Vinted

Vinted is a Lithuanian second-hand marketplace founded in 2008 by Milda Mitkute and Justas Janauskas. The idea began when Mitkute was moving house with too many clothes to take with her and Janauskas built a website so she could pass them on to friends; interest from the media convinced the pair they had found something worth building.

Today Vinted is headquartered in Lithuania with more than 2,000 people working from its HQ and offices across Europe. The marketplace lets members buy and sell second-hand clothing, kids’ items, homeware and luxury handbags, with no selling fees for private sellers, and has widened from fashion into a broader resale platform. Its stated mission is to make second-hand first choice, an argument it backs with an annual Impact Report on the climate case for keeping items in circulation.