07.16.15
StyleSeat, the leading destination for beauty and wellness bookings, announces it has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Fosun Kinzon Capital, and includes Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cowboy Ventures and Slow Ventures, among others.
Founded in 2011, StyleSeat has become the largest and fastest growing platform for booking beauty and wellness appointments. The platform has powered over 20 million appointments since launch and will power over $1 billion in appointments in 2015 alone.
StyleSeat has over 320,000 professionals in over 15,000 cities across the United States and has grown almost 100% via word-of-mouth. Its users are hair stylists, make-up artists, nail technicians and other beauty and wellness experts.
Brad Bao, Managing Partner at Fosun Kinzon Capital, commented, "With its vision of being the platform to support beauty artists, StyleSeat provides more and better services to users. We always believe in platforms that provide better services, increasing the efficiency, and enabling those creates value to capture more of it."
A New VP
StyleSeat has also announced it has named Scot Gensler as its new vice president of business and corporate development.
Melody McCloskey, CEO and Co-Founder of StyleSeat, said, "We're delighted to add Scot Gensler to our executive team, to add firepower to our strategic partnership capabilities and really add gasoline to the strong platform we've created."
Gensler commented, "I'm thrilled to be joining StyleSeat at such a critical juncture for the company and industry. The opportunity to lead the $200B+ global beauty space into the 21st Century and help StyleSeat expand its leadership position via new and surprising partnership and growth strategies is incredibly exciting."
Founded in 2011, StyleSeat has become the largest and fastest growing platform for booking beauty and wellness appointments. The platform has powered over 20 million appointments since launch and will power over $1 billion in appointments in 2015 alone.
StyleSeat has over 320,000 professionals in over 15,000 cities across the United States and has grown almost 100% via word-of-mouth. Its users are hair stylists, make-up artists, nail technicians and other beauty and wellness experts.
Brad Bao, Managing Partner at Fosun Kinzon Capital, commented, "With its vision of being the platform to support beauty artists, StyleSeat provides more and better services to users. We always believe in platforms that provide better services, increasing the efficiency, and enabling those creates value to capture more of it."
A New VP
StyleSeat has also announced it has named Scot Gensler as its new vice president of business and corporate development.
Melody McCloskey, CEO and Co-Founder of StyleSeat, said, "We're delighted to add Scot Gensler to our executive team, to add firepower to our strategic partnership capabilities and really add gasoline to the strong platform we've created."
Gensler commented, "I'm thrilled to be joining StyleSeat at such a critical juncture for the company and industry. The opportunity to lead the $200B+ global beauty space into the 21st Century and help StyleSeat expand its leadership position via new and surprising partnership and growth strategies is incredibly exciting."