Partly

Partly -, New Zealand startup which creates a database of car models and spare parts for them. Using the Partly platform, customers can organize sales of car parts within their own marketplace. By October 2021, the startup is available in 20 countries.

History

2021: Raising NZ $3.7 billion

In mid-October 2021 startup , Partly raised NZ 3.7 billion dollars as part of the Series A investment round. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, also in Partly invested CEO Rocket Lab Peter Beck, co-founder and CEO of the Figma platform Dylan Field, co-founder and chief operating officer of Notion Akshay Kothari, vice president of business operations at Service Titan Connor Teilmann, as well as the Russian fund I2BF Global Ventures and K5 Ventures of. USA

Partly plans to use part of the funds raised to develop its team in New Zealand, Australia and Europe, to support research, product development, and prepare for expanding the geography of service delivery.

Russians invested in the developer of the world's largest database on cars and spare parts for them Partly

Today, the automotive industry is represented by a wide range of car configurations and hundreds of millions of parts, but only manual and paper systems are used for their communication, "said Levi Fawcett, co-founder and CEO of Partly, who was previously an engineer at Rocket Lab.

Party's mission is to create a cloud infrastructure for connecting buyers and sellers of automotive parts around the world.

The progress that the team has made in a little over a year is impressive, it is certainly one of the most exciting startups in New Zealand. The global ambitions of startups such as Partly really contribute to improving New Zealand's technological reputation on the world stage, "said Peter Beck.[1]

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