Throne (company)

Commerce platform

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ThroneCompany type| Private

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Industry| Creator economy, E-Commerce
Founded| 2021
Founder| Heiner Stinner, Leonhard Soenke, Patrice Becker
Headquarters|

Dallas

United States

Number of locations

| 4

Area served

| 90 Countries
Website| www.throne.com

Throne is a global gifting and commerce platform headquartered in Dallas. It has offices in the US (Dallas, Austin, and New York) as well as in Berlin, Germany.[1][2][3][4]

The platform connects over 350,000 creators with fans across 90 countries.[5][6]

## History[edit]

Throne was founded in the fall of 2021 by Heiner Stinner, Patrice Becker, and Leonhard Soenke. Prior to this venture, Soenke and Becker had successfully co-founded the calendar app Meeter, which was eventually acquired through an equity hire in 2020.[7][8][9]

In its early stages, Throne successfully raised an initial and sole fundraising round in 2022, attracting investments from angel investors, including Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover, and entrepreneurs Cory Levy and Vibhu Norby. Following this fundraising achievement and reaching profitability early on, the company decided to forego further rounds of venture capital funding.[10][11][12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Startup Delivering Gifts on Creators' Wishlists". The Information.
2. ^ "8 neue Startups: mympact, aluco, Lucius, tm matchboxx, mo:re, Throne, Orbem, tœrn". deutsche-startups (in German). 9 May 2023.
3. ^ "Throne (company) Strengthens Creator Support with Focus on Wishlist Gifting". Bru Times News.
4. ^ "Throne Wishlist". Forbes.
5. ^ "Helping Throne scale to become the leading creator gifting platform". rye.com.
6. ^ Barkho, Gabriela (22 December 2023). "More platforms are helping influencers make wish lists for fans". Modern Retail.
7. ^ "The Surprisingly Smart Way Throne Fosters Deeper Connections Between Creators and Their Audiences". Entrepreneur. 15 June 2023.
8. ^ Krisch, Jochen (21 February 2024). "Kann Throne das Milliardenthema Geschenke knacken?". Exciting Commerce (in German).
9. ^ Mehta, Ivan (8 March 2024). "Creator wishlist startup Throne is doing so well that it returned investor money". TechCrunch.
10. ^ Bradley, Sydney. "Read the email template a creator e-commerce startup used to raise money from investors for its seed round". Business Insider.
11. ^ Whittaker, Zack (6 April 2023). "Throne fixes security bug that exposed creators' private home addresses". TechCrunch.
12. ^ "Gifts for influencers". NBC Bay Area.