# 1-800-FLOWERS

> 1-800-FLOWERS is a VC fund in New York backing Events and Wedding. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1800flowers-com
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/1800flowers
- Website: http://www.1800flowers.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/1800flowers

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## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Events | 1 | 25% |
| Wedding | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James McCann | Founder | 3 | — |
| Brian Becker | VP, Content & Innovation | 0 | — |
| Gerard M. Gallagher | SVP & General Counsel | 0 | — |
| Jeff Beil | VP of Product, B2B | 0 | — |
| Kapil Bansal | Senior Director, Mobile & Growth | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Appy Couple | Appy Couple enables users to create and publish personal mobile wedding apps and websites to share details and photos. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 07, 2013 |  |
| AdverCar | adverCar extends the reach of your out of home efforts and bursts the “media-free bubble” that has become the ‘drive time commute’ by delivering your message on an eye level medium that can’t be turned off, fast forwarded or ignored. We enable you to target neighbourhoods, commuter routes, and shopping centers within a specific zip code, region orDMA. You now have the ability to saturate entire markets in a way you couldn’t before by cost effectively renting space on the sides of GPS tracked adverCar fleets delivering you a more dynamic, accountable Out of Home media choice. | $2M | Seed | Oct 30, 2012 |  |
| Appy Couple | Appy Couple enables users to create and publish personal mobile wedding apps and websites to share details and photos. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 20, 2012 |  |
| Gizmoz | Gizmoz has developed proprietary patented 3D and animation technology to let users express themselves by creating realistic 3D characters made from a single face photo. Gizmoz is the leader in 3D face-mapping technology, face manipulation and automatic face detection with several patents and pending patents in this field. Gizmoz provides a centralservice to design, manage and transport digital avatars that can be deployed in virtual worlds, online games, PC and console 3D games, social networks, video clips, greeting cards, mobile apps, as well as professional modeling and animation tools. | $14M |  | Mar 08, 2000 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/er-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 1-800-FLOWERS invest in?

1-800-FLOWERS invests primarily in Events, Wedding and Automotive startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at 1-800-FLOWERS?

The team at 1-800-FLOWERS includes James McCann (Founder), Brian Becker (VP, Content & Innovation) and Gerard M. Gallagher (SVP & General Counsel), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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