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Ankorstore
B2B marketplace connecting small businesses and independent brands
- 201-500 employees
- Retail
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Consumer Goods
- eCommerce
- 101 Rue de Sevres Paris, 75006 France
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Company mission
To promote the development and growth of local and authentic retailers and help European brands expand their customer base.
Our take
Ankorstore was founded on the belief that independent retailers are fundamental to the soul and identity of local towns and cities. It helps them flourish by providing retailers with great purchasing conditions and tools.
Ankorstore is attempting to build the largest European marketplace to connect authentic brands with thousands of independent retailers. It inspires retailers with a large and distinctive range of products, as well as helping them to work with brands under unique conditions.
These include having all brands paid at reception, 60-day payment for retailers, and free delivery offered. Its website carefully selects exceptional products all across Europe, and a minimum checkout of £300 to allow retailers to gain flexibility and turn over its stock regularly.
Offering great products in every sector from Kids and Home and Living to Grocery, Beauty, and Fashion, Ankorstore is enabling brands - including Jane Eymar, SpiceNerds, and Jeux d'Enfants - to maximise their sell-through and turn their inventories regularly. With this approach and unicorn status achieved in 2022, Ankorstore is helping independent retailers and brands all across Europe.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Strong Purpose Big Impact
- Attractive remuneration packages
- Diverse & Global For Real !
- Grow. Continuously! Realize the unimagined
- Flexible work arrangements
Company values
- Wild Ambition
- Radical
- Focus
- Simple more than smart
- Empowerment
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$283m
SERIES C
May 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $417.3m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Nicolas d'Audiffret
(Co-Founder)Before investing in +10 marketplaces, they were a Consultant for +9 years in a top management firm, advising leaders on strategy. They co-founded A Little Market and were a board member of BackMarket.
Nicolas Cohen
(Co-Founder)They are an entrepreneur, investor and active member of the French Tech ecosystem. Co-founded A Little Market, eventually sold to Etsy, where they were a Continental Europe Director for 3,5 years.
Mathieu Alengrin
(Co-Founder)They worked as a Developer for SNCF, RTE & Adael Wireless before working as Head of Engineering at Vestiaire Collective. They co-founded Ankorstore with Pierre and Nicolas in 2019.
Pierre Louis Lacoste
(Co-Founder)They gained extensive managing experience in the consumer goods industry, working as VP of Europe at Lolë and then at Etsy as Country Manager. In March 2019, they co-founded Ankorstore.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Ankorstore
Sophie Walsh (People Partner)
- We provide unconscious bias training to all training managers
- We actively partner with external organisations and job boards that help generate a diverse pool of candidates and educate us on maintaining an inclusive hiring process
- We collect and track our data to ensure we are learning and constantly improving
- We have objective internal mobility and promotion processes to ensure it's always the best person for the job who gets the role
- +45 nationalities
- We’re committed to enhancing the experience of women in the Tech industry and we believe transparency is key to progress. That’s why we’re pleased to share our result of 73 from 50inTech’s Gender Score test, which sets us as an industry pacemaker in their rankings.
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Diverse team striving to help independent brands and boutique retailers across the UK and Europe. Ankorstore's rapid growth and ramp up in employees has led to me learning multiple new skills not only in sales, but also in management. A business that has given me the opportunity to progress and learn endlessly in such a short period of time.
Sales & Account Management
Growing fast
Oct 2021
I joined Ankorstore due to its mission to help empower independent brands and boutique retailers, as we live in a world now where such businesses are being overshadowed by major platforms such as Amazon. I love seeing the positive responses we receive week in week out from brand and store owners.
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Oct 2021
Our recruitment has been phenomenal in selecting candidates from all walks of lives. Any social events we have are made even more special due to all I can learn from my colleagues backgrounds. We also have selected reps now in each team that are there to receive feedback and present any necessary changes to benefit all in the company.
Sales & Account Management
Diversity is a priority
Oct 2021
Everyone has been super friendly and welcoming since I began working at Ankorstore!
Sales & Account Management
Nice people
Oct 2021
Ankorstore have been flexible so far with working both in the office at home - a good balance of both.
Sales & Account Management
Flexible working
Oct 2021
The founders are clearly very passionate about their mission and it shows!
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Oct 2021
Because Ankorstore is growing so quickly, there are opportunities popping up all the time. There's a big focus internal mobility, and there's plenty of examples in the company of people progressing into more senior roles within months of joining. It's so motivating to know that if you work hard, you will be rewarded with progression!
People, HR, Recruitment
Career progression
Oct 2021
One of the key values of the company is 'empowerment', meaning all employees are trusted and encouraged to bring ideas forward and make decisions independently. Due to the fast-growth nature of Ankorstore, there's a lot of opportunities to implement policies or processes, and leadership are always so happy to hear ideas! On top of this, we have a monthly pulse survey where we can submit ideas to the people team about improving employee experience, anonymously if you'd prefer. This really does feel as though all employees' voices are heard.
People, HR, Recruitment
My opinions are valued
Oct 2021
I've never worked in a company that has so much energy! Everyone is really mission-driven, and the constant exciting updates from the founders about new developments just enhances this energy!
People, HR, Recruitment
Team energy
Oct 2021
