Even storage can be sexy... with $55M in fresh venture funding packed in. When you think of storage, you probably picture massive orange Public Storage facilities on the side of I-95 that inspire horror-thriller movie plots. MakeSpace wants to be the fun, non-horror version of that — and it just packed up an extra $55M in funding:
The storage industry shouldn't be popping... Home sales dropped 18% in April, so you'd think there'd be less moving/storing happening. But MakeSpace's sales have grown 30% more than expected because it's actually the opposite:
The return of the non-gig startups... A VC-funded storage startup might be inclined to call itself the "Uber for Storage." But MakeSpace employs only full-timers — this no-contractor biz model is becoming increasingly rare in the startup world. This out-of-the-box thinking in a gigi-fied world could be a selling point — Gig icons like Postmates and Lyft struggle with new gig economy laws, tension with workers, and bad PR.