b8ta

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$50M

Amount

Series C

Stage

31.10.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$88.5M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
B8ta is a software-powered retailer that makes physical retail accessible for everyone.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Keywords :

founded date

01.01.2015

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series C

IPO status

Private

Description

The company was founded in 2015 and aimed to improve the customer and maker experience by helping people discover, try, and learn about new tech and innovative products while empowering makers with a simple retail-as-a-service model. B8ta brought makers closer to customers in real life, allowing everyone to discover, try, and learn about new products first hand. Unfortunately, the company made the tough decision to cease US operations in 2020, but they still have stores in Tokyo and Dubai that customers can visit.
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Contact Email

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People

Founders
4
Nicholas Mann
Nicholas Mann

Nicholas Mann

current job

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Google

organization founded

1

Nicholas Mann

William Mintun
William Mintun

William Mintun

current job

b8ta
b8ta

organization founded

1

William Mintun

Phillip Raub
Phillip Raub

Phillip Raub

Phillip Raub is the CEO of Model No. and also the co-founder and board member at b8ta, a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for product makers and exciting for consumers. In his role at b8ta, he oversaw the day to day operations of the company. Previous to b8ta, Phillip held executive roles at Nest/Google, where he led the Global Channel Marketing team. Prior to Nest, Phillip spent six years at Nintendo as the Director of Retail Marketing. In addition to his years of experience at Nest and Nintendo, Phillip held various leadership roles in marketing at Gap Inc.

current job

Model No.
Model No.

organization founded

1

Phillip Raub

Vibhu Norby
Vibhu Norby

Vibhu Norby

Founder/CEO of Origami Labs (FKA Everyme) and b8ta. Previously at MySpace and Threadbox.

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Employee Profiles
47

Nick Romero

General manager, forum by b8ta

Phillip Raub

Phillip Raub

Founder/Board Member

Katie Ediger

Site director, support and distribution

Joshua Brueckner

Joshua Brueckner

Director of Partner Success

Janiece Caldwell

Senior system administrator

Anthony Gomez

Support manager

Anson Lee

Partner success manager

Nik Nadolski

Service delivery director

Activity

Recent News
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