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Jul 2018
BabyQuip helps families "Pack Light. Travel Happy" to over 2000 locations in the US, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean; Australia and New Zealand, and select European locations. Powered by a trusted community of nearly 3000 trained and insured Quality Providers, BabyQuip delivers clean, quality baby gear including cribs, car seats, strollers, and other essentials to make family travel more enjoyable and convenient.
BabyQuip also empowers Quality Providers with the opportunity to build their own baby gear rental or cleaning business through its managed marketplace.
Demand is strong: In just over 7 years, we’ve served nearly 300k orders and have emerged as far and away leading national and now international brand.
CEO, Fran Maier, is a super founder, best known for co-founding/launching/first GM of Match.com and Founder of TRUSTe (now TrustArc).
Additional highlights:
Customers love BabyQuip, with 94 (World Class!) NPS Score
Distribution and affiliate relationships in place with Avant Stay, Curator Hotels, Guesty among others.
Industry leading Trust and Safety Program, including Liability Insurance which provides coverage to our Quality Provider community as well as Damage Waiver, and car seat replacement program.
Award GoodHousekeeping "Best in Travel Award," December, 2022
The company was featured on Shark Tank on March 6, 2020.
www.babyquip.com
www.cleaning.babyquip.com
Vice President + Investor
Jan 2013
OS Ignite is a boutique development, design, and digital marketing agency based in Irvine & Long Beach, CA. For over 14 years we have provided highly scalable website and mobile app services for any size company across multiple markets: service, tech, public sector, education, finance, medical, tourism, retail, industrial, and many more. Our full-service solutions include software architecture, application programming, graphic design, UI/UX, database infrastructure, e-commerce, custom development, and digital marketing.
What makes us different?
We have launched over 400 websites and mobile applications.
Core team of 11 developers, designers, QA specialists, and support staff.
We specialize in powerful open-source code frameworks and other cost-saving strategies for competitive projects.
Post-launch support is part of our core service offering, with pro-active support plans.
We do not force our clients to use proprietary systems and restrictive licensing agreements to lock in long-term relationships. To retain clients we depend upon our incredible support, technical skill, and passion for building amazing things.
Development and Design is done in-house at our US offices.
Our clients have direct contact to the developers, designers, and managers on each project.
We have vast experience with complex projects, and have an array of different solutions that will fit your needs. We do not try to force our clients into a solution that doesn’t fit, we consult carefully and deliver the best possible project result for each situation.
Investor + Shop Owner
2013
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. Etsy Inc. employees – whether a team member of Etsy or Depop – tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.
Founded in 2005, Etsy is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY with additional offices in Dublin and Mexico City. As of December 31, 2024, our marketplaces connect 8 million active sellers – including over 5 million on Etsy.com, 80% of whom are women – and 95 million active buyers in nearly every country in the world. In 2024, we facilitated over $12 billion in transactions.
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Investor
Jul 2018
BabyQuip helps families "Pack Light. Travel Happy" to over 2000 locations in the US, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean; Australia and New Zealand, and select European locations. Powered by a trusted community of nearly 3000 trained and insured Quality Providers, BabyQuip delivers clean, quality baby gear including cribs, car seats, strollers, and other essentials to make family travel more enjoyable and convenient.
BabyQuip also empowers Quality Providers with the opportunity to build their own baby gear rental or cleaning business through its managed marketplace.
Demand is strong: In just over 7 years, we’ve served nearly 300k orders and have emerged as far and away leading national and now international brand.
CEO, Fran Maier, is a super founder, best known for co-founding/launching/first GM of Match.com and Founder of TRUSTe (now TrustArc).
Additional highlights:
Customers love BabyQuip, with 94 (World Class!) NPS Score
Distribution and affiliate relationships in place with Avant Stay, Curator Hotels, Guesty among others.
Industry leading Trust and Safety Program, including Liability Insurance which provides coverage to our Quality Provider community as well as Damage Waiver, and car seat replacement program.
Award GoodHousekeeping "Best in Travel Award," December, 2022
The company was featured on Shark Tank on March 6, 2020.
www.babyquip.com
www.cleaning.babyquip.com
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Utah Baby Gear LLC
Owner
Jul 2018
2017
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M&N Investment Holdings
Co-Founder
2017
2015
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Maverik Center
Director of Corporate Partnerships/Business Development
Mar 2015
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