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3.2 Teardowns | Cider & Gupshup

The DTC fashion brand that scaled to $1B+ in 18 months and the conversational messaging API at a $150M+ run rate

Ali Afridi
Mar 2
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Hi Everyone 👋,

Welcome to Teardowns. We’re excited to have you join us for this experiment as we dive into the fastest-growing companies across different industries and geographies.

As we kick-off, we’re going to be playing around with different formats for this newsletter to figure out what works best for sharing the latest teardowns. We’d love to get feedback from you on any ideas as you receive these – everything from cadence of the emails to how we package things.

You can reach me at any time by just replying to this email or messaging our team at team@sandhill.io. Our hope is to build something we can all benefit from and so we’d love to involve as many collaborators as we can.

Ali


Today’s Teardowns

  • Cider – Direct-to-consumer fashion brand that scaled to a unicorn in under 18 months

    • Founded: 2020. Funds Raised: $140M. Countries Served: 100+.

  • Gupshup – Messaging API for businesses to build text-based conversational experiences across platforms.

    • Founded: 2004. Valuation: $1.4B. Revenue Run Rate: $150M.

Teardowns from earlier this week

  • Jellysmack – Building a digital media company that powers its own content and those of other creators across digital platforms

    • Founded: 2016. Valuation: $1B+. Monthly Views: 10B+.

  • Pilot – Bookkeeping, Tax, and CFO services for businesses

    • Founded: 2016. Funds Raised: $155M+. Valuation: $1.2B.

  • Newstore – Providing a suite of omni-channel software for retail merchants. Started by the founder of DemandWare.

    • Founded: 2015. Funds Raised: $150M+. Countries Served: 40+.

  • FirstCry – Indian eCommerce company focused on selling baby and kids products.

    • Founded: 2010. Valuation: ~$2B. Revenue (‘20): $120M.


Feedback or Suggestions?

These teardowns are very much an experiment in public beta. We’ll be modifying our templates and processes – please do share any feedback or suggestions through our typeform or via email (team@sandhill.io)!


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