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Avant Arte
Digital platform for collectible arts
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Design
- Art
- eCommerce
- Amstel III en Bullewijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Company mission
Avant Arte is a digital platform for collectible arts, exploring new ways to open the doors to art collecting. Avant Arte are working on online and offline initiatives that empower the new art collector and help artists to reach the right audience.
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Avant Arte started as an online community in 2015, and quickly gained a huge organic following (they currently have 2.5m+ followers on Instagram). They're now using their platform as a way to inspire and enable the next generation of art collectors.
They work with leading global contemporary artists and rising stars to produce limited edition sculptures and print editions, which they sell through their own platform (splitting profits with the artist for providing access to their pool of art collectors). The majority of their launches all sell out within minutes, showing huge demand for their products.
They're looking to disrupt the global art market, which is worth ~$70bn a year and growing. This is a space that has been dominated by auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie's and large powerful galleries like Gagosian. With a Product team run by Diogo Teles (formerly of Booking.com and REKKI) and Engineering team run by Riaz Bordie (formerly Check.com), the company’s strategy focuses on creating the best experience for buying art online, as well as fostering their community of next generation collectors and building a platform to serve all of their needs.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Generous Equity Allowance
- Annual £1000 Learning & Development budget per employee
- Enhance pension contribution
- Generous Parental leave policies
- Flexible working
Company values
- Artists, collectors & putting the important stuff first
- Collaboration, kindness & a collective approach
- High-speed, high standards & full ownership
Founders
Mazdak Sanii
(CEO)Previously Associate at Rothschild, then COO of Boiler Room. Also a Board Member of National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Christian Luiten
(Co-founder)Curtis Penning
(Co-founder)Diversity & Inclusion at Avant Arte
Farai Kanjere (People Operations Manager)
- To ensure we attract a diverse pool of candidates, we post our roles on multiple job boards including those with a focus on diversity and use tools such as blind CVs to minimise the risk of any form of bias.
- We have introduced opportunities for training, development and progress for the whole team. For example all employees have access to the L&D budget (€1000 per year) that can be spent towards any training that will support employees to develop their full potential.
- We review our practices and procedures annually to ensure fair treatment is maintained across all teams.
- We are monitoring the make-up of the team regarding factors such as age, sex, ethnic background, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and disability to ensure we are inclusive across different pillars.
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We're building a few greenfield projects using the latest in GraphQL, Go, NextJS on Google Cloud
Software Engineering
Tech & tools
Oct 2021
People at Avant Arte are really great! Being not only a tech company really creates a more interesting group of people.
Software Engineering
Nice people
Oct 2021
Avant Arte believes that no two people are alike, and that’s a great thing.
Software Engineering
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
Oct 2021
The company is incredibly mission driven - on a mission to make art radically more accessible and to inspire a new generation of collectors - which is incredibly motivating for the team and creates a real sense of collaboration and focus in the same direction. Everyone cares about what we're trying to achieve.
Operations & Strategy
Inspiring mission
Oct 2021
The company and team is growing incredibly quickly, with lots of opportunity for personal development and progression. No two days are the same and there's always a new challenge!
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Oct 2021
Avant Arte has an incredibly high quality team - I'm really inspired and excited about the people I get chance to work with on a daily basis. Not only are the people high quality, but the collaboration is fantastic - there are no egos and everyone treats each other with kindness and respect.
Operations & Strategy
Team energy
Oct 2021
Avant Arte really is a business at the cutting edge of transforming the Art Market globally. I really enjoy the freedom and opportunity to innovate products for a market that has classically not changed with the times. When it comes to the technology it's great that there are no big legacy systems to maintain and I get to use the right tool for the job.
Software Engineering
Challenging work
Oct 2021
What makes Avant Arte really special is the team. Real care has been taken to build a core team of amazing individuals, who feel like they could take on any challenge.
Software Engineering
Nice people
Oct 2021
From the amazing example of the CEO all the way through the team. Everyone is extremely dedicated to the company mission and making the best products for our customers. There is a real culture of going above and beyond to help your colleagues and team.
Software Engineering
Hard working team
Oct 2021
