Popup Bagels Raises $8M Series A

Retail

Oct 30

Popup was founded during the pandemic by Adam Goldberg in Westport, Conn., who started making bagels in his home kitchen and sharing with neighbors. It soon grew into a business, and now Popup has six pickup locations in Connecticut and New York City and an active social media following.

Popup Bagels, a viral bagel, and schmear brand, has raised $8M in a Series A funding round for growth and leadership expansion. In the current economic climate, how does this fundraising make sense? Are the good times not over?

GlobeNewswire: PopUp Bagels Closes $8M Series A Round

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Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/

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