Jun 08, 2023 / 06:00PM GMT
Timothy Karman - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
We are excited to have hosting here, Kits, Joseph Thompson, one of the co-founders and CEO of the business. So thanks for joining us at RBC, appreciate you coming all the way from Vancouver, so awesome.
Questions and Answers:
Timothy Karman - RBC Capital Markets - AnalystMaybe you could start with just a little bit of introduction, and I know you are part of this co-founding team. So but -- you guys had a history in this business prior to that. So I'd love to hear the founding story and just the latest state of the company share.
Joseph Thompson - Kits Eyecare Ltd. - COO & Co-founder
Sure, yes. Well, thanks, Tim. We started Kits in 2018. Roger, Sabrina, and I -- and Roger had previously built and scaled up a pretty sizable optical company, Coastal Contacts. It was NASDAQ listed and sold in 2014 for about $450 million in cash.
So we had a strong blueprint on how to tackle this industry, and the three of us really felt like there was still a lot more