Holtzbrinck Ventures und die Samwer Brüder haben einen Käufer für ImageKind gefunden. Cafepress übernimmt das "Spreadshirt für Kunstwerke" für angebliche 15 bis 20 Mio. Dollar - oder wie Venturebeat schreibt:
"Imagekind, an online marketplace for original and reprinted artwork, has been bought by online t-shirt and gift seller CafePress, a reliable source tells us, with rival Zazzle losing out on the deal.
We hear the acquisition price may have been between $15 million and $20 million, although we’re still looking for confirmation on the amount."
Zur Übernahme siehe auch die Blogbeiträge von Imagekind (Imagekind joins CafePress und Special Announcement: CaféPress Acquires Imagekind.com) sowie die Ankündigungen bei Cafepress (Imagekind®, welcome to the family! und CafePress Expands Its On-Demand Canvas By Acquiring Imagekind)
Holtzbrinck und andere Investoren haben sich im Februar 2007 mit 2,6 Mio. Dollar an dem Startup beteiligt.
Nachtrag: Die offiziellen Ankündigungen lassen so gut wie alle Fragen offen. Die besten Hintergrundinfos hat wie immer, wenn es um Unternehmen aus dem Raum Seattle geht, John Cook:
"In an interview, Saliba said that the company decided to sell now because CafePress is the leader in print-on-demand services. (Best known for its customized T-shirts) And he said there's an opportunity to grow the Imagekind business faster with CafePress, which already offers a poster and framing business on its Web site.
"We think this puts a lot of accelerant on the fire and we can become a much larger and formidable consumer brand, especially in the art space with CafePress' backing," he said.
Imagekind employs 26 people in Seattle and Portland, with plans to add a few new employees in the coming months. Saliba declined to say whether the company was profitable, but he said the business has grown in terms of revenue, traffic and artists every month. He declined to offer revenue or traffic figures.
But he did say that more than 50,000 artists have contributed more than one million pieces of artwork to the community. The average framed artwork sale on the site is $126, with some orders surpassing $1,000. It also offers customized greeting cards for as little $3."
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