THG Ingenuity Funding, Investors & Competitors

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THG Ingenuity Overview

About THG Ingenuity

THG Ingenuity is a Manchester-based e-commerce technology, digital services and fulfilment company that runs online stores and logistics for consumer brands. It offers a proprietary commerce platform covering websites, payments and personalisation, together with digital marketing, warehousing and international fulfilment, and earns fees from clients for these services. Ingenuity grew out of the in-house technology that powers THG's own brands such as Myprotein and Lookfantastic, and it has signed partnerships with companies including Google, Microsoft, Disney and Mondelez. It was a division of THG plc, the company founded in Manchester in 2004 by Matthew Moulding and John Gallemore; SoftBank held an option in 2021 to invest USD 1.6 billion for 19.9% of Ingenuity, but it was terminated unexercised in July 2022. In January 2025 THG demerged Ingenuity into a privately owned, stand-alone business in which Moulding and hundreds of small investors hold shares, with Gallemore as executive president. In its first year as an independent company Ingenuity reported revenue up 17% to USD 912 million and cut headcount from 3,350 to 2,900 through automation.


Founded

2004

HQ

United KingdomManchester

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

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Investments by THG Ingenuity

THG Ingenuity has invested in 1 company to date.

Latest investment by THG Ingenuity was on September 17th 2021. THG Ingenuity invested in Civo in their $2M Strategic investment round.


Latest Investments by THG Ingenuity

Civo
Description
Civo is a London-headquartered cloud provider specializing in Kubernetes clusters deployed in 90 seconds across US, Europe, and Asia regions. It hosts 10,000 workloads for startups like Vercel users, offering GPU instances for AI training at 50% lower cost than AWS. With bare-metal servers in Equinix data centers, Civo reports 99.99% uptime and $10 million ARR.
HQ CountryUnited Kingdom
HQ City
Stevenage
Deal Date17 Sep 2021
RoundStrategic investment
Raised$2M
Investors-
Valuationundisclosed
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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THG Ingenuity Competitors

THG Ingenuity competitors include listed companies like THG and Shopify, and private ones like Nuvemshop, Weidian Group, Automattic and Houzz.

Public and private companies comparable to THG Ingenuity
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
NuvemshopBrazilSão PauloPrivate--$3.1B-
Weidian GroupChinaBeijingPrivate--$1.4B-
THGUnited KingdomUnited KingdomPublicly listed$2.3B$133M$848M0.6x
ShopifyCanadaCanadaPublicly listed$12B$1.2B$192B12.8x
AutomatticUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAPrivate$45M-$7.5B-
HouzzUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAPrivate--$4B-

THG Ingenuity Public Comps

THG Ingenuity is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Amazon, Tencent, Alibaba Group, Shopify, Pinduoduo, Carvana, MercadoLibre, Sea, JD.com and Coupang.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Amazon$717B$161B4.1x3.6x18.4x14.1x
Tencent$113B$51B4.4x4.1x9.7x9.6x
Alibaba Group$154B$15B1.7x1.6x17.4x12.0x
Shopify$12B$1.2B16.2x12.8x154.7x70.3x
Pinduoduo$65B$15B0.8x0.8x3.6x3.2x
Carvana$20B($110M)4.2x3.0x(768.0x)29.7x
MercadoLibre$29B$3.7B3.0x2.1x23.2x21.2x
Sea$23B$2.4B1.8x1.4x17.6x11.6x

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Common questions about THG Ingenuity

When was THG Ingenuity founded?THG Ingenuity was founded in 2004.
Where is THG Ingenuity headquartered?THG Ingenuity is headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Is THG Ingenuity publicly listed?No, THG Ingenuity is a private company.
Which companies are comparable to THG Ingenuity?Companies comparable to THG Ingenuity include Nuvemshop, Weidian Group, THG, Shopify, Automattic and Houzz.
How many companies has THG Ingenuity invested in?THG Ingenuity has invested in 1 company, including Civo.
What was THG Ingenuity's last investment?In September 2021, THG Ingenuity invested in Civo's $2M strategic investment round.

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