Gemvara Founder expands his online jewelry business with great customer service. Matt Lauzon is 26-years old with messy hair, ugly sneakers and a laid back attitude attributable to his upbringing in the great outdoors of Maine.
He is also one of the youngest entrepreneurs to receive VC funding in the past 5 years and despite not having prior experience working in the jewelry industry or a background in coding, he’s the CEO of Gemvara, one of the most successful online jewelry startups in the world. And today, he landed $15 million in series C funding led by Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms, with participation from existing investors, mentioned below. “While I was coming out of my senior at Babson college, I was fascinated by what I would call the intersection of mass customization. I became focused on jewelry because of how emotional and important purchases can be. STARTUP: Project, Development & Deploy.