About

Founded

2015

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Industry

DTC

Company Description

Birdies is a female-founded, mission driven footwear company that believes a great pair of flats can take us to new heights.

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Funding

Total Raised

$10.1 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Forerunner Ventures, Slow Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Graph Ventures, Social Capital

Company Traction

As of June 2023, Birdies has donated 54,000 pairs of shoes.

As of June 2023, Birdies has 223K Instagram followers, 69K Facebook followers, and 802 Twitter followers.

In April 2021, Birdies reported 300% YoY growth.

In 2018, Birdies had a waitlist of 30,000 people.

In 2015, Birdies sold 1,800 pairs of shoes to friends and family.

Leadership Team

Bianca Gates: Co-Founder & CEO of Birdies. Former US Retail, Global Market Solutions at Facebook.

Marisa Sharkey: Co-Founder, President, and COO of Birdies. Former Group Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Ross Stores.

Jeff Reichelderfer: VP of Growth at Birdies. Former Senior Director of Marketing at Gymboree.

Cari Roberts Cameron: Head of Marketing at Birdies. Former Senior Director of Marketing, Loyalty, and Payments at Gap.

Sean Scanlon: VP of Finance and Operations at Birdies. Former Controller at thredUP.

Press

CNBC (May 24, 2021): Shoe company Birdies soared during the pandemic and learned a hard lesson along the way

TechCrunch (January 17, 2019): A look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investors

FashionNetwork (September 13, 2017): Birdies raises $2 Million in Series Seed Funding

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