

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Brock Cardiner

Associate Director, Copy

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Eric Bateman

Senior Android Engineer

Investment portfolio

N/A

investments

1

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

1

Investments

1

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 16, 2021--60.0M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

1

Investors

33

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

1

Goat Group has raised 1 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 16, 2021 from a Series B - Grailed round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 16, 2021
Series B - Grailed Series B - Grailed
-60.0M-

Investors

34

Goat Group is funded by 34 investor(s). Franklin Templeton and T. Rowe Price Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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