Wheely
Wheely is a luxury chauffeur and concierge service operating in London, New York, Paris and Dubai, with 312 employees. It raised $43M in a February 2024 Series B.
The growth story
Wheely grew from 180 to 312 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $43M along the way, most recently a Series B in February 2024.
About
Wheely provides app-based luxury car services with additional concierge tasks, targeting high-end urban customers who value privacy and time savings. The service operates in major global cities including London and Dubai.
The company has scaled to 312 employees, with recent funding suggesting expansion plans. Its Series B round in early 2024 brought total funding to $43M from investors including Concentric and AdFirst.vc.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up the largest function with 37 employees. The leadership team comes from Russian tech companies like Yandex and Tinkoff, reflecting the company's operational roots.
The Wheely org chart
Anton Chirkunov (Founder & CEO) leads 51 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 112 (+9% YoY), Engineering 55 (+31% YoY), Business Development 23 (+10% YoY), Customer Success and Support 22 (0% YoY), Human Resources 16 (+33% YoY), Sales 10 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Wheely recruits heavily from Russian tech firms, with 13 hires from Yandex and 7 from Tinkoff. Alumni frequently move to other mobility companies like inDrive and Bolt, with some founding their own startups.
Most common previous employers of Wheely staff: Yandex (13), Tinkoff (7), Sberbank (4), Uber (4), Kaspersky (4), Quadcode (4). Former Wheely employees most often moved to inDrive (6), Bolt (5), Yandex (4), Avito (4), Blacklane (3), Delivery Hero (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Wheely mafia
13 alumni have founded companies, including one who started Tinkoff (8,928 employees) and others launching smaller ventures like Out Digital and Fair Math.
13Olga Koroleva, was Director Of Operations until 2021Roman Zaripov, was Marketing Manager until 2016Gurgen Arakelov, was Senior Researcher (Cryptography Teamlead) until 2023Mike Sokolov, was Chair of the Board until 2022Sergey Krupnik, was Product Manager until 2021
David Brun, was Interim Senior Operations Manager France until 2020
Misha Tsvik, was Senior Product Manager until 2021
Nick Pester, was General Counsel until 2024
Pascal Schümperli, was Co-Founder & Member of the Board, Wheely AG until 2011
Irek Khasianov, was Mobile Product Manager until 2018
Stanislav Piatikop, was Head Of Products until 2018Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 24% direct, 52% search, 12% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Wheely: Customer Service (63), Communication (59), Teamwork (40), Python (Programming Language) (40), English (39), Project Management (39), Microsoft Office (39), Leadership (38).
Where the team actually sits
Wheely people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (35), Nicosia, Cyprus (32), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (16), United Kingdom (15).
Search footprint
Wheely attracts about 3,056 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3K a month if bought through ads. It gained 51 ranking keywords and lost 42 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Wheely has 312 employees as of September 2026.
Wheely has raised $43M in total, most recently a Series B round in February 2024.
Wheely was founded in 2010 by Anton Chirkunov, Pavel Bocharov.
Anton Chirkunov (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Wheely's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Wheely staff are Yandex (13 people), Tinkoff (7 people), Sberbank (4 people).
Former Wheely employees most often move to inDrive (6), Bolt (5), Yandex (4).
At least 13 companies have a founder who previously worked at Wheely, including Tinkoff, Out Digital, Fair Math.
Wheely attracts about 3,056 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Wheely staff are Customer Service, Communication, Teamwork, Python (Programming Language), English.
Wheely staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (35), Nicosia, Cyprus (32), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (16).
Wheely has about 112 people in Operations, up 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Wheely has about 55 people in Engineering, up 31% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 149 current and 276 former Wheely profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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