Basic
3 known investors
Basic.Space runs a curated digital marketplace selling pre-owned and vintage items alongside new limited editions and brand collaborations exclusive to the platform. Its 500+ verified sellers include designers, artists, musicians, athletes and other creatives, and it also hosts in-person marketplace events in Los Angeles, New York and Paris.
Also known as Basic Space, Inc · Basic.Space
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Basic.Space operates a curated digital marketplace for design, art, fashion and lifestyle goods, combining pre-owned and vintage pieces with new limited editions and brand collaborations offered exclusively on the platform. Inventory spans furniture, lighting, ceramics, decor, kitchen and collectibles, art categories including paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, mixed media and NFTs, and men's and women's apparel, footwear, bags and accessories. Listings shown on the site range from small objects priced under $100 to furniture and artworks priced in the tens of thousands of dollars, with sellers including individual designers, studios and galleries such as James de Wulf, Szymon Keller, Marcin Rusak Studio, Béton Brut, Max Radford Gallery and WOAW Gallery.
The platform is organized around editorially curated collections (for example themed edits on vintage, Japanese design, stone, wall lighting and art picks) and around seller profiles, positioning discovery as a browsing and curation experience rather than a search catalog. Alongside the website, the company distributes an iOS app published by Basic Space, Inc, described as an obsessively curated marketplace where members can preview and purchase private, curated online drops in design, art and fashion and access members-only events and experiences during major design, art and fashion weeks. User reviews describe a video-feed, TikTok-style shopping interface allowing purchases directly from content.
The company also runs in-person activity that connects to the online storefront, presenting marketplace events in Los Angeles, New York and Paris whose merchandise can be shopped through the app. The site additionally promotes a "50 Chairs at Christie's" feature, indicating collaboration activity with the auction house context.
Business model
Basic.Space acts as an intermediary marketplace: verified third-party sellers list items and the platform provides curation, storefront, app distribution and event exposure. Transactions are completed on the platform via an account and cart flow on the website and in the iOS app, which is free to download.
The sources describe a transactional marketplace in which sellers list priced items for purchase through the site and app; specific fee or commission terms are not stated.
Traction
The platform lists more than 500 verified sellers and an active assortment across design, art and apparel categories. Its iOS app holds a 4.5 rating from 320 ratings and has been updated repeatedly, with the most recent listed version 2.11.22 dated June 10.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
Positioned as a curated, invitation-style alternative to open resale marketplaces, with users comparing its vintage assortment to Depop and eBay while citing tighter curation and quality assurance.
Emphasis on exclusivity and curation: limited editions and brand collaborations available only on the platform, a vetted seller base of designers, artists, musicians, photographers, athletes, chefs and other creatives, private members-only drops, and pairing of online commerce with physical marketplace events.
Technology
A consumer e-commerce web platform paired with an iPhone and iPad app (approximately 167 MB, English, rated 13+ in the Shopping category) that shipped frequent releases through version 2.11.22. The app's disclosed data practices include tracking identifiers and collection of identifiers, user ID and usage data for analytics, product personalization and app functionality, plus unlinked diagnostics and crash data.
Go-to-market
Distribution combines a web storefront, an iOS app with a video-driven feed and member drops, editorially curated collections and seller-led merchandising, and in-person marketplace events in Los Angeles, New York and Paris that route shoppers back to the app.
Buyers of design, art and fashion objects, including vintage and collectible furniture, lighting, ceramics and artworks, plus men's and women's apparel and accessories; the app targets a membership of creatives and designers seeking early access to curated drops and events.
Geography
Online sales through the website and app, with in-person marketplace events staged in Los Angeles, New York and Paris.
Risks & controversies
App Store reviewers have reported product limitations including glitches, limited filtering (beyond men's and women's categories), a small number of videos in the feed and repetition in the recommendation feed.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Basicbasic.space · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Basic do?
- Basic.Space is a curated online marketplace and app for design, art and fashion from vetted creator-sellers.
- Who are Basic's investors?
- Basic's investors include AppWorks Ventures, Partners Resolute, Red Beard Ventures.