Artsy Stock
Online Art Marketplace
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About Artsy Stock
Artsy is a global platform for collecting and discovering art. The Artsy platform gives users the ability to search for art, add it to their personal collection, make bids on live art auctions, and purchase art directly on the platform from galleries and private collectors. Artsy's platform is built on a classification system named the Art Genome Project that categorizes artwork using over 1,000 characteristics including historical movement, subject matter, and formal qualities. Artsy also hosts Artsy partners with international galleries, auction houses, art fairs, and museums to create an online art marketplace. As of April 2022, the company partners with over 3,400 galleries worldwide and says it offers over 1 million pieces of artwork from over 100,000 artists across 100+ countries. Artsy aims to empower a global audience to learn about, discover, and collect art.
Artsy’s investors include Larry Gagosian, owner of Gagosian Gallery; Wendi Murdoch, collector and film producer; Jack Dorsey, Thrive Capital, and Avenir Growth Capital. Launched in 2012, Artsy is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Berlin, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. Notable investors include Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, and Avenir Growth Capital.
Investors
Avenir Growth Capital
BoxGroup
Scopely, Dataminr, Zipline, Plaid, Workrise, Bowery Farming, Blue Apron, Guideline, VTS, Boxed
Brainchild Holdings
Founder Collective
Shield AI, SeatGeek, BuzzFeed, Omada Health, WHOOP, Socure, Andela, Formlabs, Optimizely, Pantheon
Founders Fund
Lyft, Spotify, Airbnb, Stripe, Anduril Industries, Flexport, Palantir Technologies, Wish, Compass, Zenefits
IDG Capital Partners
Circle, Course Hero, Fastly, Braze, Data.ai, Artsy, Matrixport, Ripple, High Fidelity, Smartling
L Catterton
Vroom, Tonal, Enjoy, Function of Beauty, Artsy, ThirdLove, Freetrade, Tally Health
LionTree Partners
Shumway Capital
Slow Ventures
Pinterest, ClassPass, Human Interest, Wag!, Casper, Earnest, Minted, Evernote, Hyperscience, Domino Data Lab
Thrive Capital
Instacart, Stripe, Compass, Airtable, Opendoor, Nubank, Slack, Oscar Health, Unity Technologies, Cityblock Health
ZhenFund
Bolt Financial, Synthego, The Minerva Project, Artsy, Osaro, Stratifyd
Funding History
| August 2011 | $178K |
|---|---|
| August 2011 | $1.3M |
| August 2011 | $211K |
| August 2011 | $6.0M |
| March 2014 | $19.6M |
| March 2015 | $26.3M |
| June 2017 | $54.3M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Mike Steib
EVP Product & Engineering
Samuel Rozenburg
Press
trustpilot - Aug, 8 2023
Worst website EVER for customer AND gallery. Learn more read Trustpilot one star review.trustpilot - Aug, 8 2023
I feel scammed! What has this company been doing with my money for the past two months? Trustpilot one star review.trustpilot - Aug, 8 2023
Ridiculous experience. This company needs to get its act together. Learn more read Trustpilot one star review.artnews - Jul, 1 2023
‘I Want To Say I Am Sorry To Each of You’: Artsy Lays off 35 Employeesadweek - Sep, 24 2022
Artsy CMO Everette Taylor Steps Downtrustpilot - Jul, 13 2022
Artsy user files police report for deceptive selling practices.trustpilot - Jul, 13 2022
A Shambles NOT an Auction. 1 star Trustpilot review.trustpilot - Apr, 22 2022
Do not use this platform or service. 1 star Trustpilot review.trustpilot - Apr, 22 2022
Dodgy Dealers. They harass you to sign up. I suspect they are running a side hustle of some kind. 1 star Trustpilot review.coolhunting - Mar, 24 2022
Artsy’s NFT Auction Supporting Girls Who Codeforbes - Mar, 10 2022
Rise Of The ML Engineer: Flávio Clésio, Artsytrustpilot - Feb, 1 2022
Waste of valuable time and lots of money. Trustpilot 1 star review.trustpilot - Jan, 14 2022
They don’t take responsibility for their mess ups - worst service. 1 star Trustpilot review.digiday - Jan, 13 2022
Audible, Artsy and VidMob are Digiday Greater Good Award Winnerstelegraphindia - Dec, 28 2021
Rosti at Artsy - Coffee & Culturetheartnewspaper - Nov, 25 2021
Smaller galleries frustrated by digital sales platforms as dealers move online due to coronavirus lockdowns. Artsy is finding itself in the hot seat due to membership price hikes to gallery partners.uschamber - Nov, 25 2021
Making Art Shoppable: Artsy Wants to Turn More Consumers Into Collectors. Artsy doesn't reveal its finances, or whether it is profitable.trustpilot - Nov, 25 2021
My item was sent to another customer.1 star Trustpilot review.trustpilot - Nov, 25 2021
Unethical Buy it Now Practices. 1 star Trustpilot review.dlvr - Oct, 19 2021
Artsy on Leveraging Mobile Payments to Drive Cross-Border Art Salesidownloadblog - Oct, 3 2021
Artsy, Perform, Qwstrs and other apps to check out this weekendtrustpilot - Jul, 25 2021
Unfortunate and Disappointing Experience. 1 star Trustpilot review.dlvr - Jul, 2 2021
The Evolution Of Retail With Digital Technologybrand-innovators - Jun, 28 2021
CMO of the Week: Artsy's Everette Taylorblog - Jun, 5 2021
You should avoid buying online art from Artsy auctions. by Joseph K. Levene and Robert Grunder.forbes - May, 27 2021
Art Mavens: A Social Network And Freelancer Marketplace For The Arts Communityglassdoor - May, 8 2021
Mid-Level Start Up That Thinks Its a Small Start Up. Artsy has a bloated bureaucracy for a company of its size and an overzealous culture.trustpilot - Apr, 30 2021
BEWARE: NOT TRUSTWORTHY. Dealing with these people maddening experience. Dismissive, incompetent, at times clueless even about their own systems. Artsy relaxed about fakery & misrepresentation.twitter - Apr, 29 2021
During the time I subscribed to Artsy we did not get a single inquiry. I’ve barely heard of any actual success.I think they take galleries’ money. The whole concept was flawed from the beginning.glassdoor - Apr, 29 2021
Glory Days are over. Company fell off a cliff after years of turmoil & leadership change.No new innovation.Basically a high value Etsy. No one believes Artsy is honest and transparent.glassdoor - Apr, 29 2021
The ship is sinking.Too many employees for such a small market making it impossible to hit your goals.glassdoor - Apr, 29 2021
Company values mask lack of communication and transparency. Vision did not align with company mission.glassdoor - Apr, 29 2021
From Great to Terrible.Within 1 year working at Artsy, things deteriorated more rapidly than I've ever seen.Shady business practices took hold & sales team essentially had a 100% turnover rate.adweek - Apr, 20 2021
Artsy Fills Newly Created Post Promoting Growth Marketingtrustpilot - Apr, 5 2021
Most unprofessional interview process I ever went through. I cannot express how disrespectful & unprofessional this company has been with my interview process.1 star Trustpilot review.koreaherald - Mar, 23 2021
Seoul Auction to stream live auction on Artsy’s Digital Saleroomtrustpilot - Mar, 7 2021
Artsy is a great platform & I acknowledge your efforts to help gallery partners increase their sales. However, dissapointed by the sales we have managed to generate so far on the Artsy platform.trustpilot - Mar, 7 2021
Artsy is not to be trusted ... I will never deal with the company again. Artsy claims not responsible for non delivery. 1 star Trustpilot review.trustpilot - Mar, 7 2021
The worst level of customer care. I would not trust this company, and would urge anyone to not sell anything through them.1 star Trustpilot reviewtrustpilot - Mar, 7 2021
Never return emails. Crazy! 1 star Trustpilot review.artinvestment - Mar, 3 2021
A common story: Artsy. Part 1. Chronological Artsy history sourced from public information, including official founders statements, interviews, third party research & media publications.glassdoor - Mar, 3 2021
A shadow of its former self.The politics of this cult takes years off your life, preys on the idealistic with low pay, and still is trying to figure out how to grow into a profitable business.artlyst - Mar, 3 2021
Artsy Hacked With User Details For Sale On Dark Webtrustpilot - Mar, 2 2021
They roped me in with a discount for a year subscription where I could cancel out after a year. They are dishonest and not very helpful. 1 star Trustpilot review.modernretail - Jan, 25 2021
Online art-selling platforms like Artsy are seeing record salesnews - Jan, 18 2021
The Gray Market: How to Make Sense of Artsy’s Latest Funding Round (and Other Insights)trustpilot - Jan, 18 2021
Incompetent, disingenuous, untrustworthy. They seem mainly concerned with trying to bury mine and others' complaints on this site under a spurt of paid-for "5-star" posts.1 star Trustpilot review.webcache - Jan, 18 2021
Increasing membership rates for online marketplaces like Artsy prove daunting as galleries are forced to indefinitely close due to Covid-19.gazette-drouot - Jan, 18 2021
Artsy and the Myth of Sisyphus. Recycle someone else's idea, pitch to investors, raise money, fail to make a profit, start again. How many times can Artsy roll the stone up the mountain?trustpilot - Jan, 7 2021
If I could give them negative stars, I would. They are a total scam.1 star Trustpilot review.theartnewspaper - Jan, 7 2021
Smaller galleries frustrated by digital sales platforms as dealers move business online due to coronavirus lockdowns.adweek - Oct, 21 2020
CMO of Artsy Redefining Success as the “Underdog” of the Marketing Worldtrustpilot - Jul, 21 2020
Artsy Buyer BBB Complaint: Art Fraud Scam, Gallery Art, Aventura, FL, Read review left from Artsy buyer, who left a complaint on BBB, Better Business Bureau website about an artwork purchasedcoolhunting - Jun, 13 2020
An Ongoing List of Black-Owned Galleriestrustpilot - Feb, 17 2020
Will gave Artsy 2 stars. Check out the full review...artforum - Jan, 11 2020
Artsy Lays Off Twenty Staffers to “Streamline Operations”twitter - Jan, 11 2020
They make money by adding more gallery subscribers, which dilutes the quality of what they sell. It’s a machine for the opposite of connoisseurship. Which does not help galleries at all.artnews - Jan, 11 2020
Artsy Alerts Users of Data-Security Breach; Report Claims Hacked Information for Saletrustpilot - Jan, 11 2020
Expensive, slow, time consuming waste of money.They promised lots of UK based users, not convince true. It might be useful if you're selling wall decoration but for fine art.1 star Trustpilot reviewtrustpilot - Jan, 11 2020
Once worth it, but not anymore, and beware their auto renew. 2 star Trustpilot review.mediapost - Jul, 2 2019
EIC Michael Caruso To Exit 'Smithsonian' Magazine, Steib Named 'Artsy' CEOajc - Jun, 7 2019
Suwanee to introduce new art installationsstaradvertiser - Mar, 18 2019
Review: Famous art, street-artsy style inhabit animated ‘Ruben’builtinnyc - Jan, 29 2019
How Artsy laid the foundation for art tech to thrive in New York Cityobserver - Jan, 28 2019
As Online Art Auction Space Shrinks, Is Artsy the Heir Apparent?highsnobiety - Jan, 28 2019
The Beginner’s Guide to Starting an Art Collectionapollo-magazine - Jan, 28 2019
Carter Clevelandwebbyawards - Jan, 28 2019
S1 Ep. 3: Carter Cleveland, Founder & CEO of Artsyfastcompany - Jan, 28 2019
How A Bunch Of Data Geeks Charmed The Art World—And Modernized Itwashingtonpost - Jan, 28 2019
These online galleries are helping millennials become art collectorswwd - Jan, 28 2019
Bergdorf Goodman, Dior Get Artsybbc - Jan, 28 2019
Meet the female 'artpreneur' making a splash onlinescmp - Jan, 28 2019
Artificial intelligence, blockchain and e-commerce – how tech is disrupting the art worldnytimes - Dec, 30 2017
How Carter Cleveland, of Artsy, Spends His Sundaysfastcompany - Oct, 27 2017
By Harnessing Data, Artsy Hopes To Democratize The Art Worldtheverge - Jul, 21 2017
How Artsy finally convinced galleries to sell fine art onlinefinsmes - Jul, 19 2017
Artsy Raises $50M in Series D Fundingalleywatch - Sep, 29 2015
This NYC Startup Just Raised a $25M Series C Roundblogs - May, 12 2015
Catterton Leads $25 Million Funding Round for ArtsyEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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