type private headquarters new york city founder s ben kaufman key people ed kremer ceo parent quirky inc. 2009 2015 q holdings llc 2015 present subsidiaries undercurrent slogan s making invention accessible 2009 2015 reinventing invention 2015 present website www.quirky.com registration optional available in english launched june 2009 ; 7 years ago 2009 06 current status active quirky is an invention platform that connects inventors with companies that specialized in a specific product category . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit quirky was founded in 2009 by ben kaufman . 2 in april 2010 quirky received 6.5 million in series a venture capital funding led by rre ventures . 3 the company later received a 16 million series b round in august 2011 led by norwest venture partners and a 68 million series c round in september 2012 led by andreessen horowitz and kleiner perkins caufield & byers . 4 then in november 2013 quirky raised 79 million in series d funding from ge as well as its venture investors andreessen horowitz norwest venture partners rre and kleiner perkins caufield & byers . 5 part of the deal included a 30 million investment from ge as well as a partnership to build 30 connected home gadgets together in the next five years . 6 in 2011 a reality television series named quirky debuted on the sundance channel following events at the quirky office . 7 the may 6 2012 episode of cnn s the next list featured ceo ben kaufman and the company . 8 on july 31 2015 ben kaufman stepped down as ceo following a layoff of 111 employees due to trouble getting funding . 9 10 11 12 13 on september 22 2015 the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . 14 15 the company s assets including its website and most of its products were bought by q holdings for 4.7 million in late 2015 despite objections from general electric . 16 17 18 the wink platform was sold to flextronics for 15 million in november 2015 . 19 20 it was announced on february 8 2016 that the company had new financing and owners . 21 the company relaunched sometime in may 2016 . 22 see also edit doreen lorenzo the company s former president references edit about . quirky . 3 june 2014 . quirky is telling the world just how unimportant its ceo is . adweek . 2014 05 30 . retrieved 2016 07 13 . quirky s 23 year old ceo finds love with the supply chain paul boutin venturebeat april 27 2010 fenn donna september 7 2012 . quirky gets backing from andreessen horowitz and kleiner perkins . new york times . retrieved october 17 2012 . gannes liz november 13 2013 . quirky raises 79m including 30m from ge to make connected home gadgets . all things digital . stinson liz november 19 2013 . quirky and ge partner to conquer the internet of things . wired . associated press startup quirky brings people s ideas to life japan times 28 august 2011 p. 5 . this week on the next list quirky.com brings invention to the masses . cnn . retrieved 2016 07 13 . d onfro jillian 1 august 2015 . the ceo of new york startup quirky steps down in the wake of lay offs and funding struggles . business insider . diana chelsea 3 august 2015 . quirky founder ben kaufman steps down as ceo . new york business journal . alois jd 3 august 2015 . quirky ceo ben kaufman out . replaced by cfo ed kremer . crowdfunding insider . pastore rose 3 august 2015 . quirky ceo ben kaufman steps down . crist ry 2 august 2015 . quirky s ben kaufman steps down as ceo . gleason stephen 22 september 2015 . invention startup quirky files for bankruptcy . the wall street journal . lohr steve 22 september 2015 . quirky an invention start up files for bankruptcy . the new york times . new york bankruptcy judge approves sale of quirky despite general electric objections . albany business review . american city business journals . 2015 12 11 . retrieved 2016 07 13 . mann stephanie gleason and ted 2015 12 04 . ge says quirky has hurt its reputation . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 07 13 . quirky gets nod on 4.7 m asset sale law360 . www.law360.com . retrieved 2016 07 13 . kastrenakes jacob 2015 09 22 . quirky files for bankruptcy and announces plans to sell wink . the verge . retrieved 2016 07 13 . kastrenakes jacob 2016 04 01 . wink opens up about surviving the fall of quirky . the verge . retrieved 2016 07 13 . an introduction . a quirky blog . quirky . retrieved 2016 07 13 . shop is live . 27 may 2016 . retrieved 24 june 2016 . external links edit companies portal official website this article about an internet company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quirky & oldid 731703503 categories 2009 establishments in the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 2009crowdsourcingdesign companiesinformation technology company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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