About

Founded

2015

Headquarters

Culver City, California

Industry

Consumer, Marketplace, Fintech

Company Description

GOAT represents the leading platforms for authentic sneakers, apparel and accessories.

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Funding

Total Raised

$492.6 million

Valuation

$3.7 billion

Significant Investors

First Round Capital, Accel, Elad Gil, Foot Locker, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel, Upfront Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Y Combinator

Company Traction

As of June 2021, GOAT did $2 billion in GMV in its last 12 months, grew 100% YoY in sneakers, and 500% YoY in apparel.

As of June 2021, GOAT has 30 million users and 600,000 sellers.

As of May 2023, GOAT Group (the parent company) has over 50 million users across its platforms GOAT, Grailed, Flight Club, and alias.

Leadership Team

Eddy Lu: Co-Founder & CEO of GOAT. Former Equity Research at Lehman Brothers.

Yunah Lee: COO at GOAT. Former VP of Business Operations & Strategy at Fullscreen.

Sen Sugano: Chief Brand Officer at GOAT. Former VP of Marketing at GOAT.

Matt Cohen: CRO at GOAT. Former Portfolio Manager, US Convertible Bonds at BlueMountain Capital Management.

Howard Ogawa: VP of Product at GOAT. Former Senior Director of Client Platform at Pluto TV.

Press

Footwear News (October 17, 2022): GOAT Group Confirms Acquisition of Grailed

TechCrunch (June 24, 2021): Sneaker marketplace GOAT hits $3.7B valuation in Series F raise

Glossy (June 24, 2021): Sneaker resale platforms GOAT and StockX are competing on apparel and big valuations

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