Lokacin da Kleiner Perkins ya jagoranci Stord's Series A $12.4 miliyan a cikin 2019, waɗanda suka kafa shi sun kasance a farkon shekarun 20s kuma suna sha'awar farawar su har kowannensu ya fice daga makarantunsu don mai da hankali kan haɓaka kasuwancin.
Saurin ci gaba shekaru biyu da Stord - wani kamfani na Atlanta wanda ya haɓaka sarkar samar da girgije - yana haɓaka ƙarin jari a cikin zagaye na sake jagorancin Kleiner Perkins.
A wannan karon, Stord ya tara dala miliyan 90 a cikin jerin D na kudade a kimanta bayan kudi na dala biliyan 1.125 - fiye da ninki biyu dala miliyan 510 da aka kimanta kamfanin yayin tara dala miliyan 65 a cikin tallafin Series C watanni shida da suka wuce. .
A zahiri, kuɗaɗen yau ya nuna Stord na uku tun farkon Disamba na 2020, lokacin da ya haɓaka jerin B ɗin da Peter Thiel's Founders Fund ke jagoranta, kuma ya kawo jimlar kamfanin da aka haɓaka tun farkon 2015 zuwa dala miliyan 205.
Bayan Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, D1 Capital, Palm Tree Crew, BOND, Dynamo Ventures, Funds Founders, Lineage Logistics da Susa Ventures suma sun shiga cikin tallafin Series D. Bugu da ƙari, Michael Rubin, wanda ya kafa masu fafutuka kuma ya kafa GSI Commerce; Carlos Cashman, Shugaba na Thrasio; Max Mullen, wanda ya kafa Instacart; kuma Will Gaybrick, CPO a Stripe, ya sanya kuɗi a zagaye. Magoya bayan baya sun haɗa da BoxGroup, Susa Ventures, Dynamo, Juyin Juya Hali da Rise na Asusun Sauran iri, da sauransu.
Wadanda suka kafa Sean Henry, 24, da Jacob Boudreau, 23, sun hadu ne a lokacin da Henry ke Georgia Tech kuma Boudreau yana cikin darasi na kan layi a jihar Arizona (ASU) amma yana gudanar da kasuwancin kansa, kamfanin haɓaka software, a Atlanta.
A tsawon lokaci, Stord ya samo asali a cikin tsarin samar da girgije wanda zai iya ba kamfanoni hanya don yin gasa da girma tare da dabaru, kuma yana samar da wani dandamali mai hade "wanda ke samuwa daidai lokacin da kuma inda suke bukata," in ji Henry. Stord ya haɗu da sabis na dabaru na zahiri kamar sufurin kaya, ajiyar kaya da cikawa a waccan dandamali, wanda ke da nufin samar da “cikakkiyar gani, haɓaka cikin sauri da sikelin roba” ga masu amfani da shi.
Kimanin watanni biyu da suka gabata, Stord ya sanar da bude cibiyar cikarsa ta farko, wani wurin da ya kai murabba'in kafa 386,000, a Atlanta, wanda ke dauke da kayan aikin mutum-mutumi da fasahar sarrafa kansa. "Wannan shi ne karo na farko da muka kasance a cikin ginin da kanmu muke gudanar da shi ya ƙare," in ji Henry.
Kuma a yau, kamfanin yana sanar da cewa ya sami Ayyukan Cika na tushen Connecticut, kamfani mai shekaru 22 da ke da kwarewa kai tsaye zuwa-mabukaci (DTC) da ɗakunan ajiya a Nevada da kuma a cikin jiharsa.
Tare da FulfillmentWorks, kamfanin ya ce ya kara yawan shagunan shagunan sa na farko, tare da hanyar sadarwarsa na abokan huldar shago sama da 400 da dillalai 15,000.
Yayin da Stord ba zai bayyana adadin da ya biya don Ayyukan Cika ba, Henry ya raba wasu ma'auni masu ban sha'awa na Stord. Kamfanin, in ji shi, a cikin 2020, ya samar da shekara ta uku a jere na karuwar kashi 300+%, kuma yana kan hanyar sake yin hakan a shekarar 2021. Stord kuma ya samu sama da dala miliyan 100 a cikin kudaden shiga a kashi biyu na farkon shekarar 2021, a cewar Henry. , kuma ya karu daga mutane 160 a bara zuwa sama da 450 ya zuwa yanzu a cikin 2021 (ciki har da kusan ma'aikatan Cika 150). Kuma tun da kwata na huɗu sau da yawa lokacin da mutane ke yin sayayya ta kan layi, Henry yana tsammanin lokacin watanni uku ya zama kwata mafi nauyi na kudaden shiga na Stord.
Ga wasu mahallin, sabbin tallace-tallace na Stord sun haura "7x" a cikin kwata na biyu na 2020 idan aka kwatanta da daidai wannan lokacin na bara. Ya zuwa yanzu a cikin kwata na uku, tallace-tallace sun haura kusan 10x, a cewar Henry.
A taƙaice, Stord yana da nufin ba wa samfuran hanya don yin gasa tare da irin Amazon, wanda ya saita tsammanin cikawa da sauri da bayarwa. Kamfanin ya ba da garantin jigilar kwanaki biyu zuwa ko'ina cikin ƙasar.
"Tsarin samar da kayayyaki shine sabon fagen fama," in ji Henry. "Saran siyan yau da Amazon ya tsara da haɓakar masu siyar da tashoshi na omni sun sanya matsin lamba ga kamfanoni don ci gaba da haɓaka sarƙoƙin samar da kayayyaki masu inganci… Muna son kowane kamfani ya sami darajan duniya, sarƙoƙi mai kama da Firayim."
Abin da ya sa Stord ya zama na musamman, a cewar Henry, shi ne gaskiyar cewa ya gina abin da ya yi imani da cewa ita ce kawai hanyar sadarwa ta hanyar sadarwa ta ƙarshe da ta haɗa kayan aikin jiki tare da software.
Wannan kuma yana daya daga cikin dalilan da Kleiner Perkins ya rubanya kan jarinsa a kamfanin.
Ilya Fushman, darektan hukumar Stord kuma abokin tarayya a Kleiner Perkins, ya ce ko da a lokacin jarin kamfaninsa a shekarar 2019, Henry ya nuna "balaga da hangen nesa mai ban mamaki."
A babban matakin, kamfanin ya kuma jawo hankalin abin da ya bayyana a matsayin "babban damar kasuwa."
Fushman ya shaida wa TechCrunch cewa, "Biliyoyin daloli ne na kayayyakin da ke yawo tare da tsammanin mabukaci cewa waɗannan samfuran za su same su a rana ɗaya ko gobe, a duk inda suke." "Kuma yayin da kamfanoni kamar Amazon suka gina ababen more rayuwa masu ban mamaki don yin hakan da kansu, sauran duniya ba su kama da gaske ba… Don haka akwai kawai dama mai ban mamaki don gina software da sabis don sabunta wannan kasuwa na dala tiriliyan."
A wasu kalmomi, Fushman ya bayyana, Stord yana aiki a matsayin "toshe da wasa" ko "shagon tasha daya" don 'yan kasuwa da 'yan kasuwa don kada su kashe albarkatu a kan ɗakunan ajiya na kansu ko gina nasu dandamali.
Stord ya ƙaddamar da ɓangaren software na kasuwancin sa a cikin Janairu 2020, kuma ya karu da kashi 900 cikin XNUMX a cikin shekara, kuma a yau yana ɗaya daga cikin sassan kasuwancinsa mafi sauri.
"Mun gina software don gudanar da kayan aikin mu da kuma hanyar sadarwar daruruwan ɗakunan ajiya," Henry ya gaya wa TechCrunch. "Amma idan kamfanoni suna son yin amfani da tsarin iri ɗaya don kayan aiki na yanzu, za su iya siyan software ɗin mu don samun irin wannan ganuwa."
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