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Quirky was an invention platform that connects inventors with companies that specialized in a specific product category. Partners included General Electric, Mattel, Harman and PepsiCo. ==History== Quirky was founded in 2009 by Ben Kaufman. In April 2010, Quirky received $6.5 million in Series A venture capital funding, led by RRE Ventures.〔(Quirky's 23-year-old CEO finds love with the supply chain ), Paul Boutin, ''VentureBeat'', April 27, 2010〕 The company later received a $16 million Series B round in August 2011 led by Norwest Venture Partners, and a $68 million Series C round in September 2012 led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Then, in November 2013, Quirky raised $79 million in Series D funding from GE as well as its venture investors Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, RRE and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Part of the deal extends a partnership that Quirky and GE struck earlier this year, with GE now putting $30 million into the funding round and committing to build 30 connected-home gadgets together in the next five years. In 2011, a reality television series named ''Quirky'' debuted on the Sundance Channel following events at the Quirky office.〔Associated Press, "Startup Quirky brings people's ideas to life", ''Japan Times'', 28 August 2011, p. 5.〕 On July 31, 2015, Ben Kaufman stepped down as CEO of Quirky following a layoff of 111 employees due to trouble getting funding. On September 22, 2015, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quirky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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