Wahanda.com

http://www.wahanda.com/

Last activity: 18.01.2016

Active - Reference to Treatwell

Categories: AudioComputerElectronicsEntertainment

We also deals in computer and laptop accessories.

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Overview

Employees

201-500

Phone

+254 705 292201

Total raised

$154.19M

Funding Rounds 5

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
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May 1, 2015	Funding round	$46M
Oct 10, 2014	Funding round	$26M
Oct 17, 2011	Funding round	$5.52M
Jul 14, 2008	Funding round	$2.99M

Mentions in press and media 25

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Jun 20, 2015	Funding roundup - week ending 6/20/15	Doctor On Demand, Softbank, Namely, Mezaaj, Are You A Human, Framebridge, Spacious, MentAd, GoFundMe Seed stage Fashion startup Mezaaj raised an undisclosed amount of seed capital from private investor Arshad Latif. JiffStore, which offers ...
Jun 17, 2015	Wahanda Raises €65m; Acquires ZenSoon and Treatwell	London, UK-based online hair and beauty marketplace Wahanda raised €65m in funding from its Japanese owners Recruit. The company, which had raised €42m in May to grow the UK and German markets, intends to use the funds for the development i...
Jun 16, 2015	Beauty Booking Site Wahanda Raises Another $73M, Buys ZenSoon To Expand Into France	Wahanda, the startup out of the UK that has built a platform for beauty salons and consumers to find and book appointments based on time and location, continues its march to expand by rolling up regional rivals. Today the company is announc...
Jun 16, 2015	Daily funding roundup - June 16, 2015	KPCB closed $4M; Zymergen raised $44M; BelezaNaWeb nabbed $30M Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers launched a new seed fund, dubbed KPCB Edge, in an effort to regain its status as a go-to venture capital firm for young entrepreneurs workin...
Jun 5, 2015	European Salon Booking Site Wahanda Buys Dutch Rival Treatwell For $38M	After a $46 million cash injection and a $171 million majority acquisition by Japan’s Recruit Holdings last month, Wahanda, the StyleSeat-esque European salon and beauty booking platform, is continuing with its strategy to scale up its busi...
May 18, 2015	Klaus Nyengaard is looking for entreprofessionals	To get business angel Klaus Nyengaard’s attention you need to mix the characteristics of being entrepreneurial with professionalism Entreprofessionals = a person who is mixing the best of entrepreneurship and professionalism. The Nordics ...
May 5, 2015	Recruit Acquires Majority Stake In European Hair And Beauty Marketplace Wahanda For $171M	Wahanda, the European hair and beauty marketplace, has seen an exit of sorts. Japan’s Recruit Holdings, which already owned 10 percent of the London-based startup, has acquired a further 70 percent share for £112.5 million (~$171m), in a de...
May 1, 2015	Wahanda Secures $46M in Funding	Wahanda, a London, UK-based hair and beauty marketplace, secured $46m in funding. Backers included existing investor Recruit Holdings, which acquired a majority stake and became the sole investor in the business, this representing an exit f...
May 1, 2015	Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place	Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly raised $350M at $8B valuation Spotify, one of the most popular music streamin...
May 1, 2015	Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up...
Jan 27, 2015	Health And Beauty Marketplace Wahanda Acquires App Agency To Hit Mobile	Wahanda, the Health and beauty marketplace — which has grown to be Europe’s largest to date — has acquired Lithuanian-based Lemon Labs for an undisclosed amount, but understood to be in the seven figures. The move comes at an important time...
Oct 12, 2014	Wahanda Raises $26M in Funding	Wahanda, a London, UK-based hair and beauty marketplace, raised $26m in funding. Backers included RGIP, Fidelity Growth Partners and Lepe Partners. The company also has acquired Berlin-based equivalent service Salonmeister for an undisclose...
Oct 10, 2014	Wahanda Raises Another $26M And Acquires Germany’s Salonmeister	Hair and beauty marketplace, Wahanda, has been keeping quiet of late, which, in the world of startups, usually means something’s afoot. Thus, we learn today that it’s announcing the acquisition of Salonmeister, its German equivalent. In add...
Nov 21, 2013	CoachUp Raises $6.7M Series A to Play on a More National Field	After banking a $2.5 million seed round last November, CoachUp is on the cusp of starting a new annual trend. The Fort Point-based private coaching company announced Thursday it raised a $6.7 million Series A, co-led by Point Judith Capital...
Jul 8, 2013	Wahanda Lures Former Just Eat CEO Over As New Chairman To Scale Bookings Business	Back in February, online food ordering and delivery site Just Eat lost long-time CEO Klaus Nyengaard, who had decided to step down in order to ‘spend more time in his native in Denmark’, rather than shuttling between there and London. Well,...
Oct 17, 2011	Wahanda Secures $5.5 Million From Fidelity Growth Partners Europe	Wahanda, an online health and beauty marketplace, has secured a £5.5m Series B investment round led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE), a pan-European venture and growth equity investor. As part of the deal Davor Hebel, a partner at ...
Oct 17, 2011	Wahanda secures £3.5 million from Fidelity Growth Partners Europe	Wahanda, an online health and beauty marketplace, has secured a £3.5m Series B investment round led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE), a pan-European venture and growth equity investor. As part of the deal Davor Hebel, a partner at ...
Oct 17, 2011	Wahanda secures $5.5 million B series round fund	CEO Lopo Champalimaud: We want to do for beauty products what Amazon did for books Wahanda, an online marketplace for health and beauty products, has secured a $5.5 million B investment round led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE). A...
Nov 20, 2010	The Europas European Startup Awards 2010 – The Winners and Finalists	The Europas, the European Startup Awards, were held last night in London. It was the culmination of a month of online voting by the European tech startup industry for the finalists, where some 33,126 votes were cast across 23 categories, ei...
Apr 7, 2010	Guest Post: Groupon clone wars – Who will win the Battle of Britain?	This is a guest post by Tim O’Shea (Twitter: @timothyoshea), founder of Blurtit, co-founder of Qhub and most recently co-founder of the short lived UK group buying website Snippa. He addresses challenges facing the group buying site market ...
Mar 30, 2010	Keynoir launches innovative members-only group buying model	A new take on the group-buying bandwagon launches today, but this one will attempt to address the information overload about offers, known as “voucher fatigue”, while incentivising local businesses. Keynoir is described as a “private buying...
Jan 18, 2010	Wahanda Aims To Become Yelp-Meets-Groupon-For-Health	We first covered Wahanda, a social network for people who use spas and other “wellness” products, way, way back in 2008 but they’ve been busy. After raising £1.5 million to become the ‘Amazon of wellness’ it’s now built the world’s biggest ...
Jan 18, 2010	Wahanda launches group buying for health and beauty offers	We first covered Wahanda, a social network for people who use spas and other “wellness” products, way, way back in 2008 and haven’t heard much from them. It turns out they’ve been busy, no bad thing. After raising £1.5 million, in large par...
Jul 14, 2008	Wahanda raises £1.5m for socnet for spa users	Wahanda, a social network for people who use spas and other “wellness” products, has raised £1.5 million, in large part from Ambient Sound Investments, the fund created by the former founding engineers from Skype. The site aims to be a dest...

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FAQ about Wahanda.com

How much funding has Wahanda.com raised?

Wahanda.com has raised $154.19M in total across 5 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Wahanda.com raised?

Parsers VC lists 5 funding rounds of Wahanda.com, among them a funding round of $46M on May 1, 2015, a funding round of $26M on Oct 10, 2014 and a funding round of $5.52M on Oct 17, 2011.

What has the press written about Wahanda.com?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Wahanda.com, among them “Funding roundup - week ending 6/20/15” (Jun 20, 2015) and “Wahanda Raises €65m; Acquires ZenSoon and Treatwell” (Jun 17, 2015).

Is Wahanda.com still active?

Yes, Wahanda.com is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 18, 2016.