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March 8, 2023

Sequoia backs ecommerce try-before-you-buy startup Elyn in €2.5m raise

The startup helps merchants offer a trial option and smoother returns for online purchases, so customers can shop without commitment


Sadia Nowshin

2 min read

Elyn founders Hamza Sentissi (left) and El Mehdi Hachad

Paris-based Elyn, which lets online merchants offer consumers a try before you buy (TBYB) option at checkout, has raised a €2.5m pre-seed round from Sequoia Arc — the US VC’s accelerator programme, from which it graduated — and Headline.

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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