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Fresha

Booking software for beauty & wellness brands

Fresha logo
201-500 employees
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Internal tools
  • Productivity
  • SaaS
  • Beauty
  • Wellbeing
Old Street, London, UK

Company mission

To empower beauty and wellness businesses and help millions look and feel their best.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
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28% female employees

4% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Fresha allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses via its centralised marketplace, while beauty and wellness businesses and professionals use its all-in-one platform to manage their entire operations through a range of intuitive software and fintech solutions.

The company has taken a different approach compared to rivals in the salon management space. Rather than charging monthly, its software is free to use, and charges when a booking is made through the system. Fresha's platform also offers a range of financial products such as point-of-sale, customer records management and marketing automation, making it an appealing option for salon operators. This has allowed the company to swiftly build a network of merchants for its marketplace, and collate over 110,000 partner businesses processing over 1 billion appointments booked to date. The marketplace also creates revenue potential for partner companies through its online bookings, building integrations with social media brands like Instagram and Facebook.

Now that Fresha has solved the chicken-and-egg problem of starting a marketplace, it is using its market position to scale quickly. It now has 100,000 partner venues and is working within 120 countries. Between 2021 and 2023, it enjoyed 190% growth in its global bookings.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Work from home opportunities
  • Fast track career progression
  • Travel coverage when visiting teammates - through workshops and social events
  • A vibrant and collaborative company culture
  • Company social events

Company values

  • Creativity
  • Unity
  • Bravery
  • Excellence

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Dec 2021

$52.5m

SERIES C

Jun 2021

$100m

SERIES C

Total funding: $195m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Previously VP of Technology at Dubai Holding (investment management). Digital Services Manager for New Zealand Human Rights Convention

Nick Miller

(Product Chief)

Previously a Programme Manager for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. Founded a business with William in 2005 (a strong signal of their partnership)

People progressing

Joined as a Junior Developer. Promoted to Front End Developer after 10 months.

Jobs (17)

All locations

Software Engineering

People, HR, Recruitment

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