Blitsy Raises $3.6M in Series A Round

What does Blitsy do?

Blitsy, is a creative e-commerce site which focuses on making it easy and fun and to buy craft supplies and arts online from any corner of the world and from any device. It is building the first clear e-commerce leader which is focusing on $30B crafts and arts industry.

This Chicago based industry is changing the way creative people all over the world are buying their arts and crafts supplies. The startup focuses on finding and discovering the craft sector’ latest trends and designs from the favorite brands of the crafter’s, all in one location.

Through highly curated selections from the best crafts supplies from around the world combine with high quality video lessons featuring experts in the industry, this site is becoming a source of inspiration for beginners and experts similarly.

How much Blitsy was funded?

Blitsy raised $3.6M in Series A funding on May 7^th, 2015 from the investors Binh Tran, Lakewest Venture Partners, Brian Spaly, Chicago Ventures, FireStarter Fund and Data Point Capital and 7 other investors.

Previous funding

• $1M in Seed round on July 19, 2013 from Chicago Ventures, FireStarter Fund, Binh Tran, Brian Spaly, Lakewest Venture Partners and Lon Chow.
• $965k in Debt Financing on June 12, 2014 from FireStarter Fund, Lakewest Venture Partners and Chicago Ventures

What is next for Blitsy?

Blitsy is going to concentrate on its tech innovation, product ideation and releasing new products for do it yourselfers. It has partnered with many amazing brands which are losing their viability by providing them with the ability of their product distribution to Blitsy’s global customer base.

More about Blitsy

Blitsy was founded on November 26^th, 2011 by Ryan Petersen, Ross Petersen, Katy Weade and  Ab Fadel. It has its headquarters in Chicago, IL. It is an innovative e-commerce company which is changing the way creative people all over the world are buying their crafts and arts supplies.