Bolt has issued a public response to questions about how it is faring in the competitive space.
The company has become very popular in the media over the past few months, according to the CEO.
Last week the startup was in the news for a number of reasons, including a lawsuit filed by a major customer and reports that it is seeing a slowdown in revenue and customer growth.
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Bolt has a total of 13.8 million total accounts, a 131% year-over-year increase, according to Kuruvilla.
The Information reported last week that the number of merchants Bolt works with has been hovering in the low 300s since 2020.
Ryan Breslow stepped down as CEO in January and was replaced by a former Amazon executive. He addressed the speculation that the company is struggling in part because of the efforts of the likes of Amazon and other companies to implement one-click checkout. He claimed that those companies use restrictions to trap people in their ecosystems.
Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla.
The era of lone marketplaces is over because we know what they don't. We are empowering brands and merchants by building tools that help them convert shoppers, learn about their consumers, and benefit from our growing network.
Fast, a Bolt rival, recently collapsed after raising $120 million in funding.
Bolt has raised over $1 billion in funding and was valued at $11 billion at the time of its $355 million Series E raise in January. Schonfeld, Invus Opportunities, CreditEase, H.I.G. Growth, Activant Capital, and Moore Strategic Venture are some of the investors.
Bolt has been in controversy before. Ryan Breslow started the company after dropping out of school. He stepped down as CEO in January and is known for his outspoken rants. He said in an interview that the company had signed 10 major deals in the second half of last year, which was larger than any that Bolt.
Bolt announced plans to acquire Wyre for over a billion dollars in April, a huge amount for any company but especially one in a space with controversy as this one.
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