Company Overview
About Swap
Swap is a London, United Kingdom-based e-commerce operating system for direct-to-consumer brands — backed with approximately $49 million in total funding including a $40 million Series B in March 2025 led by ICONIQ Growth with Cherry Ventures, QED Investors, and 9900 Capital — providing a unified platform for cross-border logistics, inventory management, and international operations that reduces operational costs by up to 30% and improves revenue by 8% for 500+ fashion, eyewear, and lifestyle brands. Founded in 2022 by CEO Sam Atkinson and CPO Zach Bailet (whose direct experience running a cross-border e-commerce business sourcing from Africa informed the platform's design), Swap achieved 7x revenue growth between March 2024 and March 2025. Brands including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Sandy Liang, Ed Hardy, Pangaia, The Frankie Shop, and Odd Muse (typically $20M-$100M annual sales) rely on Swap for Importer of Record services, delivered duty paid (DDP) shipping, automated tax remittance, and express customs clearance across 190+ countries. Swap Inventory (AI-powered demand forecasting and smart restocking) launched in 2025 alongside expansion to Australia and Canada.
Business Model & Competitive Advantage
Swap's e-commerce operations platform addresses the cross-border complexity that rapidly growing D2C brands face when expanding internationally: a $30M US fashion brand expanding to the EU must comply with VAT registration requirements in 27 countries, appoint an Importer of Record for customs purposes, calculate and collect customs duties on each shipment, manage currency hedging, and handle returns logistics in market — complexity that typically requires hiring 3-5 operations staff and engaging customs brokers, freight forwarders, and tax advisors in each market. Swap's Importer of Record model (Swap takes legal responsibility for duties and taxes while maintaining the merchant's brand experience for the customer) combined with the Shopify/Klaviyo/UPS/FedEx integrations creates a plug-and-play international expansion capability that reduces time-to-market for new countries from months to days.
Competitive Landscape 2025–2026
In 2025, Swap competes in the cross-border e-commerce operations, international logistics technology, and D2C brand operations market with Global-e Online (NASDAQ: GLBE, cross-border e-commerce platform, $800M+ revenue), Zonos (private, landed cost and cross-border checkout), and Passport Shipping (private, D2C international shipping) for fashion and lifestyle D2C brand adoption of integrated cross-border operations platforms. The ICONIQ Growth Series B lead (ICONIQ manages capital for Silicon Valley's tech billionaires and has invested in Airbnb, Twitter, Facebook) validates Swap's growth trajectory — with 7x revenue growth in 12 months demonstrating exceptional product-market fit in the underserved $50-200M D2C brand segment. The Swap Inventory AI launch expands the platform from pure logistics into demand planning — addressing the inventory optimization problem that cross-border operations create when brands must commit to international inventory positions 60-90 days in advance. The 2025 strategy focuses on deepening penetration in fashion/lifestyle, expanding the product category coverage to beauty and home goods, and scaling the AI inventory platform.
The Swap Story
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Leadership Team
Meet the leaders behind Swap
Sam Atkinson
Sam Atkinson co-founded Swap in 2022 after experiencing e-commerce operational challenges firsthand through his D2C brand Slow Goods. He previously worked at McKinsey consulting with major retailers on operations strategy, combining entrepreneurial and strategic expertise to build Swap's unified commerce platform.
Zach Bailet
Zach Bailet co-founded Swap alongside Sam Atkinson, bringing experience from running Slow Goods and deep understanding of the operational complexities facing global e-commerce brands. He plays a key role in product development and customer partnerships.
Key Differentiators
Emerging Innovator
Swap is an emerging player bringing innovative solutions to the E-commerce market.
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