SAVING RETAIL

BY LEVERAGING OUR PROPRIETARY TECH AND OPERATING EXPERTISE.

SAVING RETAIL BY LEVERAGING OUR PROPRIETARY TECH AND OPERATING EXPERTISE.

Since our founding in 2016, we’ve kept several historic brands from liquidating, saving over 800 jobs in the process

Since our founding in 2016, we’ve kept several historic brands from liquidating, saving over 800 jobs in the process

What we've been up to

2016
Founded as a joint venture between Justin Yoshimura and China Science & Merchants Investment Management Group
2017
Acquired DirectBuy to build its home goods platform with the thesis of acquiring Z Gallerie, Pier 1, and Kirkland’s
2017
Incubated and launched LeaseCo
2018
Raised additional capital from Panasonic
2018
A subsidiary of CSC Generation acquired The Bon-Ton IP with the thesis of acquiring ShopKo
2019
DirectBuy acquired Z Gallerie in a joint venture with KKR and B. Riley
2019
Raised additional capital from Altos Ventures
We are not just savvy investors

We build proprietary technology and centralized teams across the stack to generate alpha.

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