Wazoku
Wazoku An Enterprise Innovation Platform comprising: Idea Management, Open Innovation Marketplace, Innovation Consulting.
$9M Series B+ ·
Led by Octopus Ventures · Source: startupintros.com
Total raised: $15.09M across 4 sourced rounds
All 4 rounds ↓Signals
Wazoku | 1112 days from website to first raise on record
Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.
Funding rounds
- Series B+ · $9M
OOctopus Ventures (lead),
CCalculus Capital
Source: startupintros.com - Series A · $1.58MSource: startupintros.com
- Series A · $3.26M
CCalculus Capital (lead)
Source: tech.eu - Seed · $1.24MSource: techcrunch.com
- X account created
- Website created
Founders and team
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Simon Hill FounderDN
Davy Nys Sales DirectorEC
Eshwari Chandrashekhar Director, Software EngineeringIS
Ian Smyth Marketing DirectorBS
Bea Schofield Customer SuccessDB
David Byrne Chief Financial OfficerRD
Rosemarie Diegnan Chief Strategy & Product OfficerSC
Sarah Counts COO
Acquisitions
| Acquired company | Price | Announced |
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| Not disclosed publicly | Date not given | |
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Investors
BBarclays Corporate Banking
CCalculus Capitallead investor
CCambridge Angels grouplead investor
FFig VClead investor
NNew Model Venture Capital (NMVC)lead investor
OOctopus Ventureslead investor
SSaaS Capital
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Sources and API
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