We built the first presale marketplace. It's becoming the foundation for agentic recommerce. Building in NYC. Hiring. List what you want before you buy it. Every bid lowers your cost, so you're not gambling on resale - you know your price before you buy.
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Team TRACE has doubled in size! Gordon Li joined us as our founding engineer, and Yashas Rajanna Naidu is focused on machine learning. They’re both insanely talented builders and we feel very, very lucky to have them building TRACE with us. And we’re hiring again! We're looking for a full-time Social Media Manager to join us in NYC. Spread the word - link in comments!
Today we’re announcing TRACE’s $3M oversubscribed seed round, led by Serena Ventures with participation from SHAKTI VC. We’re building agentic recommerce. Today, buying something means taking all of the risk. You spend money, hope you’ll still want it later, and if you decide to sell it, you’re stuck doing the work yourself. We think ownership should be liquid. TRACE is building a future where intelligent systems coordinate demand, supply, pricing, and transactions automatically, giving every purchase a clear path to resale and eventually a guaranteed exit. Two months ago, we launched our first product. Last month, we closed our seed round. Along the way, we’ve seen engagement metrics significantly outperform marketplace benchmarks and learned exactly what we want to build next. 🚀 Now we’re building the next version of TRACE and hiring our first two engineers. Job posting links in comments. If you’re excited about consumer products, AI, marketplaces, mobile, and building a new category from day one, we’d love to talk. We’re just getting started.