History
The company was founded in 2006 by Martin Hosking, Peter Styles, and Paul Vanzella after raising $2 million in investor capital.[2][6] On 16 June 2011, Hosking left his position at Aconex to focus on his job as CEO of Redbubble.[3][7]
In March 2014, it was reported that 51,900 artists have successfully sold their creations on Redbubble, generating more than $15 million in earnings. At the time it was estimated that eight million unique viewers visited the site every month.[8]
In 2015, Redbubble raised A$15.5 million in funding from various investors including Melbourne-based Acorn Capital and London based investor Piton Capital.[9]
Since February 2015, Redbubble has been running an artist residency program at their Melbourne office. The purpose of the program is to enable selected artists with the opportunity to produce artwork at Redbubble artist studio while collaborating with other artists.[10]
The company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in May 2016.[11]
In January 2017, Hosking reported 450,000 active artists and 10 million site visits per month.[12] In the last ten years, almost 7 million people have bought products from the site, generating $70 million earned by artists.[12]
In June 2018, it was announced that Hosking would be stepping down as CEO. COO Barry Newstead, who had been with the company since 2013, took over as CEO in August 2018.[13]
In October 2018, Redbubble acquired US-based TeePublic for $57.7 million.[14][15] In February 2020, Newstead was ousted as CEO after the company's non-executive directors decided a change in leadership was necessary.[16] In January 2021, Michael Ilczynski joined the company as CEO.[17] He resigned in March 2023.[18]
In November 2023, Redbubble Group (owner of Redbubble and TeePublic) rebranded as Articore.[5]
On 2 June 2025, Vivek Kumar was appointed Group CEO.[19]
