From $6 million to $1.8 billion in sales in less than 4 years. How Zalando used media for growth funding to fuel international growth
Zalando is a fashion and technology company, currently transforming into a multi-service platform.
Zalando is a fashion and technology company, currently transforming into a multi-service platform.
Zalando is a German e-commerce company headquartered in Berlin, offering fashion and various lifestyle products to a multinational European market.
The company was founded in 2008. In 2009 Zalando secured a media for equity deal with SevenVentures. The deal has become one of the most well known blockbusters of a Media for Equity deal.
From $6 million to $1.8 billion sales by 2013 - A 29,900% increase in revenue that spans across 4 years.
The company started expanding across European in no time: Netherlands and France (2010), the UK, Italy and Switzerland (2011), Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Belgium, Spain, Poland and Austria (2012).
According to dealroom, Zalando is currently valued at 20,7 billion Euros.
