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SoleSavy is a platform aiming to foster a community of sneaker enthusiasts who are not interested in reselling.
The platform recently raised $2 million in seed funding, as part of a round closed at the end of 2020.
For $33 dollars a month, SoleSavy members are granted entry into an exclusive online community and given the tools to successfully buy sneakers online.
Sneaker enthusiast group SoleSavy raises $2M, setting the stage for a community-driven commerce boom
SoleSavy, a community built around buying hot sneakers and related items that are increasingly hard to acquire at retail, raised $2 million in a round that closed late last year. SoleSavy is a group of communities that is currently mostly hosted on Slack.
SoleSavy’s co-founders Dejan Pralica and Justin Dusanj founded the company in 2018 as a paid community for collectors and enthusiasts seeking pairs that were getting snapped up by bots or resellers. Pralica previously co-founded Kicks Deals, a sneaker shipping site focused on less than retail pricing and Dusanj is the former director of Operations at New Age Sports, a Nike retailer.