Sonder

Artificial Intelligence · Commerce
$431Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
$126Mlatest round · Venture round · Aug 2024 · 2 yr ago
39stories in the press
2015founded

Overview

Company We saw uncertainty in owned media. So we built the answer.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$431M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$126M
Venture round · Aug 2024 · 2 yr ago
The money's age
Long since its last round
26 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 19, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $126M Jun 25, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $170M Aug 24, 2018 Raised a round Venture round $135M 2015 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Aug 2024 $126M — therealdeal.com
Venture round Jun 2020 $170M — forbes.com
Venture round Aug 2018 $135M — forbes.com
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Financials

Total raised
$431M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $126M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $170M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 $135M Details

News

News Frizky Kramer 24 days ago
Sonder: a free, native markdown editor for Mac
Sonder is a free, open-source markdown editor for Mac. It opens your own folder of .md files and gives you Focus Mode and the AI tools you already have.
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Blog 5 months ago
Merchandise & Marketing collaboration at Holt Renfrew
This podcast first appeared on Marketing Publication Mi3 here Retail Media Builds Bridges: Canada's leading department store Holt Renfrew on how marketing and merch alignment powers growth in demand, CX and profit. Listen to the podcast "What's been most
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Blog 6 months ago
Wise Marketer Executive interview
This video first appeared on appeared on the Wise Marketer as part of their Executive Interview series here Watch video here Owned Media: Why CMOs Need to Embrace This $500Bn Opportunity The CMO Council / Wise Marketer Interview Series features creative a
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Blog 6 months ago
RMNs own their destiny with in-store retail media
This article first appeared on The Drum website here. Retailers like Walmart and Costco understand media & merchandising alignment is critical, write Andrew Lipsman & Jonathan Hopkins. Retail media networks (RMNs) are apparently facing an existential cris
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Blog 7 months ago
Wake-up call for CMOs
This article first appeared on the CMO Council website here A new report from independent owned media experts Sonder has sized the global market at $573Bn. Yet many senior marketers still don't appreciate the potential leverage of models in both marketing
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Blog 8 months ago
Ex-McDonald's, Nike, Myer, Virgin, Rip Curl marketer builds owned media powerhouse
Listen to the podcast here "We've consistently seen this model reduce investment in paid media to an average of 20 per cent. Once you understand the value of owned media channels to your marketing plans, it can reframe the thinking within an organisation.
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Blog 8 months ago
Retailers using GMV top-down valuations to predict retail media revenues is inherently reckless
This article first appeared on Mi3 here. Despite a multi-year bull run in retail media globally, there was an abundance of retail executive teams around the world disappointed with their retail media network initiatives. That's largely because of a mislea
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News The Autodidacts 9 months ago
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At a certain point in my life it dawned on me that other people are people too.That guy bent over with Fentanyl? A whole world: boyhood, rites of passage, dreams, regrets, memories, crushes - the works.The evil billionaire? Old wounds, sincere beliefs, ti
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Blog 10 months ago
Everyone Says Retail Media Has Peaked. Here's Why They're Wrong
This article first appeared on the ANA website here. Recent weeks have seen an eye-grabbing, hand-wringing storyline take hold in media press: Retail media is faltering and entering a backlash phase. But as pundits debate whether retail media has peaked,
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Sydney Australia
HQ
Level 8, 33-35 York Street, Sydney, NSW, 2001, AU
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