📰 For journalists, partners, analysts

The press desk.

Everything a writer or analyst needs to cover Gish accurately. Founder bio, fact sheet, downloadable brand assets, recent coverage, and a direct line — press@gishme.com — that we answer within two hours on weekdays.

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Founded2024 · Distributed (HQ: London + Singapore + Atlanta)
Founder + CEOMira K. Klein
Team size14 (28 by EOY '26)
HeadquartersRemote-first · Distributed worldwide
Capital raised$3.2M seed
Lead investorBackbone Ventures (London)
Public launchQ3 2026 (50-user beta)
Sister brands7 (Localise, LocoFlow, Misd, +4)
In one sentence

The elevator pitch.

If you're writing a sentence about Gish, here are three pre-approved framings — copy, paste, attribute.

Short12 words

Gish turns a wishlist into a receipt — five ways for friends to give.

Medium28 words

Gish is a wishlist platform for the way friends actually give — solo gifts, group buys, outcome funds, patron tiers, and cause campaigns — all with verified payees and end-to-end receipts.

Long52 words

Gish unifies the five shapes of friend-to-friend giving — the Amazon wishlist, the Honeyfund-style group buy, the GoFundMe-style outcome fund, the Patreon-style patron tier, and the public cause campaign — into one product, with verified payees and printable receipts. It's the first brand from Loconomy, an eight-brand local-economy company.

Brand assets

Download the kit.

Logos in SVG and PNG. Wordmark in light and dark variants. Founder headshot. Product screenshots. All royalty-free for editorial use.

Recent coverage

In the press.

A selection of recent coverage. We'll add to this as it appears. PR-bylined puff pieces are excluded — only independent reporting.

Milestones

The timeline.

Key moments since founding. Updated quarterly. We try to keep this honest — failures live here too.

Apr 2026
50-user paid beta opens
First closed cohort: 50 users at $9.99/mo Plus, recruited from waitlist of 8,400. Goal: 80%+ retention by week 12.
Mar 2026
$3.2M seed close
Led by Backbone Ventures with participation from Coatue Seed, Acrew Capital, and 18 angels. Pre-money valuation $24M.
Feb 2026
Public prototype launched
gishme.com goes live with the marketing site, the editorial Volumes blog, and 50 sample profiles labelled clearly as samples. 8,400 waitlist signups in the first 30 days.
Dec 2025
First hire: Reema A., iOS Engineer
Reema joined from a senior role at Cash App to lead our iOS app, watch companion, and iMessage extension.
Sep 2025
Loconomy umbrella formalised
Decision to operate Gish as the first of eight sister brands under Gloconomy, Inc. — sharing identity but not data, codebase, or roadmap.
Jun 2025
Pivot from B2B to consumer
Original concept (corporate gifting tool for HR departments) shelved after 6 months of customer development showed the consumer wedge was 5–10× larger.
Mar 2024
Mira K. Klein founds Loconomy
Working title "Local Economies, Inc." Bootstrapped with $80k of personal capital. First brand TBD.

Press contact.

For interviews, fact-checking, asset requests, or quotes. We answer within two business hours on weekdays. Weekends are sacred — please don't expect a response Saturday or Sunday unless it's news-time-sensitive (in which case, mark the subject line URGENT).

General press
Founder direct
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