Overview
Update- Headquarters:
- San Francisco, CA
- Description:
- Wish is the leading mobile commerce platform in Europe and North America
- Founders:
- Peter Szulczewski, Danny Zhang
- Categories:
- E-Commerce, Mobile, Curated Web
- Website:
- http://wish.com
- Social:
Company Details
UpdateWish is the leading mobile commerce platform in North America and Europe. Our mission is to give everyone access to the most affordable, convenient, and effective shopping mall in the world. By leveraging a competitive global supply chain of direct suppliers and avoiding retail costs we are offering anyone with a smartphone access to tens of millions of affordable goods. By making Wish available on smartphones we are putting this digital shopping mall directly in the pockets of tens of millions of consumers. Finally, by leveraging big data principles and technology from advertising and search we are creating a relevant, entertaining, and personalized browsing experience for each individual consumer which leads to effective shopping on all iOS and Android devices.
The team, comprised of former Google, Facebook, and Yahoo engineers has first-hand experience in building industry leading consumer products such as Facebook as well as multi-billion dollar self serve platforms such as Google Adwords. The Wish merchant platform makes it easy to effortlessly generate sales. With state of the art recommendation technology and high quality data this enables any existing Amazon.com, eBay, or independent online merchant to reach a very relevant set of qualified consumers for their products and generate a high volume of sales within days or even hours of creating their merchant accounts.
Funding Rounds (5) - $578.7M
Update| Date | Amount / Round | Valuation | Lead Investor | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun, 2015 | $500M / Series D | — | — | 1 |
| Jun, 2014 | $50M / Series C | — | Founders Fund | 6 |
| Nov, 2013 | $19M / Series B | — | GGV Capital | 3 |
| May, 2012 | $8M / Series A | — | Formation 8 | 2 |
| Mar, 2011 | $1.7M / Angel | — | — | 22 |
Investors (29)
Current Team (9)
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Peter Szulczewski
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Danny Zhang
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Josh Kuntz
Software Engineer

Jack Xie
Software Engineer

Blake Krikorian
Investor

Tarek Fahmy
Head of Product
Board Members and Advisors (11)
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Joe Lonsdale
Board Member & Investor (since 2012)



News (289)
Update| Date | News |
|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2016 | Business Insider Australia - Melissa McCarthy is returning for Netflix's 'Gilmore Girls' revival after all |
| Mar 23, 2016 | The Tech Portal - Cherubic Ventures Announces Intentions To Raise $120 Million Fund With Focus On US, China And The Rest Of Asia |
| Mar 14, 2016 | Seeing Both Sides - 1 posts from March 2016 |
| Mar 10, 2016 | PRNewswire All - Bustle Raises $11.5 Million in Funding Led by Saban Capital Group |
| Feb 11, 2016 | PRNewswire All - Make-A-Wish Ohio Rallies Community to "Checkoff for Children's Wishes" This Tax Season |
| Feb 11, 2016 | TechCrunch - PayPal Commerce Matches Stripe With PayPal’s Own Native Shopping Toolkit For Apps |
| Feb 9, 2016 | TechCrunch - And The Winners Of The 9th Annual Crunchies Are… |
| Feb 2, 2016 | Miami Herald - Mysterious Magic Leap lands $793.5 million in mega-funding round |
Competitors (4)
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Alibaba
Alibaba is a Chinese e-commerce company operating online marketplaces for both international and domestic China trade.

Amazon
Amazon.com is an international e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.

eBay
eBay, an online auction and e-commerce marketplace, enables people and businesses to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and services.

Walmart
Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department stores and warehouse stores.
Offices/Locations (1)
UpdateHeadquarters
San Francisco, CA
USA
Past Event Appearances (1)

9th Annual Crunchies Awards on Feb 8, 2016
Awards (1)
- Best Mobile App | NomineeAwarded at: 9th Annual Crunchies Awards on Feb 8, 2016









