Vestiaire Collective secures €58 million funding to support further international growth

This significant new round of funding confirms investors' belief in the large global opportunity for Vestiaire Collective's business model and will allow for further acceleration of its international business beyond the countries where the Vestiaire Collective community is already well-established. Almost two-thirds of the French headquartered company's transactions are already generated cross-markets. 

This global success is based on a unique proposition: Vestiaire Collective is the only consumer-to-consumer marketplace where 100% of the products are physically checked by a team of experts, a quality control that makes the platform unique.

Vestiaire Collective has posted consistent strong growth over the past 4 years. The company will use the funds to further increase its growth, develop its presence in the United States where its aim is to rapidly achieve the same leadership position that it enjoys in Europe and to move to expand into the APAC region, where the early evidence underscores the potential for the model to succeed.

This expansion builds on the strong base to its business that Vestiaire Collective has established across Europe. With number one positions in the European G5 countries (France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy), and strong presence throughout the Nordics, Vestiaire Collective has become the undisputed European leader in luxury and premium pre-owned fashion.

Vestiaire Collective entered the US market in 2015 and has subsequently grown in this geography where over in the last 18 months, it has established itself as a leading and expert company in the pre-owned luxury and fashion business. Part of the proceeds of this funding will be used to accelerate its position in this market.

Vestiaire Collective's ambition is to become the clear global leader as a trading platform for both buyers and sellers by 2018, and already counts over 65% of its revenue outside of France. 

Additionally, the new funds will also be used to strengthen Vestiaire Collective's distribution platform and accelerate improvements to users' multi device experience.

Finally, the company will create 120 jobs globally. Not only will Vestiaire Collective hire professionals to support its international expansion and reinforce its Tech team, the company also plans to invest in the construction of a new unique logistics centre in France in 2017 to fully meet increasing demand generated by constant growth of transactions and interactions on the platform.

Sébastien Fabre, founder and CEO of Vestiaire Collective said:
"Through their investment in a new round of funding, our new and existing investors are backing our business model and are confident in our capacity to pursue tremendous international growth. They are providing us with the means for organic and possibly non-organic growth, to consolidate our leadership in Europe, pursue in a similarly rapid growth in the US, as well as enter new high potential markets such as Asia Pacific. I would like to thank all our investors and especially Eurazeo and Idinvest Partners for their ongoing support and am very pleased to welcome Vitruvian as a new shareholder. Over the last eight years, we have consistently delivered remarkable growth, which makes us highly confident in our ability to deliver on our ambition to become the leading global company in luxury and premium pre-owned fashion."

Thomas Studd, Partner at Vitruvian Partners said:
"Vestiaire Collective is the largest specialist marketplace for pre-owned luxury clothes and accessories in Europe by a great distance and its highly disruptive platform is rapidly growing the market and enabling it to take share from less efficient legacy models.  The platform allows sellers to realise value from their wardrobes and allows buyers to browse 600,000 items to find coveted pieces at great prices, and these benefits have built a highly engaged and enthusiastic user base. We are excited to partner with such a high calibre management team and look forward to helping our first investment in France continue its international expansion and become the global champion."

Yann du Rusquec, Managing Director of Eurazeo said:
"We are delighted with this excellent funding round for Vestiaire Collective and welcome Vitruvian as a new investor who, like Eurazeo, has great ambitions for the company. We fully support Vestiaire Collective's strategy to consolidate its global leadership, particularly in the United States and thus we have taken the opportunity to increase our investment in the company."

Matthieu Baret, Partner at Idinvest Partners said:
"We are proud to have been supporting Vestiaire Collective for 4 years now and helping the company to become the European leader in luxury and premium pre-owned fashion. The high volume of the company's transactions generated cross-borders confirms that the luxury and premium pre-owned fashion market is truly global. We strongly believe in Vestiaire Collective's strong growth potential and capacity to become the leading player in this market in the US and Asia."

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Vestiaire Collective current investors also include: Balderton Capital, Condé Nast International and Ventech.

For US media inquiries please contact: Chattie Dionisio of Krupp Group | [email protected]

About vestiairecollective.com
Vestiairecollective.com is the leading global marketplace for premium and luxury pre-owned fashion.  The platform is unique due to its carefully curated catalogue of 600,000 desirable items, that once sold are expertly checked for 100% quality and authenticity. Launched in Paris in October 2009, Vestiairecollective.com has over 6 million fashion savvy members across 48 countries worldwide with offices in Paris, London, New York, Milan and Berlin.  30,000 new items are submitted by our community of sellers every week, which enables buyers to hunt amongst over 3,200 coveted and must have fashion pieces a day, ensuring that Vestiaire Collective is the go to site for an exciting unique shopping experience. 

About Vitruvian Partners
Vitruvian is an independent private equity firm which specializes in growth middle‐market investments. Vitruvian focuses on investing in 'dynamic situations' in industries characterized by rapid growth and change, such as information technology, media, consumer services, business services, financial services, life sciences & healthcare. Its previous investments in the technology and internet sectors include Just Eat, Farfetch, Skyscanner, Trustpilot, Ebury, Benify, Snow Software and Callcredit Information Group. In December 2013, Vitruvian announced that it had closed the fundraising of its second fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership II ("VIP II"), at its self-imposed cap of £1 billion (€1.2 billion). Vitruvian has offices in London, Munich, Stockholm, Luxembourg and the US

About Eurazeo
With a portfolio of approximately €5 billion in diversified assets and €1 billion in third party assets under management, Eurazeo is one of the leading listed investment companies in Europe. Its mission is to identify and accelerate the transformation of the companies in which it invests. The Company covers most private equity segments through its four business divisions – Eurazeo Capital, Eurazeo Croissance, Eurazeo PME and Eurazeo Patrimoine. Its solid institutional and family shareholder base, robust financial structure free of structural debt, and flexible investment horizon enable Eurazeo to support its companies over the long term. Eurazeo is notably either a majority or key shareholder in AccorHotels, ANF Immobilier, Asmodee, CIFA, Desigual, Elis, Europcar, Fintrax, Grape Hospitality, Les Petits Chaperons Rouges, Moncler, Neovia, Novacap, Sommet Education, and also SMEs such as Colisée, Péters Surgical, and Flash Europe International, as well as start-ups such as Farfetch, Peopledoc, Vestiaire Collective and Younited Credit. Eurazeo is listed on Euronext Paris.

About Idinvest Partners
With more than €7 billion under management and 80 people, Idinvest Partners is a leading pan-European manager focused on the middle market segment. Idinvest Partners has developed several complementary areas of expertise including investments in innovative European start-ups, primary, secondary and mezzanine investments in European non-listed companies, and private equity consulting. Founded under the name AGF Private Equity in 1997, Idinvest Partners was formerly part of the Allianz group until 2010 when it became independent.

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