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StyleSeat
Platform for finding and booking local beauty professionals
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Beauty
- SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To connect consumers with independent beauty professionals. Its online platform offers individuals great services while empowering beauty brands to grow.
Our take
StyleSeat provides a digital marketplace for users to discover and book beauty professionals in their local area for home visits. The service lists services for hair, nail, eyelash, eyebrow and facial care. The platform also offers information regarding beauty trends to recommend appropriate services, in addition to providing a direct-to-customer salon product delivery service.
Whilst the idea was initially laughed at in Silicon Valley, the marketplace trade has become increasingly dominant, reflected in StyleSeat's success. The company has around 200 million beauty appointments in the US, generating over $10B in revenue for small businesses.
The company has seen exponential growth and progress has now developed to a point where the platform can analyze how a professional's business operates. Subsequently, it can deliver solutions that maximize a business's revenue, with businesses using StyleSeat typically finding they double their revenue after one year on the platform. Ongoing partnerships with Klarna Bank have delivered even more tools for beauty businesses to utilize, indicating StyleSeat's continued strength.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Monthly credit towards your favorite beauty product
- Subsidized beauty and grooming services
- Large company medical, dental and vision coverage
- Generous PTO
- Free Spotify account
- Monthly fitness credit
- “Paw”-ternity
- 100% Paid Family Leave
Company values
- Diversity
- Ownership
- Be your best self
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2015
$25m
SERIES B
Jan 2014
$10.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40.7m
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Leadership
Melody McCloskey
(CEO)They studied at UC Davis before spending over a year as Manager of Online Content at Current TV. They then founded StyleSeat in May 2011, and have been CEO since then.