Grover

Exciting news! We have closed our Series C funding round and passed the $1bn unicorn valuation milestone. At Grover, we are democratizing access to #consumertechnology while tackling the rising issue of #ewaste. We are proud that our investors trust us in realising this mission.  Thank you to our amazing teams and to our partners for helping us get here. 🚀

It's a dialogue with the design driver of Grover, introducing Joaquín Lluis! 🚀

Last week Grover got in the game! 🎮 Berit Inga Stranz and Giulio Betetto met with our partners at Sony Interactive Entertainment at their Frankfurt HQ, looking to keep scaling collaboration and define our shared roadmap. We’re proud of our partnership, which has gone from strength-to-strength since becoming official in October. 💬 From Berit, our VP Business Development: “We’re very excited to be partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. Together we give our gamers the easiest and most flexible access to Sony PlayStation consoles, accessories and the latest games at Grover. Better yet, this comes right at the start of Sony Playstation’s Days of Play campaign—so if you’re looking to level up, don't miss the great deals now live at Grover 👇 https://lnkd.in/dat86rgP

To all our Spanish followers, this video’s for you! 📣 María Serrano, Marc Schmid Schwarz and David Illera from our ES Grover Business team, share some insights on Grover’s range of business services and how to make the most of your rented tech. They'll be sharing more information soon, so make sure to keep an eye out for more 👀

If you’ve been to Grover.com recently, you might have noticed a few changes to the experience—namely, to the menu navigation. 👀 After a few weeks of the final internal testing (not to mention months of iteration and user testing), we’re proud to see the new navigation live in all our markets! 🎉 With these changes, we’re confident in an intuitive and engaging experience, one that makes browsing for the right device more natural. Plus, it’ll also allow us to work more closely with the amazing brands that we call partners. 🤝 💪 Kudos must go to Inna Nichiporenko, Emilija Janakievska, Alana A., Karan Hudia, Gedewon Hailegebrale, Precious Uchendu ⚡️, Gabriel Silva, Olawale Jenyo, Patrick Geaney, Simon Edwards and Thilo Schinke for leading the project, and to the wider Grover team for their support.

Excited to have attended the Lenovo Channel Kick-off 2024 in Stuttgart on behalf of Grover! 🎉 Grateful for the opportunity to connect with industry leaders and explore the future of AI. A special highlight was being asked for my opinion on the topic—in German, which is not my strong suit! But it made the experience even more memorable. Plus, it helped my partners recognise me, which made the networking a lot easier afterwards 😄.

🏃 The months are warmer, so no doubt you’ve been seeing more and more people out running of late. A big number of them may have been part of our Grover Team—as we had 35 people take part in the recent 5x5km Team-Staffel in Berlin! As the name suggests, this was a team relay in which 5 members each ran 5km. 💪 Big ups to all 7 Grover teams that ran on the day (both for their participation and naming): Le Coeur Sportif, Grover Olympians, Sprint Squad, G-Lightning, Faster Disaster, Run-a-ton & Legs Luthor!

🎤 As part of their community outreach this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced housewarming events before the major AWS Summit event. These offered free hands-on experiences with their technologies. The Grover team was excited to join this initiative, by presenting and hosting one of these events. Kudos to Mehdi Yosofie for securing Grover's offices to host the workshop and to Guilherme Thomazi Bonicontro, who shared how we use Karpenter to speed up cluster maintenance and control costs. Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/ddmdGXAq ✨ Also needing a mention: The AWS team and all the participants let us know that, our office is amazing 💅 (if you want proof, check out our office tour video from last week). So, another shout out must go to our fantastic workplace team Stefano Aluzzi, Anna Dobler, and Darlene Beck and IT team Abdul-Gafar Ajetunmobi who made the event run as smoothly as possible.

👋 A big Grover welcome to our new VP of Growth & Marketing, Benjamin Lode! Benjamin joins us with an impressive track record in marketing, most recently serving as the VP of Marketing at KoRo, a rapidly growing food scale-up. With decades of experience in the marketing space, he brings a commitment to data-driven decision making and passion for experimentation with new channels and creative ideas—as well as team collaboration. Here's Benjamin’s thoughts on getting started at Grover: “Joining Grover as the VP of Marketing and Growth is incredible for me! I am excited to collaborate with our talented team, esteemed investors, and visionary leadership to unlock new growth potential and shape a dynamic future for the company. Together, we will achieve great things!” We echo Benjamin’s enthusiasm and are incredibly excited to have him aboard!

🏢 We’re pretty proud of our office, a haven of hustle and bustle that’s curated by our wonderful workplace team. ✨ A bit curious? Let’s take a tour, so you can check it all out: The focus zones, family-friendly areas, fitness havens, creative studios, and more! 📣 A massive shoutout goes to Kinzo, the geniuses behind the layout, minimalistic design, and pops of color that ignite our imaginations! P.S. You can rent all the tech products you see in this video from https://lnkd.in/dkEmQ8M (except our beloved vintage radio! 📻)