# Hickies funding: rounds and investors

> Hickies has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Collaborative Fund and SFORZA. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hickies (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Hickies*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$4.2M** Venture **$955K** Debt **$10M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $10M Nov 2016
- **Step-up i:** 10.5×
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2015 2016

**$4.2M** Venture

**$955K** Debt

**$10M** Round

- **First round:** Venture, $4.2M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2016** Round **$10M** *1 new* [SFORZA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sforza-holding) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.6M sold, first sale Oct 2016
- **Aug 2015** Debt **$955K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $955K sold, first sale Apr 2015
- **Feb 2014** Venture **$4.2M** *1 new* [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Gaston Frydlewski** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Lee Raquel Sossen** Executive Officer i
- **Maria Raquel Waingarten** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Peter Raquel Mahrer** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Joanna Raquel Rees*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Venture** 2014 **Debt** 2015 **Round** 2016 [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) [SFORZA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sforza-holding)

## Everyone who backed them

[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm **1** round

[SFORZA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sforza-holding) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Hickies as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[VAS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vas-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Jazzya Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazzya-investments) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Hickies

### Who invested in Hickies?

Hickies's investors include Collaborative Fund and SFORZA.

### How much has Hickies raised?

Hickies has raised $15M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did Hickies last raise?

Hickies's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $10M in Nov 2016.

### What was Hickies's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Nov 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Hickies first?

Hickies's first round on record, in Feb 2014, was backed by Collaborative Fund.

### What stage is Hickies at?

Hickies's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2016.

### Where is Hickies based?

Hickies is based in the United States.

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