Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1 billion valuation with KKR backing
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- Fresha secures $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, bringing its total raised to $285 million and pushing its valuation above $1 billion.
- TechCrunch reported that in 2021 Fresha had 60,000 businesses and served 150,000 professionals across 120 countries.
- Fresha now hosts over 140,000 businesses that collectively process over 35 million appointments per month, exceeding a billion appointments annually.
- Fresha will use the new capital to expand into additional countries and develop AI‑driven features.
Why it matters: Fresha’s $80M infusion accelerates its global rollout and AI upgrades, giving its 140k partner salons a faster booking engine while tightening competition for other scheduling platforms.
