CustomMade is an online custom jeweler aquired by a company founded in 2002 and formerly known as what?
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CustomMade CustomMade is an online custom jeweler. Until 2015, the business operated as an online marketplace connecting customers with independent artisans (called "custom makers") who produce custom-designed furniture, jewelry, home décor, and other personalized items. CustomMade is the world’s first and largest online seller of custom products. They have 3,500 custom makers registered on the site and have raised a total of $7.65 million in venture funding. On May 21, 2015, the business was acquired by Wayfair (NYSE: W) for an undisclosed sum after having raised $25.65MM in venture funding. In May 2017, it was announced that founder Seth Rosen had re-purchased the business out of foreclosure in partnership with Western Technology Investment (WTI) to focus on building the custom jewelry business.
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Wayfair Wayfair, Inc. is an American e-commerce company that sells home goods. Formerly known as CSN Stores, the company was founded in 2002 and now sells many home furnishings and décor items. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wayfair has offices and warehouses throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
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Lobortas Classic Jewelry House "Lobortas" Classic Jewelry House (before 2006 – Lobortas Jewelry House) is a Ukrainian jewellery company, founded on January 15, 1991 in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, by Igor Lobortas. The company makes handcrafted jewelry, including jewels with hard-fired enamels made with the use of an ancient technique brought to the medieval state of Kievan Rus from Byzantium.
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Tea Collection Tea Collection is a globally-inspired, San Francisco-based children's clothing company co-founded in 2002 by Emily Meyer and Leigh Rawdon. The clothing line is available through their e-commerce website as well as department stores and clothing boutiques worldwide.
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Icemat Icemat is a manufacturer, distributor and online retailer of a line of products targeted primarily at computer gamers. The company was founded in 2001 as a producer of mousing surfaces made of frosted glass. They have since expanded their product line to include headphones, sound cards and apparel. Icemat was seen often to produce partnerships with professional gaming teams and to sponsor events and individual players.
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Umbra (company) Umbra is a home accessories design and manufacturing company founded in 1978 by childhood friends Les Mandelbaum and Paul Rowan. The company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada has satellite offices in the Netherlands, Brazil, the United States, and China (Shenzhen and Shanghai). Umbra sells more than 2,000 home products through over 25,000 retailers in 120 countries.
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RapidMade RapidMade is an American 3D-printing, engineering and additive-manufacturing firm based in Oregon. It serves businesses in manufacturing, architecture, construction, advertising, medicine and art. The woman-owned firm was founded in 2011 by Renee Eaton, Mark Eaton and Micah Chaban. The business is based in Portland, Oregon with a regional office outside Baltimore, Maryland.
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Charles &amp; Colvard Charles & Colvard, Ltd., is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CTHR) that distributes and manufactures jewelry. It was founded in 1995 by Charles Eric Hunter under the name C3 Inc., and then run by his brother Jeff Hunter until 2000, the company changed its name to Charles & Colvard in 1999. The company is based in the area of Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Charles & Colvard employs 70 people full-time, generating revenue that totals $27.59 million during the year ending June 30, 2015. It was the first company to produce and sell synthetic moissanite, under U.S. patent US5723391 A, first filed by C3 Inc., North Carolina.
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Curtis Australia Curtis Australia is an Australian-based and operated jewellery and pen manufacturer that makes handmade writing instruments and diamond jewellery.
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MFG.com MFG.com is a global online manufacturing marketplace that connects buyers of custom manufactured parts with manufacturers and job shops that provide of contract manufacturing services. Buyers (who are typically engineers, industrial designers, and other sourcing professionals) are able to post requests for quote (RFQs) to the marketplace and then receive quotes from qualified contract manufacturers located around the world. MFG.com is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, USA, and maintains a European office in Paris, France.
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Plush Home Plush Home, Inc. is an American, high-end purveyor of its self-named fine home furnishings line, as well as an interior design firm founded in 2003 by interior designer and furniture designer, Nina Petronzio and her husband, martial art expert Steven Ho.
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Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Tandy Leather was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store and acquired a number of craft retail companies, including RadioShack in 1963. In 2000, the Tandy Corporation name was dropped and the entity became the RadioShack Corporation.
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Coogi Coogi is a fashion brand known for colorful knitwear. Founded in 1969 as "Cuggi" in Toorak, Australia, the label was renamed in 1987. In addition to clothing, the company's 1992 international trademark filing registered the brand for cosmetics and toiletries, leather goods, furniture, textiles, and toys.
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Colony Brands Colony Brands, Inc. (formerly, "The Swiss Colony, Inc.") is a mail-order and electronic retail company known for its cheese, sausage, chocolate, fruitcakes, and other food products. The company also features extensive offerings in furniture, home decor, apparel, entertainment products, and electronics. It is one of the largest direct marketers in the United States.
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Pandora (jewelry) Pandora A/S (often styled PANDORA) is an international Danish jewellery manufacturer and retailer founded in 1982 by Per Enevoldsen. The company started as a family-run jewellery shop in Copenhagen.
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Wrist-band.com Wrist-band.com is an American technology company that manufacturers and retails silicone wristbands online. The company was founded by Zishan Momin and Azim Makanojiya who was included on "Inc. Magazine"’s list of the Top 10 South Asian Entrepreneurs in 2011. Wrist-band.com is the largest online retailer of silicone wristbands in the United States.
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Channellock Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 140 types of pliers—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers. Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips ("see photo"); the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.
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Chrome Hearts Chrome Hearts is a brand of high end silver jewelry which also produces gold, diamond accessories, leather, clothing, furniture, incense, and eyewear. Founded in 1988 in Los Angeles and owned by Richard Stark and Laurie Lynn Stark, Chrome Hearts remains a made in USA operation and a family business. The production site covers three blocks in the middle of Hollywood.
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John Hardy (jewelry) John Hardy is a jewelry company. Founded by John Hardy in 1975, the company is known for its Asian inspired designs and traditional handmade jewelry techniques. It markets itself as a “sustainable luxury” brand.
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Rare Coin Wholesalers Rare Coin Wholesalers is a rare-coin company that specializes in United States rare coins. Located in Irvine, California, Rare Coin Wholesalers buys, sells, appraises and trades rare coins and precious metals. Originally established as a S.L. Contursi company in 1990, the owners have bought and sold over two billion dollars' worth of rare coins.
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Fred Meyer Jewelers Fred Meyer Jewelers is a national chain of jewelers. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred Meyer.
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Reeds Jewelers Reeds Jewelers is a U.S. retail jewelry company founded in 1946 by Bill and Roberta Zimmer in Wilmington, North Carolina.