Ranking · Summer 2019 · Consumer · Apparel and Cosmetics

Short Story

Modern ecommerce for petite women

6.4%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

0.9× the average (6.8%)

#2295 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 54%

Team of 120 · San Francisco, CA, USA

Raises the odds

↑ “modern” in its one-liner

↑ based in United States of America

↑ based in America / Canada

↑ based in Remote

Lowers the odds

↓ tag: Marketplace

↓ industry: Consumer

↓ tag: E-commerce

From the model: how this company's profile compares with companies that were and weren't acquired since 2024. How it works.

Signals brief

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