Wikipedia
Vango may refer to:
- Alf Vango, an English footballer
- Vango (company), a manufacturer of camping equipment
- Vango (online marketplace), art sales web site
- Vango Adventure Farm, in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
- Vangos, a village in Greece
- Vango, a 2010 book written by Timothée de Fombelle
Vango is a Scottish manufacturer of camping equipment. It was founded in 1966 with the acquisition of tent manufacturer James McIlwraith, of Govan, in the West of Scotland, by the Andrew Mitchell Group and its name was changed to Vango, an anagram of the placename. The company's best known product, the Vango Force Ten tent, introduced in 1967, is notably durable and famous for being bright orange. The name is derived from (its implied ability to withstand) winds of strength 'Force 10' (gale) on the Beaufort Scale. The Force Ten Classic is now seen as iconic.
Vango is a manufacturer of recommended kit items for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Scout Association, and provides 10-man tents for international disaster relief charity ShelterBox. In 2014 Vango broadened the use of the AirBeam technology to encompass awnings, which they call AirAwnings.
In 2011 Vango entered the inflatable tent market. With their AirBeam concept, which used inflatable tubes instead of poles. So large family tents could be easily pitched by one person in a matter of minutes. A large five berth tent like the Vango Genesis 500 tent requires six minutes to pitch.
Vango is an online marketplace built for independent artists to sell their original artwork and limited edition prints to experienced and first-time art buyers. Vango aims to open up the original artwork and limited edition print market to all people in the wall decor industry and to make it possible for artists to earn a great living creating art. Vango is founded and led by CEO, Ethan Appleby along with co-founders Win Raguini and Brandon Flayler. Vango was a part of 500 Startups Batch 12 run by Dave McClure in San Francisco, California. The company is funded by many investors including Foundry Group, 500 Startups, Richard A. Clark and many more.
Vango has a unique pricing structure that simplifies the art buying process. Each artist start selling at Tier 1; $100, $250 price point and are able to unlock higher tiers the more they sell; Tier 2 - $500, $750; Tier 3 - $1000, $1500. In addition to pricing, the company has built recommendation tools around user interactions and mobile camera technology, allowing users to find art based on the color scheme of their room, as well as virtually ‘hang’ the art on their wall through the iPad and iPhone applications.
Vango was selected as one of six companies to be profiled on the SyFy docu-series, ‘The Bazillion Dollar Club’ which is scheduled to air in Fall 2015.