The Rounds Raises $38 Million Series A

Supply Chain

Dec 21

The Rounds delivers everyday essentials through an efficient, scheduled, last-mile logistics network, and the only optimized closed-loop (i.e. zero-waste) supply chain.

The company delivers refills and picks up the empties at the same time on a weekly schedule. While the service is designed for people who don’t want waste, how large is the market for people who value convenience enough to need someone them to deliver these replenishables to them but are not sustainable enough to go to the store in the first place to get a real bulk discount?

Seems like a tough needle to thread.

Goodwin: Redpoint Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz Lead The Rounds’ $38 Million Series A

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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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