Darrell Cavens
CEO at zulily
Zulily leading the next trend in e-commerce
Some of the key players from Blue Nile are now running the Maveron-backed Zulily that is part of one of the hottest trends in e-commerce – Private Sales. I spoke with the lead partner at Maveron, Jason Stoffer, for the Zulily investment as well as Zulily’s CEO, Darrell Cavens. Read more »
Zulily rockets to billion dollar valuation with $85M from Andreessen Horowitz
“Zulily is all about moms — in under three years, we’ve seen tremendous growth combined with the loyalty and passion of our customers, which inspires us to do more every day,” said CEO Darrell Cavens, “The vast majority of purchases come from repeat customers, and we need to continue to ... Read more »
Red Tricycle, A Digital City Guide For Parents, Raises $1.5 Million From Bob Pittman And Others
It took several years before Red Tricycle evolved into a scalable business model.” The $1.5 million is led by Maveron and angels include Jason Calcanis, Dave McClure, and Darrell Cavens at Zulily. Calcanis, for his part, became a brand evangelist after searching for email lists for ... Read more »
Flash-sales site Zulily raises $85 million
"The capital allows us to continue to stay aggressive with the business," said Chief Executive Darrell Cavens. "We want to continue to grow and add people to the team who can think big. " Zulily's list of potential customers who receive its daily emails recently topped 10 million ... Read more »
Flash Sales Site For Moms, Zulily Raises $85M From Andreessen Horowitz; Valued At $1B
Zulily was co-founded by Darrell Cavens, the former senior vice president of marketing and technology at Blue Nile, and Mark Vadon, the chairman and founder of Blue Nile. “Zulily is one of the fastest-growing businesses we’ve ever encountered, which really shouldn’t be a surprise given ... Read more »
Flash Selling Onesies
The Zulily cofounder spent $1 million to get the new company off the ground in November 2009. He convinced a former Blue Nile buddy, Darrell Cavens, to start it with him. Read more »
Maveron Names Jason Stoffer Partner
I’ve been fortunate at Maveron to collaborate with entrepreneurs such as Mark Vadon, Darrell Cavens and Paul Freedman, who are at the leading edge of leveraging these trends to build the next great consumer companies,” said Stoffer. “I am excited to continue working with the world class ... Read more »
The Honest Company Exclusively Partners with zulily SEATTLE, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
"We are constantly looking to partner with like-minded companies that understand moms as much as we do, and we found that with The Honest Company," said Darrell Cavens, chief executive officer at zulily. "The Honest Company line of products is a perfect match for zulily's mission to ... Read more »
Long-time senior exec Darrell Cavens departing Blue Nile
Online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. is looking for a new senior marketing and technology executive. In a June 13 regulatory filing, Blue Nile, No. 48 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, announced that senior vice president of marketing and technology Darrell Cavens was resigning from the company Read more »
Fast-Growing Zulily Adds $43M, Wants to Stand Alone in Mom ...
The new money brings Zulily’s total venture financing so far to $53.6 million. I chatted with Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens about the company’s wild ride so far and its plans for the future. Read more »
GeekWire Awards: Vote for the 'Next Tech Titan'
Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens at GeekWire’s Startup Day. Zulily: While daily deal sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial have faltered, Zulily has continued to grow its e-commerce business with a laser focus on providing unique products to busy moms. With more than 600 employees, Zulily ... Read more »
Zulily Emerges from Stealth Mode
Maveron today announced our investment in Zulily, a new online private-sale shopping site for busy moms. Co-founded by Blue Nile founder Mark Vadon and former Blue Nile technology and marketing head Darrell Cavens (who is CEO), Zulily aims to build a strong children’s retail ecommerce business ... Read more »
Microsoft Boosts SOA with BizTalk Server 2009 Release ...
It offers integrated debugging, unit testing, support for automated builds, integrated source code control and bug tracking, said Darrell Cavens, Microsoft's BizTalk director of product management. Read more »
Report: Zulily rival Totsy is going down the tubes
“Unlike competitors, Totsy is not solely focused on moms and consumer goods, but the overall parent/child experience.” Zulily was a big winner at the GeekWire Awards earlier this month, with CEO Darrell Cavens and crew walking home with awards in the “Deal of the Year” and “Next Tech ... Read more »
Revealed: The winners of the 2013 GeekWire Awards
Founded by former Blue Nile execs Mark Vadon and Darrell Cavens, the office move would mark its fifth in four years. Other finalists in this category were Apptio, INRIX, SEOmoz and Urban Airship. More background in this post. Two winners here and they are both equally excellent. Etzioni... Read more »
Maveron to plant a seed each month, unveils plan to sprout early-stage consumer startups
... unveils plan to sprout early-stage consumer startups Maveron struck gold a few years ago when it provided the initial seed funding to a young e-commerce startup by the name of Zulily, housing the startup at its offices as entrepreneurs Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon got the idea off the ground... Read more »
Zulily nearing deal to secure big lease at RealNetworks HQ
It would also mark the latest office move for the company, which is currently operating out of its fourth office since it was founded four years ago by former Blue Nile execs Mark Vadon and Darrell Cavens. Last Day for Early Bird Rates: GeekWire Ping-Pong & Anniversary Bash, March 6. ... Read more »
Zulily Raises $85M
Co-founded in 2009 by Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon, Zulily operates a new online store offering daily sales on apparel, gear and other products for moms, babies and kids... Read more »
Zulily Raises $85M In New Funding
Zulily, the daily deals site for mothers nheaded by Darrell Cavens, has just scored a big, $85M funding, which reportedly values the firm at more than $1 billion. The company said the round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Maveron and Meritech Capital Partners. Zulily ... Read more »
Startup Day: More great speakers on board, and last chance for early bird tickets
; BigOven ‘s bootstrapping Steve Murch; fast-growing zulily ‘s Darrell Cavens; and GeekWire chairman Jonathan Sposato, the former Picnik CEO and the only person to have sold two companies to Google. These startup vets will deliver a series of fast-paced talks — packed full of lessons ... Read more »
