“We all carry these small, unique pieces with us. In the meantime Conjure is launching a new Bazaar marketplace, which will feature unique pieces designed and curated by artists and vendors that users can rent or buy. Ramirez estimates the company could double or even triple its headcount in the next year or so. The funding will also be used to grow the team. To keep up, Ramirez says Conjure plans to expand its delivery service outside of just the five NYC boroughs and east coast. In the last two years, the company has seen nearly 8x revenue growth, as well as a 3x increase in monthly signups since March. We want to bring the ability for people to have their homes look like who they are in that point in time.”Ĭonjure touts itself as the first company of its kind to adopt this “flexible ownership” model, and claims this method will be increasingly important as people, especially Millennials, tend to move apartments more frequently. To have that loud sofa that you would never buy, but would be happy to rent for a period of time. As such, we’ve seen an increase in people who just want their home to look nice, they want their homes to reflect their personality and want them to be unique,” Ramirez said. The idea is to make furnishing one’s home both affordable and flexible. Customers pay a fixed price each month in the three to 12 months they have the furniture, then they can either buy the pieces they like for the remaining cost or swap them out for something else. Formerly known as Mobley, the company announced Tuesday that it has launched out of stealth mode thanks to a $9 million seed round led by Pillar VC, Russ Wilcox, RiverPark Ventures and CoVenture.ĭescribed as the “Rent the Runway of furniture,” Conjure lets users rent high-end pieces of furniture for about half of their retail value, according to the company. So, he and his co-founder, Aditya Khilnani, created Conjure, a Brooklyn-based startup that lets users rent furniture that’s been curated by top designers. “It was very frustrating that, at a moment where so many things are so much easier and enabled by technology, this industry isn’t.”Īlso in NYC Cloud Collaboration Startup Air Raises $12M, Plans to Expand “I really found myself always compromising on style and having to deal with all the logistical issues that come with living in a city and having furniture,” Ramirez told Built In. Far from his native Puerto Rico and working long hours, he struggled to make any of his apartments feel like home. When Daniel Ramirez first moved to New York City, he had a hard time getting settled.
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