Monoqi is an online platform for hand-picked and limited-edition design products, offering limited runs at MONOQI.com. The site presents up to 100 new unique products each day from over 10,000 international designers. Founded in 2012 and based in Berlin, the company employs over 100 people representing 25 nationalities. Shareholders include Condé Nast, Christophe Maire, Dario Suter and Jochen Gutbrod. Monoqi intends to use the newly raised funds to expand into the Middle East. Monoqi is a Berlin, Germany-based online private shopping club for design that handpicks products worldwide. It offers members the chance to buy limited-edition design at "friendship prices" by leveraging direct relationships with designers. The company states these special offers are possible because it knows the designers it introduces and passes that advantage exclusively to members. Monoqi is led by CEO Simon Fabich and CFO Felix Schlegel. According to local reports, Monoqi has raised funding from Hasso Plattner Ventures; the amount of the deal was not disclosed. No further financial details, instruments, past rounds or operating metrics were reported in the article. MONOQI operates an exclusive online shopping platform where select designers present products that buyers can purchase at reasonable prices. The company emphasizes curation: items are hand‑picked and quality‑checked by its design scouts before entering the webstore. The site will organize offerings in curated spaces (rather than a typical grid view) and aims to differentiate on user interface. MONOQI sends design scouts around the globe to feature artists and creative individuals and plans to produce qualitative editorial output to engage the design community. The platform is currently in closed beta and TechCrunch readers were offered priority access. Founder and CEO Simon Fabich previously worked as an investment manager at Atlantic Ventures, and Christophe Maire serves as co‑founder and chairman.

Total raised

$17M

Funding rounds

3

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Jun 2017