A Shopping Experience, Knowledge Of the Space, And An Ideal Cofounder: The Serendipitous Story Of Wakefit
Wakefit is an online sleep solutions startup. The company was founded in 2016 and is backed Sequoia Capital for $9.5 Mn.;
- When Ankit Garg, the cofounder of Wakefit — an online sleep solutions startup — went to purchase a mattress back when he was a bachelor, little did he know that this experience would become the answer to his entrepreneurial quest.
- Having worked in the chemical industry, Ankit was aware of the cost of raw materials that went into the making of one single mattress, and other sleep-related products as well.
- This was when Ankit realised the potential that lay within the sleep solutions segment and partnered with his cofounder Chaitanya Ramalingegowda to build Wakefit in 2016.
- Excessive use of electronic devices such as computers, television and mobile phones, complimented with a lifestyle involving smoking, social media scrolling, high-pressure jobs, etc. can be attributed to the factors causing lack of sleep among people.