Vango

company

About

Changing the way we buy original art

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Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$2.20M
Industries
Art,Data Visualization,E-Commerce,Internet
Founded date
Sep 15, 2012
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active

Their story started with a group of young professionals who struggled with how hard it was to find art for their home. They were tired of the generic, cookie-cutter posters, and desired something more meaningful. But, they didn’t know how where to start - galleries were intimidating, online sites overwhelming, and the pricing of it all was a confusing black box. Why did it have to be so hard to Be Original?

At the same time, they thought of their friends and family who were artists - making beautiful art, but they had to abandon their creative talents so they could pay the bills. Something just didn’t make sense.

After continuing to ask questions, they realized they were not alone, so they started to build, test, and tinker until…they launched ARTtwo50 in July 2013.

Nine months later, May 1, 2014, ARTtwo50 was reborn as Vango along with the launch of a smaller version of their iPad app on the iPhone. The reason they changed from 'ARTtwo50' was that they wanted a name that was catchy and did not box us in on price. Given that they are a marketplace, they mashed up things that take two people (Tango) and key components of their app (Visualization). ‘Vango’ just came out and they loved the sound and energy.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$2.20M
Vango has raised a total of $2.20M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 28, 2015 from a Seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
May 28, 2015 Seed $2.20M 2 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
Vango is funded by 2 investors. 500 Global and Foundry Group are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
500 Global Seed
Foundry Group Seed