Wayfair

company

About

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

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