# Curtsy

> Curtsy is a mobile-first, peer-to-peer resale marketplace where Gen Z and young millennial women buy and sell secondhand clothing, shoes and accessories. Founded in 2016 and originally a dress-rental service, it pivoted to resale and built its edge around making listing fast for casual sellers - using machine learning to suggest prices, fill in item details and estimate shipping weight, backed by human review. Sellers keep more of their money than on rival platforms (a ~19-20% commission), buyers save up to 70% on brands like Lululemon, Free People and SKIMS, and the app carries a 4.8-star rating across tens of thousands of reviews. Curtsy raised an $11M Series A led by Index Ventures in January 2021, part of $14.5M total funding.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** David Oates (Co-founder & CEO), Eli Allen (Co-founder), William Ault (Co-founder), Clara Agnes Ault (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~42 employees
- **Products:** Curtsy Marketplace App, AI-assisted listing, Prepaid shipping & Curtsy Wallet, One-tap reselling
- **Notable:** Raised $11M Series A led by Index Ventures (January 2021); $14.5M total funding., Reached a ~$25M GMV run rate before the Series A with ~30% monthly growth., Maintains a 4.8-star App Store rating across roughly 65,000 reviews.

## Products & services

- **Curtsy Marketplace App** — iOS and Android app to buy and sell secondhand women's clothing, shoes and accessories, with buyers saving up to 70% on brands like Lululemon, Free People and SKIMS.
- **AI-assisted listing** — Machine learning that suggests pricing, auto-fills brand/category/weight and optimizes photos so a listing can be created in under a minute, backed by human review.
- **Prepaid shipping & Curtsy Wallet** — Texted prepaid USPS labels, free seller starter kits, and a wallet with instant or free standard payouts to bank or debit card.
- **One-tap reselling** — Buyers can relist an item they purchased without re-photographing or re-describing it.

## Achievements

- Raised $11M Series A led by Index Ventures (January 2021); $14.5M total funding.
- Reached a ~$25M GMV run rate before the Series A with ~30% monthly growth.
- Maintains a 4.8-star App Store rating across roughly 65,000 reviews.
- Backed by NBA star Kevin Durant among early angels.
- Graduated from Y Combinator (S19).

## Latest updates

- **2021-01** — Closed $11M Series A led by Index Ventures to scale its Gen Z resale app.
- **2021-01** — Planned Android launch and web expansion after being iOS-first.

## Links

- Website: https://curtsyapp.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/curtsy
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/curtsy_
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtsy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtsyapp
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@curtsyapp

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