Earlybird backs Bonagora's $3.5m series-A

Earlybird has led the $3.5m series-A for Bonagora, a German online wholesale platform.

Previous backers Vogel Ventures, Makers.do and business angels Michael Brehm and Stephan Zoll also invested.

With the fresh capital, Bonagora plans to expand to Asia next year, after opening its New York office earlier this month.

Company
Founded in 2014 and based in Berlin, Bonagora is an online wholesale platform for the home furnishings and interior design industry.

It operates across Europe and the US.

People
Christian Nagel is co-founder and partner at Earlybird. Goran Buvac, Justin Scull and Tobias Meisel are the co-founders of Bonagora.

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