Recess

Recess

Acquire loyal customers through scalable, community-driven sampling.

Founded 2016

Venice, United States 27 employees Series A Total: $11.40M Advertising, Entertainment +2

Recess is a United States-based startup founded in 2016 with the slogan "Acquire loyal customers through scalable, community-driven sampling." The company operates in the industries of advertising, entertainment, platforms, and marketing. Recess aims to facilitate CPG brands and retailers in acquiring loyal customers within trusted communities such as Equinox, WeWork, and colleges at scale. The startup boasts a client roster that includes industry giants like PepsiCo, General Mills, and Nestle. Recess offers turnkey sampling partnerships that enable brands to drive velocity at retail and reach shoppers who frequent top retailers like Target, Walmart, Kroger, and 6,000+ others. Notably, the startup has secured a $5.00M Series A investment on 10 November 2022 from investors including Animal Capital, Data Point Capital, Peak Opportunity Partners, Spring Mountain Capital, Plug and Play, AperiamVentures, Bryan Goldberg, Marc Simons, Ben Hindman, and Mark Cuban. Recess's innovative approach to turning offline marketing into a performance channel and its ability to attribute in-store purchases to out-of-store activations make it an attractive investment opportunity for venture capitalists seeking exposure to the advertising and marketing sectors.

Funding Stage	Amount	Investors	Lead Investors	Date
Series A	$5.00M	10	Animal Capital, Data Point Capital +8	10 Nov 2022
Seed Round	$5.30M	10	Quake Capital Partners, Tech Coast Angels +8	29 Oct 2019
Pre Seed Round	$1.10M	1	Mark Cuban	23 Feb 2016

Funding Stage

Amount

Investors

Lead Investors

Date

Series A

$5.00M

Animal Capital, Data Point Capital +8

10 Nov 2022

Seed Round

$5.30M

Quake Capital Partners, Tech Coast Angels +8

29 Oct 2019

Pre Seed Round

$1.10M

Mark Cuban

23 Feb 2016

FAQ About Recess

Acquire loyal customers through scalable, community-driven sampling.

Recess was founded in 2016.

Recess is headquartered in Venice, United States.

Recess operates in Advertising, Entertainment, Platforms and Marketing. Its work centres on Experiential Marketing, Brand Partnerships, Sampling and Field Marketing. Its customers include CPG brands, Retailers and Marketers.

Recess has approximately 27 employees.

Recess has completed 3 funding rounds, raising a total of $11.40M. The latest funding stage is Series A.

Recess offers: Experiential brand partnerships, Sampling campaigns, Retailer targeting, Brand activation, Managed services.

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