When was Wazoku founded?

Wazoku was founded in 2011 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Wazoku located?

Wazoku is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Who is the current CEO of Wazoku?

Simon Hill of Wazoku. They have also founded 1 company and are an angel investors in 1 startup.

Which legal entities is Wazoku associated with?

Wazoku is associated with WAZOKU LIMITED and 1 other.

How many employees does Wazoku have?

As of Mar 31, 2025, the latest employee count at Wazoku is 75.

Is Wazoku a funded company?

Wazoku is a funded company, having raised a total of $18.1M across 10 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Apr 21, 2011.

How much is Wazoku worth?

The latest valuation of Wazoku is $***** as of Apr 01, 2019.

When was the latest funding round of Wazoku?

Wazoku's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Sep 28, 2022, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is HRTech. In United Kingdom, the HRTech sector has seen $257M in funding in 2026 to date.

What is the annual revenue of Wazoku?

Annual revenue of Wazoku is between £1M and £10M as on Mar 31, 2025

Where does Wazoku rank among its competitors?

Wazoku ranks 3rd amongst 344 active competitors, of which 38 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Cunomial, which secured an undisclosed amount in Dec, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Wazoku?

Wazoku's top competitors include Agorize, GitMind and Bluescape. Among them, Cunomial secured the most recent funding round in December, 2024.

Wazoku - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Provider of cloud-based idea management software solutions. The software allows organizations to gather, manage, develop, implement, ideas, and reward employees. The product offerings include an idea management platform that allows employees to share ideas and collaborate to share views on ideas and compare and vote on ideas and it generates leaderboards and reports to identify top ideas and reward and recognize employees.

Website: www.wazoku.com/
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Email ID: *****@wazoku.com
Phone Number: +44 **********

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2011

Location

London, United Kingdom

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$18.1M in 10 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Sep 28, 2022, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Apr 01, 2019

Investors

Octopus Ventures & 59 more

Ranked

3^rd among 344 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£1M - £10M as on Mar 31, 2025

Employee Count

75 as on Mar 31, 2025

Investment & Acquisitions

PosterLab & 4 more

Similar Companies

Agorize & 397 more

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Wazoku is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
WAZOKU LIMITED CIN: 7540637 , Germany, Active	Feb 22, 2011	-	75 (As on Mar 31, 2025)
SOFAR SOUNDS LIMITED CIN: 7561876 , United Kingdom, Active	Mar 13, 2011	£1M - £10M (As on Mar 31, 2025)	28 (As on Jan 31, 2019)

Wazoku has raised a total funding of $18.1M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 21, 2011. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Sep 28, 2022 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Wazoku has 11 institutional investors and 49 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Wazoku:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 28, 2022	6500337	Series B	1226001	6934443	2718457	2232096
Mar 16, 2022	4713769	Conventional Debt	6490055	6033612	2437540	SaaS Capital
Jul 10, 2020	6725660	Series A	4646648	7171801	Calculus Capital	2061685

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The founders of Wazoku are Simon Hill, James William Peter King and Rosemarie Diegnan. Simon Hill is the CEO of Wazoku.

Here are the details of Wazoku's key team members:

Simon Hill: Co-Founder & CEO of Wazoku. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
James William Peter King: Former Co-Founder of Wazoku and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the boards of 2 companies.
Rosemarie Diegnan: Co-Founder & CPO of Wazoku.

Wazoku's Board of Directors

Wazoku's board has 5 active members. Simon Hill, John Yeomans and Alexander Crawford are part of team and Martin Dale Fincham and Christopher John Holdsworth are independent board members.

Here is the list of Wazoku's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Simon Hill	Team	-	Current	15y 2m
qwxovqt	Team	-	Past	4y 3m
John Yeomans	Investor	-	Current	13y 7m
Alexander Crawford	Investor	Calculus Capital	Current	7y 5m
Martin Dale Fincham	Independent board member	-	Current	10y 1m
xzcrgzs	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 2m

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Wazoku's employee count trend

Wazoku has 75 employees as of Mar 25. The total employee count is 12.0% lower than what it was in Mar 24. Here is Wazoku's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Wazoku include Agorize, GitMind and Bluescape. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Wazoku, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Agorize 2011, Paris (France), Acquired	Cloud-based innovation management platform for idea management	$17.6M	Creadev, Capnamic Ventures & 7 others	56/100
2nd	GitMind 2008, Kowloon (China), Unfunded	Platform offering idea management software	-	-	52/100
3rd	Wazoku 2011, London (United Kingdom), Series B	Provider of cloud-based idea management software solutions	$18.1M	David Cummings, SaaS Capital & 58 others	50/100
4th	Bluescape 2012, San Carlos (United States), Unfunded	Visual collaborative workspace for teams	-	-	50/100
5th	AEVO 2007, Vitoria (Brazil), Seed	Cloud-based innovation management software provider	$2.63M	TM3 Capital, KPTL	47/100
6th	Cunomial 2018, Bengaluru (India), Seed	Provider of innovation management solution for enterprises	$109K	Arise Ventures, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology ... & 3 others	46/100
7th	KaiNexus 2010, Irving (United States), Seed	Continuous improvement software to capture, implement, measure, and share improvements	$716K	-	45/100
8th	Innosabi 2010, Munich (Germany), Acquired	Idea generation, innovation management and co-creation of products or services	-	EIC Fund, Europa & 2 others	43/100
9th	ITONICS 2009, Nuremberg (Germany), Unfunded	Cloud-based innovation management software provider	-	-	42/100
10th	Visits 2014, Tokyo (Japan), Series C	Provides AI interfaced idea management solutions	$25.4M	Mirai Creation Fund, Mizuho Bank & 10 others	42/100

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Founders (largest shareholder) own 0.00%, Funds own 0.00%, Enterprises own 0.00% and Angels own 0.00%.

Shareholders Name	Post Round Holding %	Net worth
Founder	-	3.34M
Simon Hill	0	0
James William Peter King	0	0
Fund	-	7.19M
Calculus Capital	0	0
Enterprise	-	69.1K
Angel	-	12.2M
Other People	-	890K
Total	-	2.37Cr

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Wazoku has not made any investments yet. Wazoku has made 5 acquisitions.

Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Dec 14, 2023	Acquisition	PosterLab	2019	Mainz (Germany)
Jan 24, 2023	Acquisition	Idea Drop	2014	London (United Kingdom)
Sep 28, 2022	Acquisition	Mindpool	2019	Copenhagen (Denmark)