Hair and beauty marketplace Wahanda has raised $26m in funding and acquired its Germany-based counterpart Salonmeister for an undisclosed amounts

UK-based hair and beauty marketplace Wahanda has raised $26m in a round which featured RGIP, the venture capital division of human resources firm Recruit Holdings. 

The round included involvement from Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, a venture capital division of financial services firm Fidelity Investments, and merchant bank Lepe Partners.

Wahanda enables customers to book appointments at over 6,000 spas and salons in the UK from a single place. The funding came as the company announced it has acquired its Germany-based…