Kerry Washington is expanding her angel portfolio and serving as the lead investor in the season racing stadium of the wedding market.
Founded by Amy Shack Egan in 2024, Cheersy helps couples find a service day wedding coordinator and raises $550,000 from founder Christina Tosi, including other investors. Jennifer Gilbert, founder of Save Date; Joanna Rosholm, former press secretary to former lady Michelle Obama.
Washington did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
Shack Egan said she met with Washington through the actor’s director of social impact. Both of them attended a dinner in Los Angeles and Shack Egan had a conversation. At the end of the dinner, the Social Impact Director provided Washington with an introduction to possible angel investors. Washington has been named after angel investors With other Hollywood Titans Enter the world of startups.
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“Dinner is a few days after I should have flew home, but I knew I needed to be in that strong player,” Shack Egan told TechCrunch. “I extended the trip and went to dinner.”
From there, Shack Egan handled the rest of the fundraising market, an experience she called the challenge. “I don’t know what I don’t know. I said to everything. Jump on the plane. She said, “Being strung together, saying no, putting my feet in my mouth more than I did.” ” she said.
This is Shack Egan’s second business. She also founded the wedding planning business, which was founded in 2015 by the Modern Rebels. She founded Cheersy because Modern Rebel received many requests for wedding day coordination, which means letting someone make sure the wedding goes smoothly on the day it happens.
“Coordination Day is the most booked wedding planning service, so I responded to the request that we did not provide a carefully selected suggestion for this service,” she said. The result was Cheersy, which has a model similar to Airbnb.
Couples look for review contests that fit their budget, vision and atmosphere, searching by date, price and professional. The two parties can then book the phone and if everything is right, the couple can book the talent.
Shack Egan thinks her small business background is an advantage, but says it is not the “easiest pill” for investors looking for big tech companies on her resume.
She continued: “The fundraising journey can be so lonely and really beat your mental health.”
She joined the sales program, which helped connect her to more people in the startup world. The company will use this new capital to enhance functionality on the booking platform and hire some employees, such as user experience designers. Shack Egan also wants to increase marketing budgets and introduce community managers as the company tries to expand to six new cities over the next few months. Currently available in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
“I started in the industry as a freelancer in 2015,” Shack Egan said. “I personally know the pain points of this job. I like the idea that we’re the experience of being someone working in the wedding industry in such a tough (and often puzzling job).
