Peggy was founded by Adam Meghji, Craig Follett.

Who are Peggy's investors?

Peggy's investors include Backbone Angels, Entrepreneur Ventures, Garage Capital, Novalis Biotech, Z Venture Capital, Nomad Capital.

Peggy

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Peggy is a social marketplace app for buying, selling, and discovering contemporary art, serving artists, galleries, and collectors. It uses a patented camera-based digital fingerprint to authenticate artwork and enable resale and secondary-sale royalties.

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Founders & leadership

Adam Meghji Co-FounderHe previously served as CTO at Universe.com (acquired by Ticketmaster in 2015), led engineering at Metavera (acquired by Enterprise Rent-A-Car), and held CTO roles at Unata (acquired by Instacart) and Ethos.io (acquired by Voyager), with experience spanning startup ticketing, car-sharing, grocery technology, and blockchain platforms.

Craig Follett Co-Founder & CEOCraig Follett is co-founder and CEO of Peggy, a social marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering art that uses digital fingerprinting to verify authenticity and enable artist resale royalties. Previously, he co-founded Universe.com, a social event marketplace acquired by Live Nation in 2015, which he scaled 30x before departing in 2019; he holds engineering and business training from BCG and Credit Suisse's technology investment banking group.

Investors · 6

Backbone Angelslisted by Backbone AngelsToronto

Entrepreneur Ventureslisted by Entrepreneur VenturesLos Angeles · $25K – $50Kvia Jonathan Hung · inferred

Garage Capitallisted by Garage CapitalWaterloo

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Novalis Biotechlisted by Novalis BiotechGhent

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Z Venture Capitallisted by Z Venture CapitalTokyo · $150K – $101M

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Nomad Capitalreported

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Funding

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Undisclosed amountseed fundingFeb 2023
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In the news

Peggy Raises CAD10.8M in Fundingfinsmes.com · Feb 2023

Frequently asked questions

What does Peggy do?: Peggy is a social marketplace app for buying, selling, and discovering contemporary art, serving artists, galleries, and collectors. It uses a patented camera-based digital fingerprint to authenticate artwork and enable resale and secondary-sale royalties.
Who founded Peggy?: Peggy was founded by Adam Meghji, Craig Follett.
Who are Peggy's investors?: Peggy's investors include Backbone Angels, Entrepreneur Ventures, Garage Capital, Novalis Biotech, Z Venture Capital, Nomad Capital.