Heyday
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Heyday was a San Francisco-based e-commerce aggregator founded in August 2020 by Sebastian Rymarz and Adam Gerchen. It acquired, launched and incubated digital marketplace-native brands — mostly Amazon sellers — applying data science, supply chain management and marketing technology to scale them. The company raised $800 million in equity and debt, including a $175 million Series A in 2020 and a $555 million Series C in 2021.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Sebastian Rymarz and Adam Gerchen founded Heyday in August 2020; it emerged from stealth in November with a $175 million Series A led by General Catalyst.
- Series C
Heyday raised $555 million in a Series C co-led by The Raine Group and Premji Invest, bringing total capital raised to $800 million in equity and debt.
- Acquired by Branded
Branded acquired Heyday and the combined companies formed Essor, a digital consumer-products platform with about $400 million in annual revenue.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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