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Feather

Furniture rental via subscription with delivery

Overview

Feather offers a furniture rental service for homes and offices. Customers pay a monthly fee to rent a curated selection of high-quality furniture, with delivery, assembly, and pickup included. The system works on a subscription model: you choose furniture, pay monthly rent, and Feather handles delivery and when you’re done, pickup and return of items. This approach lets people furnish spaces without owning items and makes it easy to swap pieces as needs change. Feather differentiates itself by combining a carefully chosen assortment of furniture with convenient end-to-end service and a focus on sustainability, aiming to reduce waste through sharing rather than ownership. Its goal is to make it simple and affordable to furnish urban spaces while promoting a more sustainable lifestyle.

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About Feather

Simplify's Rating
Why Feather is rated
D
Rated D+ on Competitive Edge
Rated D- on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Social ImpactConsumer Goods

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$93M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Showroom can monetize Feather's subscription base through buyouts and residual service.
  • Existing subscribers remain active until buy or return, creating near-term cash collection.
  • Feather's logistics and circular operations strengthen Showroom's broader furniture platform efficiency.

What critics are saying

  • Feather stopped offering furniture rental on October 3, 2026, ending its standalone business.
  • Customers now route to Fernish, so Feather jobs and brand identity vanished.
  • If Showroom prioritizes B2B staging over consumer rental, Feather's original market disappears.

What makes Feather unique

  • Feather built circular furniture rental with delivery, assembly, swaps, buyouts, and returns.
  • Its urban brand paired sustainability messaging with flexible monthly furnishing for city dwellers.
  • Showroom folded Feather into Fernish, preserving logistical know-how and customer relationships.

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Funding

Total Funding

$93M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

$35M
$30M
$45M
$65M
$100M

Benefits

  • An innovative and collaborative culture
  • Fully remote role
  • Competitive compensation
  • Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • 401(k) program
  • Flexible vacation, paid time off, and generous parental leave
  • Free mental health & professional development coaching
  • Monthly stipend to support your work-from-home needs
  • A paid subscription to OneMedical
  • A 50% discount on your own Feather subscription

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
TechCrunch
Jun 28th, 2024
Feather raises €6M for expat insurance

German startup Feather has raised €6 million to expand its insurance platform for expats across Europe. The company aims to simplify the fragmented insurance market by offering tailored recommendations for health, life, pet, automotive, and personal liability insurance. The funding round saw participation from notable investors, including former founders of GoCardless, Monzo, N26, and Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. Lead investor Keen Venture Partners approached Feather, highlighting the platform's appeal to expats.

Retail Dive
Nov 13th, 2023
Luxury furniture rental company Vesta acquires Fernish and Feather

Fernish in 2019 announced a partnership with Alliance Residential in which consumers could see what the company's products would look like in spaces they may actually live in.

Home Accents Today
Nov 9th, 2023
Rental companies Fernish and Feather become part of newly-formed Showroom

Fernish and Feather were acquired by Vesta, a luxury design studio that offers furnished rentals, home staging, interior design services and custom furniture manufacturing, which is also under the Showroom umbrella.

Forbes
Nov 9th, 2023
Luxury Home Staging Firm Vesta Acquires Two Furniture Rental Startups

Vesta, known for its work shown on Million Dollar Listing and other real estate reality shows, is aiming to broaden its reach by adding the Feather and Fernish companies.

InvestorsObserver
Oct 30th, 2023
Furniture on Rent Market to Hit US$ 12 Billion By 2033: Fact.MR Report

In 2020, Feather, a rental furniture company based in the U.S., obtained $30 million in Series B financing from Credit Suisse Group AG, a move aimed at expanding its product and service offerings on a global scale.

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