Washist offers a subscription laundry service in most parts of Lagos that collects clothes in a white bag, washes and irons them, and returns them within three days. The service is sold as a flat N10,000 monthly plan that covers three laundry cycles per month. Founder Oluwadare Ajayi, who has a background in finance, assembled experienced staff from established laundry businesses and set up a facility with state-of-the-art washing and ironing equipment. The company deliberately keeps its product simple — the website collects only an email and an address rather than offering a full app. Washist claims to have already received and processed real laundry orders, though the article notes some missing photographic evidence of those transactions. The team appears intent on positioning Washist as Nigeria’s first on-demand laundry subscription service and is leveraging early investor and celebrity involvement for credibility and potential promotion.

Total raised

$50M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2014