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BOXT

Connecting homeowners with trusted installation experts

21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Home improvement
  • eCommerce
45 Eagle Street, Holborn, London

Company mission

BOXT's mission is to be the number one name in home services through a digital platform that connects homeowners with their network of engineers.

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

BOXT is an eCommerce platform specializing in supplying home heating and renewable energy systems, whilst also handling their installation. The UK Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning industry was valued at £15.0 Billion in 2020. BOXT is looking to disrupt the long-established and traditional home heating market by reinventing how customers choose and buy home heating packages.

BOXT simplifies the home heating installation experience by providing clients with tailored products based on their needs and by handling the whole process of installing the devices. The company's product offering currently comprises the installation and servicing of boilers, solar panels, air conditioning, electric vehicle charging points, and Google smart home products.

Having installed over 100,000 A-rated products since it has been established, Boxt's vision is to grow its renewable energy product lines and become an international household name in home services, distinguishing themselves through its technology platform and relationships with best-in-class manufacturers.

Benefits

  • 30 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Private Medical Cover with Aviva
  • 4x salary Death in Service cover with Zurich
  • Paid maternity & Paternity Pay after a year of service
  • Salary sacrifice pension matched up to 6%
  • £1,000 annual training budget
  • Flexible working times and location
  • Company MacBook Pro & accessories
  • Team lunches, team events, beer fridge, office snacks, nice people

Funding (1 round)

Jan 2022

$21.4m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

$21.4m

Total funding

Founders

Andy Kerr

(Founder)

Previously Associate Director Corporate Finance at PwC for 9 years and Partner at TLP Capital Partners for 6 years.

Keith Jones

(Chairman)

Previously Senior Director at Wolseley UK for 2 years.

Mel Butler

(Founder)

Previously CEO at Help-Link for 16 years.

People progressing

Started at BOXT as a Full Stack Engineer and was promoted twice to Tech Lead within 3 years

Endorsements

All

Challenging work (1)

Opportunities to learn (1)

Career progression (1)

Tech & tools (1)

Hard working team (1)

Data-driven decisions (1)

The industry is more complex than people think, which makes the work challenging. We have a lot of competitors now, so we always have to try to be one-step ahead, which isn't always easy. Innovating in a traditionally non-tech sector is also challenging, but rewarding.

Product

Challenging work

Aug 2023

Everyone works hard and puts the effort in to deliver a great product & service. Everyone buys into the vision, which comes through in what we ship to our users.

Product

Hard working team

Aug 2023

We make decisions based on both qualitative and quantitative data. Larger business decisions as well as micro-decisions, such as where to place elements in a given page on our website. We're lean, so we try to test ideas as much as possible before dedicating a large amount of time & resource to them.

Product

Data-driven decisions

Aug 2023

BOXT offers lots of flexibility to get involved across many different areas of the business and learn from a whole range of people. We also have a £1000 training budget that means I get to go to conferences, workshops and attend courses to expand my knowledge and skillset.

Product

Opportunities to learn

Aug 2023

BOXT offers great opportunities to move around internally and the managers here give detailed and structured progression frameworks that make it very clear what needs to be done to get to the next level.

Product

Career progression

Aug 2023

The teams at BOXT always seem to strive for continuous improvements. We're constantly evaluating our tool stack and the technology we use, and it means we're always coming up with new ways to further disrupt our industry.

Product

Tech & tools

Aug 2023