Wedzee: Buy and Sell Your New or Used Wedding Items

Wedzee: Buy and Sell Your New or Used Wedding Items

Author: Draper Startup House Accelerator June 21, 2021 Duration: 44:31

Ep #021 - We spend a ton of money on our weddings, yet we only use a majority of those expensive items once. Wedzee is here to change that.

 

On this episode, we are joined by the Founders of Wedzee, CEO Jennifer Burns and SVP Mike Burns as well as S3 Ventures Principal, Aaron Perman.

 

Planning and shopping for a wedding is time consuming, dispersed, and stressful. Wedzee is the ONLY marketplace for brides to find every accessory for the most important day of their lives. They make it easy and economical for sellers to list and ship their wedding accessories. From Wedding Dresses to cake accessories Wedzee is the one-stop marketplace for all your wedding needs. 

 

You can find them at wedzee.com or follow them on Instagram @shopwedzee or on Facebook @wedzee.

 

S3 Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas and invests in Seed to Series B companies with a focus on Texas or non-core markets. With $600M under management, they lead rounds with the potential to follow on throughout the life of the company. Their core investing focus is B2B Business Technology, Digital Experiences, Healthcare Technology, or Consumer Tech. 

 

If you think you would be a good fit for S3 Ventures you can reach Aaron at aaron@s3vc.com

 

Draper Startup House is a global network of physical locations for entrepreneurs to work, visit, live and connect with an added layer of entrepreneurial education and access to venture capital. Find us at draperstartuphouse.com

 

If you are an entrepreneur or VC who would like to be on our show, email us at austin@draperstartuphouse.com 

 

Follow us at @dshaustin on Instagram, @draperstartuphouse on LinkedIn, and let us know which companies from the show you would invest in! 


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