Josh Luber

Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee) shared details of the second series of the VeeFriends NFT collection and announced a new partnership with Fanatics. Fanatics Partnership: The sports apparel and trading card company announced the launch of zerocool, a new trading card...

One of the most talked about SPAC deals in the sports world has been terminated and will not go through as originally agreed upon. What Happened: Topps, the iconic trading card company that started producing Major League Baseball (MLB) cards in 1951, was set to go public once again with a $1.3...

As the popularity of Nike’s (NYSE: NKE) Air Jordans soared throughout the 2000s, people waited for days at a time just for a chance to cop the highly coveted kicks. If you were one of the unlucky souls left without a pair of new sneakers at retail, you had two options: suffer the inflated...

StockX, a Detroit-based company that operates a "stock market of things" business, finalized a Series C financing round at a valuation north of $1 billion. What To Know StockX was launched in 2016 and facilitates buying and selling of sneakers, watches, handbags and streetwear. The real-...

The influence of the Detroit-based sneaker marketplace StockX in footwear is accelerating, according to Cowen. StockX recently raised $44 million in Series B funding, which increases its potential for marketplace disruption, analyst John Kernan said in a Monday note. The funding round,...

Detroit startup StockX, which has pioneered a stock market for sneakers and IPOs for consumer goods and charities, announced a $44-million Series B funding round Wednesday led by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google Ventures and Battery Ventures.  Benzinga has covered...

The newly formed Detroit Fintech Association has a threefold mission: networking and job placement; attracting tech workers and companies to Detroit; and mentoring students in financial literacy and investing. “There are financial technology companies all over the country. A lot in New York [...

Is it possible that, one day, someone would invest in an index of Michael Jordan shoes as opposed to commodities on the New York Stock Exchange? According to Josh Luber, this could be the future of investing. The CEO and co-founder of Detroit-based StockX spoke Wednesday morning at the 2018...

StockX and The Wu-Tang Clan are partnering for a good cause. The sneaker stock market platform and legendary hip-hop group are teaming up for a charitable IPO under the code name "C.R.E.A.M." — or Charity Rules Everything Around Me.  The IPO, which kicked off Tuesday...

StockX’s third initial public offering for limited-edition consumer products is underway. The “stock market of things” partnered with fellow Detroit firm Shinola to launch the watchmaker’s first automatic timepiece. Five prototypes of the brand’s 500 Lake Erie Monster...

Old shoes are far from being "old hat," as the demand for older sneakers remains strong. The sneaker resale market is worth $1.2 billion and has existed for the past 30 years, StockX CEO Josh Luber recently told Fortune. In 2014, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) joined the resale market and captured major...

Despite all the talk about Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) and Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA)'s stock in the past year with all the endorsements and the height of the athleisure trend, it would be nearly impossible to predict that adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY) was in fact dominating the competition from a...

Eminem might have puked on his sweater in his come-up, but now that the platinum-selling rapper has established himself as a mogul, he’s looking to keep his sneakers fresh with a new investment. The artist (Marshall Mathers) revealed he and his longtime manager Paul Rosenberg will invest...