Portero Raises $6.6 Million Round For Online Luxury Goods Marketplace
Portero.com offers pre-owned vintage and new goods, with a focus on watches, handbags, accessories and jewelry, all certified authentic and often in original packaging. To verify authenticity of goods, Portero draws on the experience of in-house specialists, by working with outside experts, and in some cases even by partnering with selected luxury brands directly.
As Leslie Frécon, CEO of LFE Capital and a fresh Portero board member, notes in the news release, this is an industry rife of counterfeits. If Portero manages not to screw up and remain a trusted brand, they’ve got something going for them.