
Sportswear
Allbirds
Allbirds is an American publicly traded company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It sells footwear and apparel and was co-founded in 2015 by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger. It is known for their minimalist designs, association with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, and Silicon Valley. Its business model has primarily relied on direct-to-consumer commerce through its website and brick and mortar stores, although the company had begun to decrease its brick and mortar presence by 2023. Allbirds was founded through an initial fundraising of US$119,000 on Kickstarter and has based its corporate identity on sustainability. Since the 2020s, the company has been criticized by legal scholars for greenwashing after a case about their reporting of carbon offsets was dismissed.
Shop Secondhand
Archive and rare Allbirds pieces mostly circulate on the resale market. Japanese sites don't ship to China — buy via a proxy like Buyee; most Western sites ship internationally or are reachable with a US/EU forwarder.
Japan · via Buyee
US / Europe
Timeline5
2015—2023·8 yrs
- 2015
Allbirds founded in San Francisco
Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger launch Allbirds with its New Zealand merino wool runner.
- 2018
Unicorn valuation reached
Allbirds raises funding at a $1.4 billion unicorn valuation.
- 2020
Adidas collaboration
Announces a partnership with adidas to develop a low-carbon-footprint running shoe.
- 2021
Nasdaq IPO
Allbirds goes public on Nasdaq under the ticker BIRD.
- 2023
Cofounder transition
Cofounder Joey Zwillinger steps down as co-CEO amid restructuring.





