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Vicampo

Taunusstraße 59-61, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 55120, Germany

Overview

Vicampo.de is a Mainz, Germany-based online wine destination co-founded in 2012 by Felix Gärtner, Max Gärtner and Daniel Nitz. The marketplace offers approximately 10,000 wines from 1,000 producers. The company reached over 100,000 customers and generated a turnover of more than €12m in 2015. It employs approximately 50 people in an old wine warehouse in Mainz. Vicampo closed a €5.3m third financing round with backers including Passion Capital, e.ventures and unnamed family offices. The company intends to use the funds to continue to develop the platform and expand business operations. Vicampo is a wine marketplace dedicated to small producers. Vicampo.de currently offers 10,000 wines from 1,000 producers in Germany. The company generated over €5m in sales in 2014 and now employs 30 people. It was co-founded in 2012 by Felix Gärtner, Max Gärtner and Daniel Nitz and is based in Mainz, Germany. Vicampo intends to use the funds for technological development of the platform, human resources and marketing. The core product is an online marketplace connecting consumers with small winemakers across Germany. Vicampo is an ecommerce wine platform based in Mainz, Germany, operating a marketplace that lets users buy directly from wineries. The platform has selected over 25,000 experienced and emerging German winemakers who ship their wines directly to customers. Wine quality is vetted by Vicampo’s experts and by customer reviews. In September 2013 the company raised a seven‑digit funding round to support growth. Vicampo plans to use the funds to develop its IT platform and recruit additional staff and wine experts. The company is actively hiring.

Total raised
$10M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Feb 2016

Industries

  • E-Commerce
  • E-Commerce Platforms
  • Marketplace
  • Wine And Spirits
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Feb 2016

    $6M

  2. Equity

    Mar 2015

    $4M

Team

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