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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.

Gemvara Founder expands his online jewelry business with great customer service

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.