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SoleSavy is a technology company.
SoleSavy is an exclusive sneaker community that helps sneaker enthusiasts navigate the challenges of sneaker buying, including bots and resellers, by providing tools and resources to secure desired styles.
SoleSavy has raised $17.0M across 3 funding rounds.
SoleSavy has raised $17.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
SoleSavy is a technology-enabled sneaker community and marketplace platform that helps enthusiasts acquire limited-edition sneakers at retail prices, combating resellers and bots through community collaboration, real-time alerts, and a secure peer-to-peer trading system.[1][4][5][6] It serves sneaker collectors and fans frustrated by scalping, offering free raffles, drop alerts, educational resources, and the COLLECT marketplace with identity verification via Stripe to ensure trust and prevent fraud.[3][6][8] The platform solves the core problem of inaccessible hyped releases by fostering a member-first ecosystem with low fees, community-designed products like the SS1, SS2, and SS3 sneakers, and data-driven insights from Slack communities, driving growth through a freemium model (basic plan free, premium at $12/month yearly).[2][4][6]
SoleSavy was founded in 2018 by co-founders Dejan Pralica and Justin Dusanj, who identified the growing frustration in the sneaker industry where bots and resellers dominated retail drops, making it nearly impossible for genuine fans to buy at retail.[4][5] Starting as paid Slack-based communities for collectors to share tips, strategies, and success stories, it quickly gained traction amid worsening bot problems, raising $2M in a late-2019/early-2020 round and later $12.5M in Series A funding led by Bedrock Capital to fuel marketplace expansion and international growth.[4] Pivotal moments include launching proprietary sneakers (SS1 in 2020, SS2, and community-designed SS3), adopting Airbyte for Slack data analytics across 10+ communities, and debuting COLLECT with KYC tech for safe trading.[1][2][3]
SoleSavy rides the sneaker resale market boom (valued at billions amid hype culture) by countering its flaws—bot dominance and reseller opacity—with Web3-adjacent trust tech like KYC and community governance, timing perfectly as consumer backlash grows against platforms like StockX.[3][5] Favorable forces include rising sneaker popularity, NFT/cross-collab trends, and demand for authentic fan experiences, amplified by post-2020 funding enabling overseas expansion and P2P marketplaces.[2][4][6] It influences the ecosystem by normalizing verified, low-fee trading, inspiring open-source data tools (e.g., Airbyte integration), and humanizing a bot-plagued industry through member empowerment.[1][7]
SoleSavy is poised to dominate as the anti-resale sneaker hub, with Series A funds accelerating COLLECT's global rollout, deeper AI-driven drop predictions, and expanded community products amid NFT resurgence and live-commerce trends.[2][4] Evolving regulations on bots/scalping and Gen Z's community loyalty will boost it, potentially scaling to multi-category collectibles. As the original community fighter against industry woes, SoleSavy exemplifies how tech restores access for true fans, unlocking sneakers' world one verified drop at a time.[5][6]
SoleSavy has raised $17.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
SoleSavy's investors include Geoff Lewis, Banana Capital, B Capital Group, Browder Capital, Climate Capital, Jacob Conger, iNovia Capital, KRM Interests LLC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Panache Ventures, Preface Ventures, Stellar Capital.
SoleSavy has raised $17.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $13.0M Series A in June 2021.