Recruit, which became the sole external shareholder in the beauty marketplace in May 2015, has provided another round of funding.

UK-based hair and beauty marketplace Wahanda has raised a €65m ($73m) series E round from human resources firm Recruit Holdings, TechCrunch reported earlier today.

Founded in 2008, Wahanda enables consumers to book an appointment at a beauty salon or spa. Concurrent with the new funding, Wahanda revealed it will acquire its France-based counterpart ZenSoon, adding 650 salons to its network and boosting the total to 20,000.

Recruit became Wahanda’s sole external shareholder when it invested a $46m series D round…

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