Etsy to buy second-hand clothing platform Depop for $1.6bn
Etsy said the acquisition would help it capture the ever-expanding second-hand clothing sector, which is expected to be worth $64billion in the United States by 2024.
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Etsy said the acquisition would help it capture the ever-expanding second-hand clothing sector, which is expected to be worth $64billion in the United States by 2024.
Simon Beckerman, a 47-year-old British-Italian entrepreneur, who was born in Milan and lives in London, founded Depop in 2011. The deal will also rake in a generous return for venture capital firms.
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Simon Beckerman founded clothes-selling app Depop in 2011. Now, having raised more than £80 million in equity funding, it boasts 25 million users