Loot Crate
Loot Crate is a subscription box service established in 2012 which provides monthly boxes of geek- and gaming-related merchandise. History. Loot Crate was founded in 2012 by Chris Davis and Matthew Arevalo, who aimed to create a "comic-con in a box". By 2014 the company had over 200,000 subscribers in 10 countries. In 2016, the company was ranked #1 on Inc's Fastest Growing Private Companies and on the Deloitte Fast 500 North America list. The company announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection on August 12, 2019, laying off close to half of its  remaining workers in the weeks prior. The company owed more than in debt and in taxes, while its credit card processor has withheld payments to the company. While under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it plans to continue to fulfill orders but seeks potential buyers. On October 1, 2019, subscribers were informed by email of Loot Crate's sale to Money Chest LLC., majority funded by NECA. The company now operates under a new name: The Loot Company. Crates. Loot Crate's themes change monthly and can be anything from 'Invasion' to 'Anti-Hero' to 'Future'. Loot Crate teams up with companies  such as DC, Marvel, and Nintendo to create a large array of merchandise in every crate. One-off crates with particular themes have been released, such as for "Fallout 4" and "Mass Effect". Loot Crate also operates a Loot Anime box with anime-related items. In January 2016 Loot Crate announced a Loot Gaming subscription option with boxes containing video game-related content. The company says that the gaming themed boxes will likely lead to more game-specific cases like the ones for "Mass Effect" and "Fallout 4". Loot Crate also operated a Loot Pets box that followed the same  monthly themes as the regular Loot Crate, but all the items were intended for cats, dogs or other pets. The concept ended on September 2017.