2011 · Seed
Would you have funded Chewy?
Pet food online
A founder wants to sell pet food and supplies online with friendly customer service, a decade after the most famous online pet store collapsed.
- Heavy, low-margin products
- A famous failure in the same category
Show what happened
🦄 Breakout
Chewy PetSmart bought it in 2017 for $3.35 billion, then the largest e-commerce acquisition ever.
Venture investors backed it.
Sources: Chewy, Inc. (Wikipedia)
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