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Easol
All-in-one platform for experience businesses
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Travel
- Payments
- Entertainment
- Events
- SaaS
- eCommerce
- Bethnal Green, London
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Company mission
To enable a generation of experience creators to love what they do.
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
100% employee growth in 12 months
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Easol was founded in 2017 by husband and wife team Ben and Lisa Simpson with the intention of becoming the world's first all-in-one SaaS platform for experience commerce. The company aims to bring vital experience commerce tools all into one synchronised place.
Easol empowers entrepreneurs by removing the need to outsource their business to traditional e-commerce platforms, booking platforms or experience marketplaces such as Airbnb. This appeals directly to bosses looking to maintain full ownership of their business, and to streamline the labour-intensive and hands-on booking and tracking processes.
The company is taking advantage of the growing experience market, as more and more businesses are founded to provide the rising demand for unforgettable experiences. After a difficult few years, the experience market is set to boom, and Easol is well-placed to profit from that trend.
Benefits
- 25 days of holidays plus public holidays
- Equity
- Gym Membership worth £30
- Headspace membership
- Development & Coaching Budget
- £1,000 Personal Deep Week Budget
- Design your own Setup Budget
- £35 per month mobile phone contribution
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2024
$30m
SERIES A
Apr 2022
$0.1m
GRANT
$59.8m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Founders
Ben Simpson
(CEO)They were the managing director of youth marketing and experience agency Rough Hill. They co-founded Rise Festival in Les 2 Alps and Running Wild, an event promotion organisation.
Lisa Simpson
(Chief Creative Officer)They obtained a masters from Warwick University. They were a creative project manager at Rough Hill, and worked for Action Aid for over 4 years. They co-found Rise Festival and Easol.
Diversity & Inclusion at Easol
Lisa (Simpson)
- There is an open forum for you to have your say in what we do and how we do it. We empower our team to share their ideas!
- Employees of all backgrounds and physical abilities will be supported by us in every way possible to thrive.
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Meaningful work (2)
Challenging work (1)
Opportunities to learn (1)
Autonomy (1)
Intelligent people (1)
Hard working team (1)
People of all backgrounds are welcomed (1)
Growing fast (1)
My team members at Easol always amaze me with how resourceful and creative they are when tackling problems or coming up with solutions. I know I can go to any single member of the team and they'll be able to help me think through an issue and help find a solution.
Sales & Account Management
Intelligent people
Oct 2022
Everyone at Easol just has no ego when it comes to hard work. Everyone is truly in it together and know we're all working on the same goal so are always prepared to do what is required to get the job done, whilst always ensuring we get the time back to rest and recover for those times we have had to go above and beyond.
Sales & Account Management
Hard working team
Oct 2022
The speed at which new creators join and get successful on Easol is always incredible. From day one we always see new team members having an immediate impact on what we do and it really is only just the beginning!
Sales & Account Management
Growing fast
Oct 2022
We're always encouraged to try and bring interesting solutions to the table, test out new tech to see if it works for us, and pair on unfamiliar areas of the code. Outside of this, we have a dedicated budget for educational resources so you can always skill-up or learn something new.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Oct 2022
Since joining I've seen a constant stream of positive feedback from our creators. Our platform is genuinely saving them time and money and allowing them to do their best work. At a time when event organisers are struggling to cope with rising costs, it's nice to be able to help them.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Oct 2022
Easol is a safe space for anyone and everyone. We need diversity of thought, personality, and culture to be the best we can be and that's recognised. Easol strives to make people of all backgrounds feel welcome.
Software Engineering
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
Oct 2022
The Easol proposition makes our product really wide which means that the type of challenge you can face varies massively, each part of our app might be a product in its own right elsewhere and our job is to bring them together into one cohesive system
Software Engineering
Challenging work
Oct 2021
Everyone who works at Easol has the ability to own a project from start to finish. You'll be able work with the team and leadership to flesh out designs, implementation and testing of new features. Its great being able to input in so many ways at every point of a feature.
Software Engineering
Autonomy
Oct 2021
We really believe that the jobs our platform allow people to do are some of the most rewarding possible. We see people leaving careers where they weren't happy to focus on their passions and its our software which enables that.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Oct 2021
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