Gemr

{{Short description|E-commerce social platform}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Gemr

| type = Private

| industry = E-commerce

| foundation = October 2013

| defunct = {{end date and age|2020|1|27}}

| location = Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

| key_people = Terry Anderton, Founder & CEO (2013 -2015)

Tom Bennett, CEO (2015-2018)

Brannen Huske, VP of Product Management

| products = pop culture, antiques, collectibles, art, vintage, sports, sneakers

| homepage = [https://gemr.com/ gemr.com]

}}

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Gemr (initially Attic Gem) was founded by Terry Anderton in 2013 as a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based online e-commerce social platform for collectors that raised a $4.9m Series A round of financing in November 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/06/gemr-seriesa/|title = Gemr Raises $4.9M Series a to Help Connect Collectors with Their Favorite Doodads}}

Gemr acquired GoAntiques in May 2015, and later sold it in March 2018.[http://www.goantiques.com/blog/dealer-in-depth/dealers-in-depth-news-april-2018/ GoAntiques Blog] In October 2015, Terry Anderton sold his interest in Gemr to its Series A investor. In September 2017, Gemr signed a partnership agreement with Loot Anime to create the first officially branded club on the collector platform.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.com/news/loot-crate-partners-with-gemr-to-create-the-ultimate-looter-community-19923262|title=Loot Crate Partners With Gemr to Create the Ultimate Looter Community Experience|website=www.newswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-12}}

On January 27, 2020, Gemr announced it was shutting down after it was unable to get additional funding to keep the company going.[https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/01/27/social-app-for-collectors-gemr-closes-down/ "Social App for Collectors Gemr Closes Down"]. Ina Steiner, EcommerceBytes, January 27, 2020 A day later, on January 28 Gemr emailed its users suggesting they migrate to use hobbyDB.[https://blog.hobbydb.com/2020/01/28/saying-good-bye-to-gemr/ "Saying Good-Bye to Gemr"]. hobbyDB Blog, January 28, 2020