# Underdog

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/underdog

- Industry: Retail
- Headquarters: Nantes, France
- Website: www.underdog.shop
- Total disclosed funding: $11M
- Latest round: Series A (Mar 5, 2025)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Based in Nantes, France, and founded in 2022, Older is Better SAS, dba Underdog, is a company that sells refurbished home appliances. Claire Bretton (CEO), Laura Chavigny, and Lea de Fierkowsky (COO) are the co-founders of the company. The company provides a line of products such as reconditioned dishwashers, including freestanding, built-in, and compact models; washing machines, including porthole, top, drying, and compact models; and dryers, including heat pump, condensing, and evacuation models. Underdog offers products that have been diagnosed, fixed, and tested. The firm sells brands including Whirlpool, Bosch, Samsung, Miele, Beko, and others. In March 2025, Underdog raised EUR 7 million in series A funding from returning investors Daphni, SISTAFUND, Tivoli Capital, and Founders Future. New investors BNP Paribas and Serena also participated in the round. The company plans to utilize the March 2025 funding to train 200 specialized technicians and quadruple the capacity of its Nantes location.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Mar 5, 2025, $7.3M — Serena, Tivoli Capital, Daphni, BNP Paribas, Founders Future, SISTAFUND
- Seed, Apr 3, 2023, $4.1M — Tivoli Capital, Daphni, Founders Future, Leia Capital, SISTAFUND

## Investors

- Tivoli Capital — Seed, Series A
- Daphni (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/daphni) — Seed, Series A
- Founders Future (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/founders-future) — Seed, Series A
- Leia Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leia-capital) — Seed
- SISTAFUND — Seed, Series A
- Serena (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/serena) — Series A
- BNP Paribas — Series A