CustomMade

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Jul 30, 2026

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Salguero: CustomMade raised about $30 million in venture capital

“And that's what we sold our venture capitalists on. And we raised about thirty million dollars.”

Mike Salguero Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 6:29 How to build a $600 million company without raising money (with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero)

Jul 30, 2026

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Mike Salguero's previous startup CustomMade burned $500,000 monthly at its peak

“We had 60 people at our height. We were burning like half a million dollars a month. And just, you know, flooring it towards a wall that we kind of all saw.”

Mike Salguero Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 6:01 How to build a $600 million company without raising money (with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero)

Jul 30, 2026 neutral

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Salguero: CustomMade ended with a Wayfair acqui-hire in May 2015

“We ended up doing a transaction with Wayfair, which was another business in Boston. All of our employees were able to get a job at Wayfair, which was nice. Except for me. And yeah, we had a party and closed the gate. It was this big iron gate and put the lock …”

Mike Salguero Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 9:37 How to build a $600 million company without raising money (with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero)

Jul 30, 2026

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Salguero: CustomMade raised from Google and First Round in 2011

“So in 2011, we went out and we raised money from Google and first round capital and a few other top shelf VCs and they bought into the marketplace concept.”

Mike Salguero Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 5:00 How to build a $600 million company without raising money (with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero)

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