years ago 2012 country of origin sweden area served worldwide founder s kaj drobin siavash ghorbani birk nilsson and carl waldekranz ceo carl waldekranz industry internet website tictail.com current status active tictail is a social shopping destination for shoppers to discover emerging designers around the world as well as a technology platform to give independent brands the tools to build an online shop . launched in 2012 1 tictail has over 125 000 brands across 140 countries using the platform . there are over 2.5 million products available for shoppers to purchase . 2 contents 1 history 2 investments 3 offices 4 press pickup 5 references 6 external links history edit founded in stockholm by carl waldekranz kaj drobin siavash ghorbani and birk nilsson tictail was dubbed the tumblr of e commerce by wired magazine in 2012 3 when the company was listed as one of europe s 100 hottest start ups . 4 tictail is built as a diy e commerce platform empowering emerging designers to set up a virtual store in minutes . tictail focuses on strong community integration simplicity of use and stylized customizable design . in september 2013 tictail opened up its platform allowing third party individuals to develop tictail apps that all users can purchase to add extra functionality to their store . 5 in september 2014 tictail launched its first iphone app 6 to offer shoppers the opportunity to browse the full catalog . in may 2015 tictail became the first e commerce platform to allow brands to start an online store directly on their mobile phones . 6 in october 2015 tictail launched tictail talk 7 a messaging platform for shoppers to communicate directly with brands and vice versa . in july 2015 tictail launched it s marketplace for shoppers to discover products from all brands connected to the platform . 8 in january 2016 tictail opened tictail market its first permanent store in new york city on 90 orchard street . 9 many of the brands sold at the physical location are sold exclusively in new york at tictail market . 10 investments edit to date tictail has raised 32m in funding with an 8m series a in feb 2014 led by thrive capital in new york 11 and a 22m series b in july 2015 led by balderton capital acton capital creandum and thrive capital . 8 tictail s advisory board includes gustav s derstr m cpo of spotify ; fredrik nylander cto of oscar health and former coo of tumblr ; sophia bendz of spotify ; and gustaf alstr mer head of product and growth at airbnb and formerly voxer 12 offices edit tictail opened its first office in 2012 in stockholm . in 2014 the company opened its second office in new york city . press pickup edit since launch in may 2012 tictail has received traction by being awarded best entrepreneurs of sweden 2012 by idg 13 and the masters of mobile award by decoded fashion . 14 in 2015 tictail s ceo carl waldekranz was also named as a forbes 30 under 30 . 15 references edit kasperkevic jana 22 august 2015 . forget etsy app tictail wants to democratize e commerce . the guardian . retrieved 10 october 2016 . igneri jenna . tictail is about to become your new favorite place to shop . nylon . retrieved 10 october 2016 . venkataramanan madhumita . diy retailer tictail has plans to make online shopkeepers of us all . retrieved 17 july 2016 . cheshire tom . europe s hottest startups 2014 stockholm . retrieved 17 july 2016 . tictail founder carl waldekranz future of e commerce is democratisation . ibtimes . 20 june 2013 . retrieved 17 july 2016 . a b http www.bizjournals.com newyork news 2015 05 12 tictail lets merchants launch stores via mobile.html tictail s in app messaging to bring real customer service to online shopping . 29 october 2015 . retrieved 17 july 2016 . a b cutler kim mai 29 july 2015 . tictail doubles down with thrive capital creandum raises 22m to carve out online marketplace . techcrunch . retrieved 10 october 2016 . tictail takes new york . retrieved 17 july 2016 . no flower is getting more love this season than the daisy . the new york times . 17 february 2016 . retrieved 17 july 2016 . hern alex 19 february 2014 . tumblr for e commerce announces 8m series a funding . retrieved 17 july 2016 . tictail closes series a funding round of 8 million and announces the company s expansion to new york . denham annabel 8 july 2013 . the swede simplifying how we set up e shops . retrieved 17 july 2016 . new york 2015 winners decoded fashion futures awards . retrieved 17 july 2016 . o connor clare . carl waldekranz 29 in photos 2016 30 under 30 retail & e commerce . retrieved 17 july 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tictail & oldid 743973851 categories information technology companies of swedencompanies established in 2012web applicationsweb hosting navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 09 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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