Marketplaces CLAUDIA HELMING | DAWANDA Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Claudia Helming is a Founder & CEO of Dawanda. Previously, Claudia has worked in Passado as a Director of Business Development as well as held a position of Head of Operations in Lastminute.com KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany DaWanda is the online marketplace for unique and handmade products. Going against the grain of industrialised mass production, DaWanda provides a meeting point for people who Office Locations Berlin, Madrid, Strasbourg, Warsaw know how to appreciate the special qualities of unique and handmade items, and are Founded 2006 interested in buying fashion, jewellery and home items. At www.dawanda.com, around 220,000 designers offer over 3.5 million products for sale, with ca. 10,000 new products added No of Employees 200 daily. DaWanda was founded by Claudia Helming and Michael Puetz in December 2006, and today has over 3 million members. The company is based in Berlin. In studies undertaken by Active Markets Europe the German language Startup-Monitor of ethority GmbH & Co.KG, DaWanda was elected Business Overview Online marketplace for handmade products several times as the favourite startup of internet users. Recent Milestones Undisclosed amount of funding in January 2015 KPI #1 3m members KPI #2 10k daily new products KPI #2 3.5m products for sale Key Investors Point Nine Capital, Piton Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures Website dawanda.com 20
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