E-commerce agency Boxed Inc recordsdata for chapter, eyes software program unit sale By Reuters

(Reuters) – Boxed Inc filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety and was pursuing sale of its software program enterprise, the e-commerce grocery platform mentioned on Sunday, including that it’s going to additionally wind down its retail operations within the coming weeks.

The plan to promote Spresso, its Software program-as-a-Service enterprise, chimes with the corporate’s announcement final month to discover choices to lift capital.

“This was an extremely tough choice, and one which we reached solely after rigorously evaluating and exhausting all obtainable choices,” Chief Govt Officer and co-founder Chieh Huang mentioned in a press release.

The corporate intends to fund its near-term operations and canopy administrative bills by means of entry to its money collateral because it winds down, Boxed mentioned.

Spresso enterprise shall be offered to first lien lenders, and clients wouldn’t face service disruptions throughout the course of, the net platform mentioned.

The chapter submitting comes weeks after Boxed mentioned it held a majority of its money deposits and different liquid belongings in accounts on the collapsed Silicon Valley Financial institution.