Wayfair

About

Wayfair is an online retailer of home products for bedroom, living room, kitchen and dining, home entertainment, bathroom, and more.

Boston,Massachusetts,United States
5001 - 10000
https://www.wayfair.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Private Equity（PE）
Last Funding Money Raised: $165M
Industries: E-Commerce,Furniture,Home Decor,Retail
Founded date: Aug 1, 2002
Number Of Employee: 5001 - 10000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nyse:W
Legal Name: Wayfair LLC
Also Known As: CSN STORES LLC

Wayfair is the largest pure-play online retailer of home goods in the US. Key categories for the company include furniture, decor, kitchen & dining products, home improvement, patio & garden, and baby.

The company, founded in 2002 as CSN Stores, is based in Boston, MA, and has additional offices in Utah, Kentucky, New York, Galway, Ireland, London, England and Berlin, Germany. Wayfair employs over 2,300 people across those offices.

In 2014, Wayfair's sales exceeded $1.3 billion.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

$1.98B

Wayfair has raised a total of $1.98B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 12, 2020 from a Post-IPO Debt round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Aug 12, 2020	Post-IPO Debt	$1.32B	—	—	—	Detail
Oct 2, 2014	IPO	$304.50M	—	—	—	Detail
Mar 7, 2014	Series B	$157M	1	T. Rowe Price	—	Detail
Dec 10, 2012	Series Unknown	$36M	4	Spark Capital	—	Detail
Jun 21, 2011	Private Equity（PE）	$165M	4	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

2

5

Wayfair is funded by 5 investors. T. Rowe Price and Spark Capital are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
T. Rowe Price	Yes	Series B
Spark Capital	Yes	Series Unknown
Battery Ventures	—	Series Unknown
Great Hill Partners	—	Series Unknown
HarbourVest Partners	—	Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

86

Wayfair has 86 current employee profiles, including Employee Dikdyuti Sen

Employee

Employee

Executive

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Wayfair has acquired 4 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was buyster on Sep 20, 2011. They acquired buyster for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Sep 20, 2011 buyster	Customer Service	—	—	Detail
Aug 2, 2013 DwellStudio	Home Decor	—	—	Detail
May 21, 2015 CustomMade	Communities	acquihire	—	Detail
Aug 30, 2016 TrumpIt	Mobile	acquisition	—	Detail