March 29th, 2013

Bonobos’ SF Engineers Split Between NY Relocation And New Company Led By CTO Mike Hart

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Bonobos‘ newly hired San Francisco engineering team is fracturing, but there’s no disaster. Bonobos CTO Mike Hart has departed the company to become a co-founder, along with Cory Hicks, of a brand-new business.

After cooking up some hot new personalization technology at Bonobos, Hart and five other engineers from the team will be spinning out that technology into a standalone company separate… → Read More

March 28th, 2013

Indochino Raises $13.5M Series B Led By Highland Consumer Fund, Launches New Line

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Indochino, the online one-stop shop for a custom tailored suit, has just launched a brand new Ultimate Spring Collection, with some brand new looks and some Indochino best-sellers in new materials.

The new collection comes hot on the heels of a $13.5 million Series B funding round, led by the Highland Consumer Fund alongside Madrona Venture Group, Acton Capital Partners and Jeff Mallett. → Read More

April 12th, 2012

Men’s Clothing Brand Bonobos Raises $16.4M From Accel; Lands Nordstrom Investment And Retail Deal

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Bonobos, a brand that sells men’s clothing online, has raised $16.4 million led by retail giant Nordstrom, with Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners participating. This brings the company’s total funding to nearly $40 million. In addition to the funding, Nordstrom will now sell Bonobos clothing at a number of its stores and on Nordstrom.com. The news was originally reported by the New→ Read More

March 21st, 2012

Bonobos Launches “Cyber Pop-up Store,” Further Blurring The Lines Of Ecommerce

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Bonobos, everyone’s favorite online clothing provider named after amorous monkeys, has announced a Cyber Pop-up Store featuring a number of special items curated by Nets basketball player Deron Williams with proceeds going to his charity.

If that sounds like a lot of fluffy marketing, it is. However, the sale is one of the first self-described online pop-up stores and is designed to run from… → Read More

November 15th, 2011

Clothing Brand Bonobos Snags Netflix Director Of Engineering

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Bonobos, a web-only premium clothing brand for men, just announced the hiring of Michael Hart, Netflix’s former Director of Engineering for social systems. Hart says he wanted to “lead an earlier stage company” and was excited to apply what he learned at Netflix in terms of personalization and social networking.

Hart received a BS in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University… → Read More

December 16th, 2010

Note to Estranged Co-Founders: Settle Your Baggage First, Pitch Reporters Second

I posted a story earlier today about a cool company called Bonobos, which makes better-fitting hipster pants and just raised $18.5 million in funding. I did an extensive interview with the founder and CEO Andy Dunn last night and asked a lot of detailed questions about how the company was founded and the early days. At the end, I asked if there was anything else I didn’t ask that I should know. → Read More

December 16th, 2010

Bonobos Raises $18.5 Million. Metrosexuals Unite!

Andy Dunn is part Indian and part European. He’s tall and slender, but he has surprisingly meaty thighs. As a result, he could never find pants that fit well. European cut pants were too tight but when he tried to wear American cut pants he felt like he was swimming in billowing fabric. And if he spent all day shopping to find great pants, he didn’t feel great afterwards. “If I spent a Saturday… → Read More