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 $44M in funding in 2026 to date.

What is the annual revenue of Wazoku?

Annual revenue of Wazoku is £5.35M as on Mar 31, 2025.

Where does Wazoku rank among its competitors?

Wazoku ranks 2nd amongst 288 active competitors, of which 33 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 Bluescape, Agorize and Visits. Among them, Cunomial secured the most recent funding round in December, 2024.

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

Wazoku is a series B company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2011 by Simon Hill, James William Peter King and Rosemarie Diegnan. It operates as a Provider of cloud-based idea management software solutions. Wazoku has raised $18.1M in funding from investors like Octopus Ventures, Calculus Capital and Cambridge Angels, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 288 active competitors, including 33 funded and 20 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Bluescape, Agorize and Visits.

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

2^nd among 288 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£5.35M as on Mar 31, 2025

Employee Count

75 as on Mar 31, 2025

Investment & Acquisitions

PosterLab & 4 more

Similar Companies

Bluescape & 414 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	$6.83M (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	8894110	Series B	7321410	2753107	4172518	8466014
Mar 16, 2022	5331834	Conventional Debt	3393254	2906317	1589804	SaaS Capital
Jul 10, 2020	5736936	Series A	7424715	7106724	Calculus Capital	9888501

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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, Alexander Crawford and John Yeomans 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	14y 8m
mbfnghn	Team	-	Past	1y 9m
Alexander Crawford	Investor	Calculus Capital	Current	6y 11m
John Yeomans	Investor	-	Current	13y 1m
Martin Dale Fincham	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 7m
kcmyzez	Independent board member	-	Current	6y 4m

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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 Bluescape, Agorize and Visits. 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	Bluescape 2012, San Carlos (United States), Unfunded	Visual collaborative workspace for teams	-	-	61/100
2nd	Wazoku 2011, London (United Kingdom), Series B	Provider of cloud-based idea management software solutions	$18.1M	SaaS Capital, David Cummings & 58 others	60/100
3rd	Agorize 2011, Paris (France), Acquired	Cloud-based innovation management platform for idea management	$17.6M	Bouygues Telecom Initiatives, Creadev & 7 others	56/100
4th	Visits 2014, Tokyo (Japan), Series C	Provides AI interfaced idea management solutions	$25.4M	Mirai Creation Fund, Dai-Ichi Life & 9 others	54/100
5th	Iprova 2010, Lausanne (Switzerland), Funding Raised	AI-based invention assistance platform	-	Venturelab, Swisscom	51/100
6th	Innosabi 2010, Munich (Germany), Acquired	Idea generation, innovation management and co-creation of products or services	-	Bloom Partners, EIC Fund & 2 others	49/100
7th	HYPE 2001, Bonn (Germany), Acquired	AI powered idea management software	-	ViewPoint Capital Partners, fronttrail Equity Partners ... & 1 others	46/100
8th	AEVO 2007, Vitoria (Brazil), Seed	Cloud-based innovation management software provider	$2.63M	TM3 Capital, KPTL	44/100
9th	Cunomial 2018, Bengaluru (India), Seed	Provider of innovation management solution for enterprises	$109K	Arise Ventures, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology ... & 3 others	44/100
10th	Swae 2018, Vancouver (Canada), Seed	Cloud-based idea management software provider	$1.24M	VentureSouq, StartAD & 5 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)