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MintList

MintList is a Vancouver marketplace that reverses used-car selling: a consumer lists a vehicle and dealers bid on it. Founded in 2020 by Mike Wood and Mehrsa Raeiszadeh, it won the 2021 New Ventures BC competition and reached a quarter of BC's new-car dealers.

No longer operating — No longer operating. mintlist.com is listed for sale on HugeDomains and no acquisition or successor was announced.

MarketplaceVancouverFounded 2020
$2.1Mseed round in 2021, oversubscribed by 80%New Ventures BC, 2023-07-21
25%of BC new-car dealers on the platform (2023)New Ventures BC, 2023-07-21
$3M+seed-plus round, 2023New Ventures BC, 2023-07-21

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About

Mike Wood spent his career in dealerships and wrote the business plan three years before meeting Mehrsa Raeiszadeh at a car rally in 2019. They launched in 2020. Because the sale runs through a dealer, a seller can apply the vehicle as a trade-in and pay sales tax only on the difference. The company raised a $2.1M seed in 2021 and a $3M+ round in 2023.

Backers

Creative Destruction Lab SuperSession, New Ventures BC, angel investors

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

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Quick answers

What does MintList do?

It lets a consumer list a used vehicle and have dealers bid on it, rather than the consumer shopping dealer to dealer.

Who founded MintList?

Mike Wood, a career auto retailer, and Mehrsa Raeiszadeh, a Georgia Tech chemical engineering PhD. They met at a car rally in 2019 and launched in 2020.

What has MintList won?

First place in the 2021 New Ventures BC competition, Car Buying App of the Year from AutoTech Breakthrough, and a Stevie for Tech Startup of the Year (Software).

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