INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An app that has the needs of modern-day parents in mind, Winnie, has now raised $4 million in additional seed funding in a round led by
With the new funds, Winnie has raised $6.5 million to date.The San Francisco-based startup, which begun its life as a directory of
kid-friendly places largely serving the needs of newer parents, has since expanded to become a larger platform for parents.Winnie was
Postmates and Google, as well as Quora and Inkling.As new parents themselves, they built Winnie out a personal need to find the sort of
kid-friendly destinations like museums or parks, as well as those that welcome children with features like changing tables in restrooms,
wide aisles in stores for stroller access, areas for nursing, and other things.Winnie serves as a good example of what investing in women
(I know, shocking, right) And yet, the kind of questions that Winnie tries to answer are those that all parents, at some point, are curious
about.The data on Winnie is crowd-sourced, with details, ratings and reviews coming from other real parents
However, the app is now available in 10,000 cities across the United States , and has just surpassed over a million users.In more recent
Winnie will focus on as it grows to include information for more parents, instead of just those with younger children and babies.Winnie will
also use the funds to hire additional engineers to help it scale its platform.Esteban Sosnik from Reach Capital joined Hunter Walk from
