🚨MARKETPLACE 100: 2022 by @a16z + @future🚨 Thrilled to present our list of the largest consumer marketplace startups, this time alongside @omooretweets ‼️ (data via @second_measure, @Similarweb, and @Apptopia). https://t.co/AX1PaFwo0O A preview of our biggest... See more

7 out of  a16z ’s latest Marketplace 100 are resale marketplaces.  2 of these 7 are in the top 10 (GOAT, StockX).  Since last year, 3 resale marketplaces “graduated” via IPO or acquisition (Depop, 1stDibs, Tradesy).

The optics of successful liquidity events for Blue Nile, Zullily, Chewy and Zappos, and the incredible traction in the 2000s of The GAP as a public vertical consumer brand established meaningful consumer business outcomes. These potential to repeat history through a new crop of Direct to Consumer upstarts paired well with the pent up venture... See more