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Vinted

Vinted,UAB Group, commonly known asVinted, is a Lithuanian online marketplace for buying, selling, and exchanging new or secondhand items, mainly clothing and accessories.

History

Vinted was co-founded in 2008 by Milda Mitkutė and Justas Janauskas in Vilnius, Lithuania. Mitkutė was moving house and needed a way to sell her surplus clothes. This led to the creation of a website where users could trade their clothing items.

In 2012, Vinted partnered with Lemon Labs, a Lithuanian-based app development consultancy, to launch their mobile app. In 2016, Dutch businessman Thomas Plantenga joined Vinted's management team as a strategy consultant and later became the CEO.

In 2019, Vinted became Lithuania's first tech unicorn, raising €128 million at a €1 billion valuation in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. In October 2020, Vinted acquired United Wardrobe, a Dutch competitor. In 2024, Vinted acquired Trendsales, a Danish competitor.

As of June 2024, Vinted operates in twenty-one countries and has more than 65 million registered users.

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