Warby Parker
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Warby Parker is a direct-to-consumer eyewear company founded in 2010 by Wharton MBA students Neil Blumenthal, Dave Gilboa, Andrew Hunt, and Jeffrey Raider 12. The company disrupted the eyewear industry by selling prescription glasses online for $95, bypassing Luxottica’s near-monopoly on the traditional retail market 23. Warby Parker went public via direct listing on the NYSE on September 29, 2021, opening at $54.05 per share and closing its first day at a valuation of approximately $6 billion 4.
Funding History
| Round | Date | Amount | Lead Investor(s) | Key Co-Investors | Valuation |
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| Seed | 2011-07-06 | $1.5M | Lerer Hippeau, First Round Capital | SV Angel, Menlo Ventures | — 6 |
| Series A | 2011-09-22 | $12M | Tiger Global Management | Menlo Ventures, Thrive Capital, First Round Capital | — 7 |
| Series B | 2012-09-09 | $41.5M | General Catalyst | — | — 3 |
| Series C | 2013-12-20 | $60M | Tiger Global Management | General Catalyst, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, First Round Capital | ~$500M 5 |
| Series D | 2015-04-30 | $100M | T. Rowe Price | Wellington Management, Tiger Global, General Catalyst | $1.2B 8 |
| Series E | 2018-03-14 | $75M | T. Rowe Price | Baillie Gifford | $1.75B 910 |
| Series F | 2020-Q2 | $125M | Durable Capital Partners | T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford | — 11 |
| Series G | 2020-08-27 | $120M | D1 Capital Partners | Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford | $3B 11 |
| Direct Listing (NYSE: WRBY) | 2021-09-29 | $0 (direct listing) | — | — | ~$6B 4 |
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Clay, “How Much Did Warby Parker Raise? Funding & Key Investors,” accessed March 2026. https://www.clay.com/dossier/warby-parker-funding↩↩
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Crunchbase News, “A Peek At Trendy Eyewear Retailer Warby Parker’s Funding History,” accessed March 2026. https://news.crunchbase.com/retail/warby-parker-investment-history-public-debut/↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Warby Parker Sees Its Way To $36.8M Of A $40M Series B Round, Led By General Catalyst,” September 2012. https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/09/warby-parker-sees-its-way-to-another-37m-in-funding/↩↩↩
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CNBC, “Warby Parker direct listing: (WRBY) starts trading on the NYSE,” September 2021. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/warby-parker-direct-listing-wrby-starts-trading-on-the-nyse.html↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Warby Parker Raises $60 Million From Existing Investors,” December 2013. https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/20/warby-parker-raises-60-million-from-existing-investors/↩↩
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Crunchbase, “Seed Round - Warby Parker - 2011-07-06,” accessed April 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/warby-parker-seed–c2e1a94b↩↩
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Crunchbase, “Series A - Warby Parker - 2011-09-22,” accessed April 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/warby-parker-series-a–1648c4e2↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Warby Parker Now Worth $1.2 Billion, Focusing On Building More Brick-And-Mortar Stores,” April 30, 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/30/warby-parker-now-worth-1-2-billion-focusing-on-building-more-brick-and-mortar-stores/↩↩
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Retail Dive, “Warby Parker raises $75M, reaches profitability,” March 15, 2018. https://www.retaildive.com/news/warby-parker-raises-75m-reaches-profitability/519209/↩↩
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Business of Fashion, “Warby Parker Raises Another $75 Million, Declares Profitability on Road to IPO,” March 14, 2018. https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/warby-parker-raises-another-75-million-declares-profitability-on-road-to-ipo/↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Warby Parker, valued at $3 billion, raises $245 million in funding,” August 27, 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/27/warby-parker-valued-at-3-billion-raises-245-million-in-funding/↩↩↩