carwow

James Hind (CEO) founded carwow in 2010 as a car review aggregator with the purpose of making choosing a new car effortless. Cars are a wonderful product but they were wrapped up in a outdated buying experience.
Why we invested
"If you can get money from Episode 1, there is not better money to get."
James Hind
Founder
We saw a team of fantastic, responsive and clean thinking co-founders with the drive to break into a huge market.

Since 2010 over £2B+ worth of cars have been bought via carwow. Securing a total of £48M so far, from ourselves and other leading VCs, carwow have gone on to grown to over 200 employees

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