Founder, The Volte

Kym Atkins

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	The Volte	SmartCompany (Fri 19 May 2023), Forbes Australia, Startup News (WA) (Mon 30 Nov 2020), Startup News (WA) (Wed 19 Jun 2019), Startup News (WA) (Thu 4 Apr 2019), SmartCompany (Tue 2 Apr 2019), Startup Daily

Coverage

Stories naming Kym Atkins. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Series A $4m

Luxury for rent: The Volte's plans to disrupt fast-fashion

Fashion rental marketplace The Volte has secured $4 million in a Series A round headed by eBay's venture arm, coinciding with a commercial tie-up with eBay and royalty payments for designers.

Forbes Australia Wed 17 May 2023 The Volte Airbnb eBay Shein Uber Zimmermann eBay Ventures Bernadette Olivier Brooke Eichhorn Dr Genevieve Hohnen Jade Hirniak Kym Atkins

Also SmartCompany·Techboard

Funding announcement

Startup West podcast ep22: Dr Genevieve Hohnen, The Volte

Podcast conversation with Volte co-founder Dr Genevieve Hohnen covering the fashion rental platform's 2016 founding, its early angel fundraising and its plans to grow.

Startup News (WA) Wed 19 Jun 2019 BDO Curtin University Spacecubed The Volte Wrays Bernadette Olivier Dr Genevieve Hohnen Jade Hirniak Kym Atkins

Unnamed stage $700k

“Access is the new ownership”: Aussie clothes-sharing startup raises $700,000 for platform designed to empower all women

Clothes-rental platform The Volte has raised $700,000 from unnamed angel investors to upgrade its platform, improve user experience, expand its team and spend on marketing.

SmartCompany Tue 2 Apr 2019 The Volte Bernadette Olivier Dr Genevieve Hohnen Jade Hirniak Kym Atkins

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