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Late last week I got a sneak peak at EastDez, a newly funded eCommerce platform, if you're in the space you should add them to your radar. Very strong team, top tier Sand Hill investors. We'll be writing about it fully soon, but there's nothing publicly available about them yet. It seems funny that only a few years ago Zappos investors were scrambling to get Amazon to buy the ecommerce giant. Now these companies, which thrive with real revenues have been popping up in every incubator and startup house around the world. From things like The Honest Company, to Dollas Shave Club, and many others, ecommerce is hot once again.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.