| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.12.2024 | The New Frontier: Global Companies Adapt to Changing Landscapes | In a world where change is the only constant, companies are learning to pivot. The global stage is shifting, and businesses are scrambling to keep up. Two recent stories illustrate this trend: Jieya Biologic Technology’s investment in a U.S... |
| 26.12.2024 | 8seats secures AUD $2m funding for global expansion plans | 8seats, a messaging platform aimed at revolutionising workplace communication, has raised AUD $2 million in seed funding to support its development and expansion.
The funding round, led by Black Nova and supported by notable investors such ... |
| 06.05.2024 | On-demand fashion helps tackle industry’s notorious sustainability problem | There is a growing appetite among some fashion retailers to turn old clothes into high-quality fibres, and then into new clothes. Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
The fashion sector is in crisis. It’s hard to get through a month wit... |
| 22.12.2023 | Shoes of Prey establish foothold in the US | article-article-body
Despite a plummeting Australian dollar, moving operations to the US has already paid dividends for Aussie online retailer Shoes of Prey.
The Sydney-founded startup began moving its operations to the States in June, and ... |
| 22.12.2023 | Job Capital takes out top prize at 2011 StartupSmart Awards | article-article-body
Job Capital, a $9 million revenue company that manages the financial affairs of contractors, has landed the Officeworks Fastest Growing Start-up award at the 2011 StartupSmart Awards.
Founder Jo Burston received the cov... |
| 28.08.2018 | Shoes of Prey presses pause to select a business sale or pivot | Shoes of Prey, a Khosla Ventures-backed shoe retailer whose website let women customize footwear purchases by selecting the color and material of the sandals or pumps they wanted to order as well as the size, has announced it’s stopped taki... |
| 30.11.2016 | CSIRO finds new hope for Australia’s endangered sector: “Manufacturing isn’t dying” | Despite the well publicised closure of some manufacturing sectors in Australia, manufacturing isn’t dying.
Instead, like industry around the world, it’s undergoing a period of significant change as new, disruptive technologies and economic ... |
| 08.12.2015 | Shoes of Prey’s Jodie Fox reveals the legwork behind a $21 million funding round: “Answering all the really tough questions” | For Australian-born startup Shoes of Prey, the key to closing a $US15.5 million ($21.3 million) funding round was years of preparation and answering the hard questions.
The now US-based online retailer has just announced the massive Series ... |
| 08.12.2015 | Shoes of Prey Raises $15 million | - |
| 08.12.2015 | Shoes of Prey closes US$15.5 million Series B round with US retailer Nordstrom on board as equity partner | Shoes of Prey is developing a habit of going into Christmas with a lot of cash in its pockets. Last December the startup announced that it had raised a US$5.5 million Series A to help further its expansion into the US market, and this year ... |
| 07.12.2015 | Shoes of Prey Raises $15M in Series B Funding | Shoes of Prey, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based platform that allows women design and order custom shoes, raised $15m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Australian Blue Sky Capital with participation from Greycroft Partners, Nordstrm and... |
| 07.12.2015 |
Shoes Of Prey Raises $15M, Sets Up Shop In Santa Monica
| Shoes Of Prey, a fashion startup which allows women to custom order shoes to their specifications, has raised $15M in a Series B funding, and set up shop in Santa Monica, according to the company. The startup--which was started in Australia... |
| 07.12.2015 | Retail Giant Nordstrom Joins Syndicate In $15.5 Million Round For On-Demand Custom Shoe Retailer Shoes Of Prey | There’re some massive changes afoot in the fashion industry.
New brands are being built online first, and gathering a dedicated following through e-commerce, before taking their retail chops to their customers in brick and mortar stores.
Th... |
| 07.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 7, 2015 | FAASOS raised $30M; Shoes of Prey landed $15.5M; Gousto secured $13.6M funding
Zenatix Solutions, an internet-of-things (IoT) driven energy-data analytics startup has raised an undisclosed amount of follow-on funding led by seed focused fun... |
| 04.09.2015 | Shoes of Prey establish foothold in the US | Despite a plummeting Australian dollar, moving operations to the US has already paid dividends for Aussie online retailer Shoes of Prey.
The Sydney-founded startup began moving its operations to the States in June, and has finally settled i... |
| 15.07.2015 | Hey SydStart, looking for female conference speakers? Here are almost 50 women you could call for starters | All-male panels have become an all too common sight.
Recently we’ve seen one of Australia’s biggest startup conferences, SydStart, announce its first round of speakers without any women featured, although they’re promising there are female ... |
| 22.01.2015 | StartupAUS: What we learnt from Startup Muster | Startup Muster launched with quite a lot of fanfare in April last year. It was a highly ambitious project, which aimed to help show government, investors and the media what’s really happening in the Australian startup scene.
The fact that o... |
| 19.12.2014 | The top 10 Aussie startups of 2014 | It’s been a big year for the Australian startup ecosystem. Success stories like Atlassian and Campaign Monitor continue to go from strength to strength and the ecosystem is growing. According to the Australian Private Equity and Venture Cap... |
| 03.12.2014 | Shoes of Prey closes US$5.5 million Series A and adds two significant heavyweights to the family | Shoes of Prey announced today that it has just closed a further US$5.5 million in Series A funding to help accelerate its next chapter of growth and expansion across the US market. The round was led US based Khosla Ventures; and other inves... |
| 04.09.2014 | Renee Lodens – founder of Travelshopa | Originally from Sydney, Renee moved to Singapore in 2010 while working as a consultant for a global ICT market intelligence firm. After 6 years in that field she took a break to have her first child. At the end of maternity leave Renee deci... |
| 14.05.2014 | Budget makes US look even more appealing, startups say | We asked some Australian startups what they thought of the budget and how it might affect them. Here’s what they had to say.
Michael Fox, CEO, Shoes of Prey:
It’s a challenge for tech startups raising capital in Australia and the temptation... |
| 20.02.2014 | Emilia Rossi – founder of Capriess | Emilia Rossi is co-founder of Capriess, a second hand wedding classifieds site that allows Australians to buy and sell pre-loved wedding items.
Based in Docklands, Melbourne, she is passionate about the online space and has a background in ... |
| 03.10.2013 | Joshua McNicol – Head of Marketing at Temple & Webster | Joshua McNicol is Head of Marketing at Temple & Webster, Australia’s first and leading members-only online destination for beautiful homewares, beautifully priced.
I’m incredibly interested in data-driven marketing that supports us in e... |
| 11.08.2013 | Four Online Brands That Are Building Their Reputations Offline, Because It’s Called Street Cred For A Reason | As a consumer, online-native luxury brands mess with my feelings. On the one hand I tell myself, “Hey, I’m a modern woman. I believe in the power of minimizing overhead!” But when push comes to shove, I want to feel the quality of that leat... |
| 22.03.2013 | The 10 Hottest Startups In Australia Right Now | Shoes of Prey
Shoes of Prey founders Michael Fox, Mike Knapp, and Jodie Fox Australia is bustling with hot startups.
"There are a bunch of companies now that are choosing to stay (in Australia)," Rebekah Campbell, founder and CEO ... |
| 22.03.2013 | The 10 Hottest Startups In Australia Right Now | Shoes of Prey
Shoes of Prey founders Michael Fox, Mike Knapp, and Jodie Fox Australia is bustling with hot startups.
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"There are a bunch of companies now that are choosing to stay (in Australia)," Rebekah Campbell, fo... |
| 17.12.2012 | How to safely scale your start-up in 2013 | Mike, Jodie and I are often asked how we persuaded ourselves that it would be okay to quit our jobs to start Shoes of Prey and how we managed to self-fund the business without overstretching our resources.
The methodology we followed was es... |
| 08.06.2012 | Shoes of Prey Raises $3M | Shoes of Prey, a Sidney, Australia-based website that allows users to design, buy and share shoes, has secured $3m in its first funding.
Backers include CrunchFund, Bill Tai, and Mike Cannon-Brookes.
The company intends to use the capital t... |
| 07.06.2012 | Funding daily: Let someone else run your social media marketing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Hope it’s summery and warm where you are, funding... |
| 07.06.2012 | DIY shoe service Shoes of Prey steps it up with $3M investment | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Gals, rejoice — we’ve got a new way to buy shoes.... |
| 06.06.2012 | Shoes Of Prey Lands $3 Million Funding For Custom Footwear Design Site | Shoes Of Prey, a Sydney, Australia-based startup whose website lets women design and order customized footwear, has closed on $3 million in its first round of funding, the company is announcing today.
Shoes Of Prey has been bootstrapped sin... |
| 15.05.2012 | I’ve Been Hooked By Shoes Of Prey | Editor’s Note: Sales Marketing Manager Leslie Hitchcock is a non-editorial TechCrunch employee. In addition to working at TechCrunch and being super fashionable, she reviews startups and tech products occasionally on her personal blog, Lesl... |
| 10.04.2012 | Transforming our business culture | Recently at Shoes of Prey, we’ve been spending quite a bit of time thinking about our business culture and values, as highlighted in some of our recent blog posts.
After talking to our team and spending time at the recent Growth Summit, we ... |
| 16.05.2011 | The listening business | Some years back a crook computer repairer did the rounds of Sydney and regional NSW. For all his sins, Joe, as we’ll call him, always stood out as an example of a business that effectively listened to the customer.
Joe would advertise in lo... |
| 30.03.2011 | Job Capital takes out top prize at 2011 StartupSmart Awards | Job Capital, a $9 million revenue company that manages the financial affairs of contractors, has landed the Officeworks Fastest Growing Start-up award at the 2011 StartupSmart Awards.
Founder Jo Burston received the coveted top prize, along... |
| 26.03.2011 | What do sites that sell customized products do with returned items anyway? | Seems you can customize just about any item you want on the web these days. And a number of these sites are popping-up throughout Europe, including Golden Hook for customized knitwear, L’Usine à Design for furniture, Design Your Own Dishes ... |
| 12.02.2010 | Shoes Of Prey Friday Giveaway | If you haven’t bought a Valentine’s Day gift for your sweetie, this giveaway may be up your alley. Shoes Of Prey, a site that lets you design and order custom-made womens shoes online, is offering a lucky TechCrunch reader a $290 gift certi... |
| 11.11.2009 | Shop Different: 5 Sites & Apps to Ease the Pain of Holiday Consumerism | Shopping is horror. The prices. The lines. The hordes of clamoring consumers. The thought of holiday shopping is, in itself, enough to make us wish for simpler days when putting coal in someone’s sock was a legitimate option.
But, whether w... |
