Framebridge, launched in 2014 by founder and CEO Susan Tynan, offers affordable and convenient custom framing through a website and mobile app. Customers can upload images or request shipping materials to send in existing art, choose framing styles online, and receive finished frames in seven to ten days. Framebridge does all its own production, enabling automation and refined production processes to lower costs and protect margins; prices range from $39 to $199. The company says up to 65 percent of items customers frame are things they wouldn’t have taken to a traditional framer. Management cites balancing supply and demand as a major operational challenge because every sale requires production. The new $30 million Series C will fund expanded manufacturing capabilities, refined delivery, increased marketing and brand awareness, and product innovation. Framebridge, launched in 2014 by founder and CEO Susan Tynan, offers mail‑in and digital‑upload custom framing: customers send pieces via a prepaid label or upload images for printing, and Framebridge returns framed items within days. Pricing ranges from $59 for small photos to $189 for XL pieces up to 32" by 40", undercutting traditional framing shops by avoiding retail space, ordering supplies in bulk and using proprietary technology. The company reports a young customer base — millennials are its largest segment and 40% of customers are under 35 — and finds one‑third of customers had never been framed before. More than half of customers return for a second order within one year. The company says it has no major new initiatives tied to the funding and plans to use the capital to continue scaling and to get the word out to new customers. Financially, the business has raised about $37M to date following the most recent round. Framebridge is an online custom-framing service that enables customers to upload digital files or mail artwork using prepaid packaging. It offers framed products priced roughly from $39 to $159 and includes free shipping. The company has focused on making framing more affordable and accessible than traditional retail options. To support rapid demand it is opening a new 100,000 sq. ft. workshop in Richmond, Kentucky, which will add about 75 employees and increase capacity sixfold. The expansion is intended to speed shipping across the U.S. and improve the customer experience, a priority cited by founder and CEO Susan Tynan. Financially, the company took a $9M top-up to its existing Series A to help fund this growth. Framebridge is an online and mobile custom framing startup launched in August 2014 by CEO Susan Tynan. The company combines ecommerce, logistics and in-house production to offer curated frame choices and ships finished, ready-to-hang framed art directly to customers from its Maryland production facility. Pricing is based on art size, ranging from $39 to $159, with free shipping. Framebridge frames art with precision and care performed by expert framers. The company intends to use its new funding to build out business and engineering teams, advance product development, expand production, and grow customer acquisition. As of the Series A the company had raised over $11m to date.

Total raised

$63M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Jul 2018