The Bouqs Company
The Bouqs Company is a venture-backed, online flower retailer headquartered in Venice Beach, California with direct farm partnerships in South America and California. The company offers cut-to-order flowers to consumers and wholesale customers within the United States.
The Bouqs Company works directly with flower farms in South America and California to offer fresh flowers which are often delivered before they have bloomed so that they sustain a greater life for the customer.
History
Founded by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montufar in 2012, Eric Buterbaugh (Floral Designer) later partnered with The Bouqs in 2013 as Chief Floral Designer following the companies association with the start-up accelerator Amplify.LA in April 2013.
Finance
Throughout 2013 the company has received investments from several venture capital funds such as Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Telegraph Hill Capital as well as SG VC, a private investment firm owned by Sergey Grishin; and private investors including Dovi Frances., Mich Mathews, Dennis Phelps, Andy Dunn, and Brian Spaly.
In June 2014, TheBouqs raised over $6M in a Series A fundraising round.
See Also
- Startup company
- Dot com company