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Peggy

Peggy is a Toronto social marketplace app for buying and selling contemporary art, founded in 2020 by Craig Follett and Adam Meghji. It authenticates work with a patent-pending AI digital fingerprint and pays artists royalties on resale, and raised a C$10.8 million seed in 2023.

C$10.8Mseed round announced February 2023Peggy press release ↗
16team members across four continentsPeggy about page ↗

The people

Craig FollettCo-founder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Adam MeghjiCo-founderprofile coming

What they build

Peggy appBuy and sell contemporary art with AI authentication and artist resale royaltiesProduct page ↗

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Working at Peggy

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About

Peggy applies a patent-pending AI 'digital fingerprint' to authenticate artwork, which lets it track resale and route royalties back to the artist. Craig Follett and Adam Meghji founded it in 2020, having previously built and sold Universe, the events marketplace acquired by Live Nation. Real Ventures led a C$10.8 million (US$8 million) seed announced in February 2023 alongside ZVC, Garage Capital, Portage and Nomad Capital.

Backers

Real Ventures (seed lead), ZVC, Garage Capital, Portage, Nomad Capital

Quick answers

What is Peggy?

A Toronto app for buying and selling contemporary art. It uses a patent-pending AI digital fingerprint to authenticate work and pays artists a royalty when their work resells.

Who founded Peggy?

Craig Follett, who is CEO, and Adam Meghji, in 2020. Both previously built Universe, the events marketplace acquired by Live Nation.

How much has Peggy raised?

A C$10.8 million (US$8 million) seed announced in February 2023, led by Real Ventures with ZVC, Garage Capital, Portage and Nomad Capital.

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