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BabyQuip.

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Security Type
Common Stock
Categories
Beauty & Personal Care, Service Businesses, Travel
Min Investment
$249
Location
SANTA FE, NM
Offering Date
July 13, 2023
Expected Close Date
December 11, 2023
Target Raise
$15.00K-$2.31M
No. Investors
1037
Security Price
$1.07
Valuation
$29,730,000
Website
babyquip.com
Number of Employees
18
Cash
$1,971,019
Revenue
$3,419,320
Short Term Debt
$754,983
Cost of Goods
$491,886
Long Term Debt
$473,176
Net Income
$-1,991,318

Company Description

BabyQuip is the leading international service delivering baby gear to traveling families in over 1,200 locations across the US, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, and more. BabyQuip saves the family vacation by renting clean, safe, and insured baby gear, including cribs, car seats, strollers, toys, and other essentials to family travel destinations, from vacation rentals to hotels to grandparent’s homes. BabyQuip also empowers Quality Providers, mostly moms, with the opportunity to build their own baby gear rental business through its managed marketplace.

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Frances Allocca MaierCEO, Chairman of the Board, Acting CFO Fran is best known for her 10+ years leading TRUSTe (now Trust Arc), the leading privacy trustmark and solutions provider, and her role as Co-Founder and first General Manager of Match.com, the earliest and most successful dating platform. She has been active as an advisor to start-ups, many led by female entrepreneurs, as well as an angel investor. Fran is a graduate of Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Fran is also an Airbb “Superhost” in both San Francisco and Santa Fe., Nicole Kitzman Vice President of Marketing Nicole oversees Quality Provider Recruiting, Customer Lead Generation, Social Media, and all other marketing efforts and reports to the Company's CEO. Nicole has 20+ years of Digital Marketing experience, including 10+ years at Google, and brings extensive Adwords, Analytics, Account Management and team management knowledge to BabyQuip. Nicole loves the gig economy! In addition to being one of the original BabyQuip QPs, she has also been an AirBnB SuperHost and would be doing pet focused gig work too if she had more time. She first rented baby gear back in 2011 when traveling with her young twins. She has been hooked on this business ever since. Joseph Eric Maier Chief Technical Officer, Director Joe Maier has served as the CTO of BabyQuip since 2017. Joe came to BabyQuip after five years as a technology consultant at Accenture, where he designed and built backend processes and web applications for clients. Joe holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics and Economics from American University. Victoria Coffee Product Strategist Victoria is focused on understanding what's next for BabyQuip and making sure the business continues to delight families. She shrewdly analyzes pain points and feedback from customers and Quality Providers to improve BabyQuip every day. Victoria also oversees PR and Community and Customer Care. She comes to BabyQuip after spending the past decade focused on data analysis and Product Management for companies including Dyson, U.S. Bank, and Kroger. Kim Connolly Creative Director As the Creative Director at BabyQuip, Kim’s focus is on impactful and delightful user-centric digital experiences. Prior to overseeing the visual identity at BabyQuip, she worked as a graphic designer for Boardriders (Roxy/Quiksilver) and as a UX designer & project manager at KMDG, Inc. Her resume includes branding and web design for clients like Roxy, UCLA, YMCA, and O'Neill, as well as countless musicians and politicians.

Amount Raised : $1,271,004
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