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Resale & circularity // Oakland, United States

Trove

Trove provides the technology and operations that let brands run their own resale businesses. Its services cover trade-ins, inventory processing, resale storefronts and programme management, helping retailers keep a direct relationship with second-hand shoppers instead of sending every used-product sale to independent resale marketplaces.

Why we're watching

Its mix of resale software and hands-on operations makes it a useful lens on the economics of brand-owned second-hand commerce.

Funding

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