MyOptique Group

About

The MyOptique Group is an online optical store offering prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses.

London,England,United Kingdom
101 - 250

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: £10M
Industries: E-Commerce,Retail,Service Industry
Founded date: Jan 1, 2005
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: MyOptique Group Ltd.
Also Known As: Glasses Direct

The MyOptique Group is revolutionising the £20bn European optical industry by cutting out the high street middle man – and providing its customers a superior service and significant savings. The group is the clear European leader in the growing online optical segment with a full offering covering all three major segments in the eyewear market - prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses via its online retail brands Glasses Direct, Sunglasses Shop, MyOptique.com, LensOn, Netzoptiker, Eyewearbrands and Lensbest.de. More than two-thirds of sales are outside of the UK market. It carries over 150 brands and 7,000 styles.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

8

£64M $20M €30M

MyOptique Group has raised a total of £64M $20M €30M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 25, 2016 from a Debt Financing round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jul 25, 2016	Debt Financing	€30M	1	—	—	Detail
Aug 17, 2015	Series Unknown	£20M	6	—	—	Detail
Jun 23, 2014	Series C	£16M	2	—	—	Detail
Dec 16, 2013	Series C	£8M	4	Acton Capital Highland Capital Partners Index Ventures	—	Detail
Dec 6, 2013	Non-Equity Assistant	—	1	Future Fifty	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

5

11

MyOptique Group is funded by 11 investors. Future Fifty and Claret Capital Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Future Fifty	Yes	Non-Equity Assistant
Claret Capital Partners	—	Debt Financing
Acton Capital	—	Series Unknown
Beringea	—	Series Unknown
Cipio Partners	—	Series Unknown
Highland Capital Partners	—	Series Unknown
Index Ventures	—	Series Unknown
Korys	—	Series Unknown
GP Bullhound	—	Series C
Highland Europe	—	Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

4

MyOptique Group has 4 current employee profiles, including Board member Trevor Hope

Board member

Executive

Executive

Executive

Acquisition

MyOptique Group has acquired 5 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Netzoptiker on Feb 11, 2015. They acquired Netzoptiker for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Feb 11, 2015 Netzoptiker	E-Commerce	acquisition	—	Detail
Aug 15, 2015 Lensbest	Eyewear	acquisition	—	Detail
Aug 17, 2015 Eyewearbrands	E-Commerce	acquisition	—	Detail
Aug 17, 2015 4Care	Eyewear	acquisition	—	Detail
Nov 17, 2015 Scarlett of Soho	Fashion	acquisition	—	Detail