EQT Growth
Stockholm, Sweden · Venture CapitalEQT Growth is EQT’s growth-stage platform and led Vinted’s 2021 Series F round, supporting its international expansion.
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Vinted
Vinted is one of the most important consumer internet companies to emerge from the Baltics and the dominant European marketplace for second-hand fashion. Its scale comes from solving the resale experience in a way that feels simple for ordinary users rather than niche collectors: easy listing, broad demand, integrated shipping, and a business model that reduces friction on the supply side.
That combination turned wardrobe resale from an occasional behavior into a repeat consumer loop, helping normalize recommerce across Europe. Vinted matters in the startup ecosystem because it proves that Lithuania can produce globally relevant consumer platforms with strong brand recognition, operational depth, and defensible marketplace dynamics. It also sits at an interesting intersection of circular economy, logistics, trust, and consumer product design, showing that major marketplace businesses are built as much on operations and liquidity as on software.
For founders and investors, Vinted remains a strong case study in how marketplace design choices and local logistics execution can compound into continental scale.
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Vilnius, Lithuania
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Late Stage
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Venture capital firms backing this startupInsight Partners
London, United Kingdom · Venture CapitalInsight Partners is a global software investor with a London presence and was a participant in Vinted’s 2021 Series F round led by EQT Growth.
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