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§ Private Profile · Commerce, CA, USA
Online dollar store selling affordable branded and private-label beauty, home goods, snacks, and toys with fast shipping.
Hollar has raised $42.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Hollar.
Hollar has raised $42.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Hollar operates an online dollar store, offering a wide array of affordable products such as beauty items, household goods, snacks, and toys, primarily targeting budget-conscious shoppers. It sells items at low fixed prices, often around $1, through its app and website, emphasizing fast shipping and quality over cheap knock-offs. The e-commerce platform quickly scaled, reaching $1 million in monthly online sales within six months of launch, and after five months, processed over 20,000 backlogged orders, necessitating a move to a facility ten times larger. Hollar features recognizable brands like Revlon, Cheerios, and Disney, while also developing private-label products, including the "Just the Nest" home line. The company was launched in November 2015 by co-founders David Yeom (ex-eBay, Honest Company), Brian Lee (Honest Company co-founder), and three others, including one from 99 Cents Only stores; its headquarters location is not publicly known.
Holler Technologies (also known as Holler) is a New York-based conversational media company that builds AI-powered tools to enhance peer-to-peer messaging by suggesting relevant content like GIFs, stickers, and animations at optimal moments.[1][2][4] It serves messaging app users worldwide, solving the problem of bland text conversations by making them more expressive and engaging through context-aware Suggestion AI, processing upwards of 1 billion messages daily.[1][2] With $37.2M in total funding, including a $36M round, and a team blending technologists, animators, and media experts using stacks like Golang, React, and AWS services, Holler demonstrates strong growth in the digital communication space.[1][2]
Founded in 2013 in New York City, Holler emerged from the need to make mobile messaging more dynamic amid the rise of apps like iMessage and WhatsApp.[2] While specific founders are not detailed in available sources, the company quickly gained traction with its Suggestion AI, which understands conversational context and nuance to deliver timely content suggestions.[1][4] Pivotal moments include scaling to service 1 billion daily messages and securing substantial funding, reflecting early product-market fit in a booming conversational tech sector.[1][2]
Holler rides the wave of conversational AI and rich media in messaging, capitalizing on the shift from text-only chats to multimodal experiences amid rising social video and GenAI trends.[1][2] Timing aligns with post-2013 messaging app dominance and AI advancements enabling nuanced context understanding, bolstered by market forces like user demand for authentic expression in a $100B+ digital media sector.[1] It influences the ecosystem by powering more vivid P2P interactions, potentially shaping how platforms like Meta or Snapchat evolve sticker/GIF features, while its $37M funding underscores investor confidence in AI-media hybrids.[1]
Holler is poised for expansion as AI-driven personalization permeates messaging, with potential integrations into emerging AR/VR chats or enterprise comms tools. Trends like generative media creation and privacy-focused on-device AI will amplify its edge, possibly driving acquisition by big tech or further funding rounds. Its influence could grow by redefining "conversational media" as essential infrastructure, turning everyday texts into richer social exchanges—echoing its founding mission to make messages more engaging.[1][2]
Hollar has raised $42.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series B in November 2016.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2016 | $30M Series B | Eric Feng | Comcast Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Greycroft, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pritzker Group | Announced |
| May 24, 2016 | $12M Series A | — | Brian LEE, Forerunner Ventures, Danny Rimer, Jeremy Liew, Pritzker Group Venture Capital | Announced |
Key people at Hollar.
Hollar has raised $42.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Hollar's investors include Eric Feng, Comcast Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Greycroft, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pritzker Group, Brian Lee, Danny Rimer, Jeremy Liew, Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
