Wantering

Turning Curation Into Commerce

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Currency CAD
  • Founded June 2011
  • Employees 5
  • Website wantering.com

Company Summary

Wantering turns the expertise and energy found in blogs and fashion social networks into an easy-to-browse digest of the most interesting products on the web. No 'Following' list to setup. No bookmarklets, or pressure to share. Just a steady stream of awesome items delivered to you every day.

Team

  • Matt Friesen
    CEO

    CEO @wantering. Founded Thirdi Software (sold to @invoke), co-founded JustTheBill. Builder of ideas, teams & businesses. Full time dream chaser.

  • Nick Molnar
    Cofounder

    McGill Econ dropout turned tech entrepreneur. Fuck Cancer Board Member & Technical Director. Product & marketing guy. TEDx Speaker. Resident hippie.

  • Jesse Sherlock
    CTO

    CTO of @wantering . Web backend expert. Team Lead/Project Mgr. Big Data, algorithmic optimization. Serious about best practices and cutting edge tech

  • Nick Cairns
    Head of User Experience

    UX Guru @move. Built interfaces for HTML5 mobile, natural language search, and syndication for Realtor.com, a 13mm monthly unique site. Family man.

  • Meredith J Powell
    CMO

    Meredith founded a North American multi-line fashion wholesale showroom and PR Agency in 2004, and acted as CEO until 2011. Powell and Co. Showroom operated offices in NY, LA, Atlanta, Dallas, Vancouver and Toronto. Powell and Co. showed at every major tradeshow in the US, and produced runway shows that included the closing show for New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Centre.
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Advisors

  • Brock Smith | Clark Wilson LLC
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Jason Zaytsoff CA
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Yaletown Venture, BDC, Initio Group
    Unconfirmed
    WUTIF, Scenario, SK Ventures
    Unconfirmed
    Good Life
    Unconfirmed

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