Venture-backed VarageSale sold to VerticalScope
VerticalScope has bought VarageSale, a Toronto-based buy-and-sell website and mobile app. No financial terms were released. VerticalScope, a Canadian digital media company, said the deal supports its focus on enthusiast websites and interest-based online communities. VarageSale was founded in 2012 by Carl Mercier and Tami Zuckerman as a community-based “virtual garage sale." Led by CEO Andrew Sider, it raised nearly $60 million from Canadian and U.S. venture capital firms, according to Crunchbase. Its investors included iNovia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Real Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Version One Ventures.
9 November 2017•2 mins read
