2010 · Series A
Would you have funded Quirky?
Crowdsourced inventions
A young founder runs a site where the community submits and votes on invention ideas, and the company manufactures the winners.
- $6.5 million Series A
- Manufacturing many different products
Show what happened
💥 Bust
Quirky It raised more than $160 million, including from General Electric, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2015.
Top venture firms and GE invested.
Sources: Quirky (company) (Wikipedia)
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