Rebelstork

Thank you Russell McLeod, Authority Magazine and Medium for a thoughtful conversation with our Founder and CEO, Emily Hosie on how Rebelstork is embracing the circular economy and helping to close the loop 🌎 At Rebelstork, closing the loop has been part of our story from the very beginning. It means that we are working toward no waste, saving goods from ending up in landfills and giving them new life. This mission is crucial, especially as the retail returns crisis reaches unprecedented levels. With the recommerce market projected to hit $245 billion by 2025, Rebelstork is proud to be leading the way for the baby gear space. Learn more about our journey in and read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gEeCbehJ #Recommerce #Startup #CircularEconomy

Excited to share that Rebelstork has been recognized by the The Globe and Mail as one of Canada's top growing companies of 2024! 🇨🇦 ✨ Rebelstork is ranked #21 from the list of 416 and it’s an honour to be in such great company. Congratulations to our Founder and CEO, Emily Hosie and Team Rebby on a massive accomplishment and incredible revenue growth over the past three years. This reflects our collective vision to transform an industry and lead innovation that's meaningful to retailers, brands and growing families! 🚀 Go Team Rebby! 📚  Learn more about Canada's Top Growing Companies for 2024 here: https://lnkd.in/eSTjja9d

A little Rebelstork BTS from Cologne, Germany for the largest baby expo in the world— Kind + Jugend! 🌎 It was a treat to get up close with the newest baby gear innovations and connect with leaders in the baby gear space. Excited to see our partner brands IRL and many new products that represent groundbreaking innovation across categories such as sustainability, safety, and child care. What a week of inspiration and energy - Go Team Rebby! 👏 #tradefair #kindundjugend #startup #recommerce #BTS

🎉Big News! 🎉 We’re delighted to announce that Rebelstork has closed a $18M round of funding, led by Maveron, with support from Serena Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, and current investor, Golden Ventures. Over the last five years we set our sights on transforming the returns industry starting with the baby gear space. Fast forward to today, and we’re the largest recommerce marketplace for baby gear returns in North America, diverting overstock and retailer-returned baby gear away from landfills and into customers' homes at a fraction of the retail price. We’re proud to be leading innovation and change for the next generation of socially and environmentally conscious shoppers. A special thank you to our amazing brand and retail partners. Together we are creating new revenue streams and mitigating return costs using the Rebelstork technology and marketplace. We’re making baby gear more affordable and more accessible to families across North America while reducing our environmental impact along the way! This new round of funding will help Rebelstork to expand operations, launch new technology and grow the team. BIG congrats to our Founder & CEO, Emily Hosie and the entire Rebby Dream Team! Here we go 🚀 Learn more ➡️ Check out our feature story in Fortune  https://lnkd.in/gznHY6xx & Letter from Emily Hosie our Founder & CEO: https://lnkd.in/gu24Hs68

Hot off the press Rebelstork has been selected as one of the 12 companies to participate in the 2024 C100 Growth Program! It is an honour for our team to be recognized as one of "the 12 companies in the cohort exemplifying the best of innovation that Canada has to offer". Way to go Team Rebby! Jeffrey Stein, Taylor Hoit, Craig Hosie, Ricardo Menendez, Megan Kohout, Tatum Nolan

We’re thrilled to share that our very own Founder & CEO, Emily Hosie, has been named a finalist for the 2024 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards in the #StartUp category! Now in its 32nd year, these prestigious awards recognize Canada's top women entrepreneurs. The program is an initiative of Women of Influence+, an organization dedicated to advancing women in the workplace, and it’s an honor to be recognized alongside Canada’s best and brightest leaders! 🎉 Congratulations, Emily—we’re inspired every day and so incredibly proud of you! Learn more and meet the 2024 finalists here: https://lnkd.in/gzHwBW6R #Startup #Leadership #Awards #Recommerce

Secret’s out - Our CEO and Founder Emily Hosie is part of C100’s 2024 Growth Cohort for 2024 alongside the leaders of 12 growth-stage Canadian startups 🎉 Thrilled to see her join this group of leaders at the helm of Canada’s most promising startups. We're so proud to be selected from a pool of hundreds of applicants and have the potential to shape the future of the Canadian tech ecosystem. Congratulations to our fellow 2024-2025 #C100Growth Program cohort ➡️ 7Gen, Arteria AI ContactMonkey, Ezinç Grup, Humi, MY01, Phoenix (YC W21), Relay, RetiSpec, Stan, and Uride. https://lnkd.in/d7sRPyQX

🌍♻️ It’s #ZeroWasteWeek! At Rebelstork, we're committed to making high-quality baby gear more accessible to families across North America, while also being kinder on our planet. Every day we divert open-box and overstock baby gear away from landfills (that's over 12 Million pounds annually!), allowing parents to access it at up to 50% off regular retail prices. Our standards are high! Rebelstork has implemented the most rigorous quality-check process in the industry, ensuring that every open-box item is thoroughly inspected and approved before being listed. It’s our Rebby Pinky Promise! Every step we take helps reduce waste and build a brighter future for our little ones. Let’s work together to make zero waste a reality! 🌎 🌿 #ZeroWasteWeek #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #Rebelstork

Did you know that unused, returned open-box, and overstock baby gear ends up in landfills every single day? 🌎 Join us behind the scenes with Emily Hosie, our Founder & CEO, at one of our largest returns recommerce facilities for baby and kids gear! As the leading returns recommerce marketplace for baby gear in North America, Rebelstork is driving the future of sustainability. Through our partnerships with top brands and retailers, we divert over 12 million pounds of gear from landfills annually, offering new parents quality baby gear at up to 50% off regular retail prices. We’re proud to be a Certified B-Corp, committed to the highest standards of transparency, social, and environmental performance. Together, we’re making a difference, one piece of baby gear at a time! 👶♻️ #Leadership #Recommerce #ReturnsRecommerce #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #BTS

What a week! Our leadership team just wrapped up our quarterly offsite in Nashville, Tennessee. We dove deep into strategy and planning, but the real highlight? Hanging out IRL with our amazing local team at our 100,000+ square foot warehouse and squeezing in some fab team building in Music City. Exciting things are sprouting up for team Rebby - take a peek #BTS with us! #Rebelstork #Innovation #Sustainable #Startup #Recommerce Emily Hosie Craig Hosie Jeffrey Stein Taylor Hoit Megan Kohout Tatum Nolan