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Day Zero all over again 🚀
Garage has mostly flown under the radar, but it's one of the most successful new marketplaces of this decade. They're now selling more than $100M / year of used fire trucks and other equipment.
But what impresses me most about @MartinHuntJr and @alazsengul is how focused they've been. They started Garage to solve a problem for some of the overlooked, hard-working Americans who keep our society functioning, and that's exactly what they've done.
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Garage has mostly flown under the radar, but it's one of the most successful new marketplaces of this decade. They're now selling more than $100M / year of used fire trucks and other equipment.
But what impresses me most about @MartinHuntJr and @alazsengul is how focused they've been. They started Garage to solve a problem for some of the overlooked, hard-working Americans who keep our society functioning, and that's exactly what they've done.
Today we’re announcing our $41M Series B, led by Invus Opportunities, bringing our total funding to $60M.
@MartinHuntJr and I started Garage just over two years ago to be the marketplace for America’s most essential vehicles and equipment. Since then, every day I wake up and get to build for the people responsible for keeping our cities and towns moving forward.
The more time we spend with our customers, the more energized I feel by the pride they take in their work and their commitment to the communities they serve. It’s a privilege to build for them, and even more special to do it alongside a team that shares that same sense of purpose.
There’s a lot left to build, and we’re looking for ambitious people to build it with us!
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Excited to share that Garage has raised a $13.5M Series A, following our $4.5M seed round last year.
When @MartinHuntJr and I started on this over a year ago, we set out to modernize how fire departments and local governments buy and sell their equipment (from radios to fire trucks).
Today, equipment bought on Garage already serves millions of Americans across all 50 states, helping cities stretch their budgets further.
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we're hiring for an engineer in-person in nyc! send anyone you can rec my way
read.cv/teams/garage/fronten…
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Amazing to catch up with so many alumni at the YC reunion today. Energy was incredible.
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A highlight of the YC batch was the founders of @adagyrobotics taking over a corner of the YC office to develop their robot control software.
YC's first office shared space with @tlbtlbtlb's robotics startup, so it was a fun throwback to have robots in our office again.
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YC Demo Day finished. The skies parted. And confetti fell on San Francisco for about 5 minutes 🎉
🥳 Congrats @ycombinator W24 batch! 🥳
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When startups start taking off, the founders usually can't tell what's changed. It's some combination of all the random things they did to make it take off, but it's hard to say which ones.
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I don't always invest in funds, but when I do, I prefer Wayfinder.
OKAY. I think it's time to make it official.
📣 Introducing Wayfinder II — a $35M seed-stage fund investing $300k-$1M checks in founders building enduring companies solving tomorrow's hard problems.
wayfinder.com
