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Digital Assistant For Beauty Professionals: Watalook Picks £730K To Expand In The Uk

Aug 19, 2021about 4 years ago

Amount Raised

£730,000

Round Type

seed

Vilnius

Description

The beauty industry has enjoyed steady growth in the past! Post pandemic, the sector got a digital makeover, and the adoption of technologies like AI, Machine Learning, and more are on the rise.

Company Information

Company

Watalook

Location

Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

About

The company will use the funding to accelerate its business in the US, UK, and other existing markets. The company aims to help independent beauty professionals in terms of online client self-booking, the smart calendar that fills in the free time gaps first, sends automated text message updates and reminders for appointments, collects client data, and provides insights like revenue, appointments frequency, cancellations or no-shows, etc. Watalook digital assistant has already outperformed 2020 by +317%, and the majority of this surge has been achieved organically, claims the company in a press release. We see a steady & month over month growth in the number of beauticians using Watalook, and consequently growing appointments booked through the platform by +34%” shares the CEO and co-founder Klaudijus Ambrozas. “Watalook has the right team and product to transform the beauty industry. Based out of Vilnius, Watalook is a young startup aiming to redefine the beauty tech market with its digital assistant for independent beauty professionals. Watalook is the second European startup that has received an investment from Launchpad Capital for an expansion to the US.

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