The Bouqs Company

The Bouqs Company[1]
Type Retail
Founded Venice, California (November 1, 2012)
Headquarters Venice, United States
Founder(s)
  • John Tabis (Founder & CEO)[2][3]
  • JP Montúfar (Co-Founder & COO)
Key people David Plafchan,[4] Eric Buterbaugh,[5] Molly Sims[6]
Employees
  • 14 Increase(2014)
  • 5 (2013)
Slogan(s) Fresh, easy, beautiful. Bouquets, simplified.
Website www.thebouqs.com
Alexa rank
  • 47,802 Decrease(August 2014)
  • 51,949(May 2014)
Available in English
Current status Active

The Bouqs Company is a venture-backed,[7] online flower retailer headquartered in Venice Beach, California with direct farm partnerships in South America and California.[8] The company offers cut-to-order flowers to consumers and wholesale customers within the United States.[9]

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.[10][11]

History

Founded by John Tabis[2][12] and Juan Pablo Montufar[3] in 2012, Eric Buterbaugh (Floral Designer) later partnered with The Bouqs in 2013 as Chief Floral Designer[5] 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[13] as well as SG VC, a private investment firm owned by Sergey Grishin; and private investors including Dovi Frances.,[14] Mich Mathews, Dennis Phelps, Andy Dunn, and Brian Spaly.

In June 2014, TheBouqs raised over $6M in a Series A fundraising round.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchbase; The Bouqs Company, Company Profile".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 YEC Member Spotlight: John Tabis, Founder & CEO, The Bouqs Company. (Interview). Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Startup The Bouqs Company".
  4. ↑ Weissman, Saya (2014-01-20). "Deutsch LA takes on a new client". Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Los Angeles' 5 Best Florists".
  6. ↑ "Molly Sims Teams Up With The Bouqs". People. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  7. ↑ "Angel List". Angel.co. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  8. ↑ "John Tabis: Founder Of The Bouqs Company". KillerStartups. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  9. ↑ Kolodny, Lora (June 26, 2014). "TheBouqs.com Raises $6 Million to Deliver ‘Farm-to-Table’ Bouquets". http://www.wsj.com''. Retrieved 8 July 2014. and to sell bouquets in markets beyond the U.S. starting with Canada.
  10. ↑ "From a brand perspective, especially among Women, there’s no greater endorsement than Oprah.". Retrieved 13 August 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  11. ↑ "Business is Blooming at The Bouqs Company - Closes $6 Million Series A Financing Round led by Azure Capital Partners". Newswire. 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Holtan, Kyle (March 7, 2013). "John Tabis ('06) and the blooming of TheBouqs.com". UCLA Anderson Blog. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Josh Ong (2013-06-25). "Online flower company receives $1.1M seed funding from Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  14. ↑ "SGVC Company Profile". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  15. ↑ Yang, Melissah (June 26, 2014). "The Bouqs Blossoms With $6 Million Series A Round". LA Business Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2014.