Markai

San Francisco, CA

Markai is a venture-backed startup that builds bridges across borders through the acquisition and growth of category-leading e-commerce brands. These brands, which are based in Asia but primarily sell to western consumers, feature strong products and breakout potential, but lack the resources to scale. Once identified and acquired, we dramatically grow our brands by improving branding & marketing and scaling them across channels & geographies. To further power this growth, we’re building a direct-to-manufacturer supply chain in China that enables rapid product iteration informed by real-time consumer data. Our founding team hails from the US & China and came together by way of places like Stanford, Bain, BCG, Amazon and eBay. We bring decades of experience in e-commerce and M&A. We are backed by top-tier venture capital firms in the US and Asia as well as leading angel investors around the world.