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Cress: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Cress is a recently launched online platform that specializes in the purchasing and selling of gently used children's clothing.

www.wearecress.com LinkedIn Manchester, United Kingdom 1-10 employees
Apparel Fashion Marketplace Secondhand Goods Textiles
Total raised
$490k
Rounds
2
Latest
Pre-Seed
Feb 2025

Cress has raised $490k across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Pre-Seed of $300k announced in Feb 2025.

That round is below the $3.0M median round size for Clothing and Apparel companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Cress Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$490k
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Pre-Seed
$300k in Feb 2025
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Manchester, United Kingdom

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2025.

Cress Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Pre-Seed
$300k
Pre-Seed
$190k

Cress raised $190k in a Pre-Seed announced in Jun 2023.

1.7 years later, a Pre-Seed of $300k was announced in Feb 2025.

Cress Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Robert Veal
Founder
Ryan Parkin
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Cress Funding Compared to Other Clothing and Apparel Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
5,273
$4.0M
5,801
$600K

Cress' latest round of $300k is below the median round in Clothing and Apparel. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Cress Funding FAQs

What does Cress do?

Cress is a recently launched online platform that specializes in the purchasing and selling of gently used children's clothing.

How much funding has Cress raised?

Cress has raised $490k across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Pre-Seed of $300k announced in Feb 2025.

When did Cress last raise funding?

Cress' most recent funding round on record is a Pre-Seed of $300k, announced in Feb 2025.

Who founded Cress?

FundedIQ lists Robert Veal (Founder), Ryan Parkin (Founder) at Cress.

Where is Cress headquartered?

Cress is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Cress have?

Cress is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Cress' funding compare to other Clothing and Apparel startups?

Cress' latest round of $300k is below the $3.0M median round size for Clothing and Apparel companies on FundedIQ across 584 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Cress Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Cress is left off this page rather than filled in.

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