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Flash Pack

Connects solo travellers at the same life-stage to enjoy adventures together

21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Travel
  • Lifestyle
  • Wellbeing
4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom W1T 6EB

Company mission

Flash Pack's mission is to create 1 million friendships through the power of travel and technology. In a world that increasingly plays out behind screens, we facilitate authentic friendships between people at the same life-stage. We are solving a unique problem for a prominent niche with our global brand appeal.

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55% female employees

42% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Flash Pack is a travel firm whose mission is to build new friendships through group travel for solo travellers in their 30s and 40s. The founders are a couple who started discussing the business idea behind Flash Pack during their first date. Both of them realized that there was a gap in the market for a travel company that catered to people such as themselves.

Their target market is professionals with a growth mindset. Their trips are carefully designed to offer immersive and authentic experiences, distinguishing Flash Pack in a tourism market that is crowded with bland trips.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on the tourism industry, which led to the cancellation of the programs organized by Flash Pack for 2020 and 2021. Since then the business has re-launched and is trending towards pre-pandemic levels.

Benefits

  • Remote first and flexible first working culture with the opportunity to travel and work abroad
  • 45 business days remote working from anywhere in the world
  • Generous options grant with further options awarded at reviews depending on performance
  • 5% matched employer pension contribution
  • Generous maternity package, 16 weeks full pay
  • Generous paternity package, 4 weeks paternity leave
  • Unlimited mental health therapy & wellbeing support

Company values

  • CUSTOMER, TEAM, SELF: You seek what is best for Flash Pack before yourself or your group. Service is the foundation on which this business is built and we believe a culture that fosters non-ego, servant leadership is a truly differentiated advantage that can only be built on trust
  • GROWTH MINDSET: We compete in a hyper-competitive industry where benchmarking against competitors is the norm. We’re looking for people who want to set the benchmark rather than celebrate incremental improvements over the competition
  • SIMPLIFY, FOCUS, EXECUTE: We value simplicity over complexity. We strive to ruthlessly prioritise. We say no to many things so we can focus on the things that are truly meaningful to us. Bias-to-action and avoid analysis-paralysis. Focus on great results rather than on process
  • HUMILITY- No A’holes please, this includes staff and customers. We bring together exceptional individuals but we optimise for the best team outcome. There is no individual bigger than the team and we don’t tolerate egotistical or selfish behaviour. Be self-critical, welcome feedback, continuously experiment and seek perspectives and solutions from outside the company
  • EMBRACE THE ADVENTURE: Yes we stole this from Airbnb! To us this means embracing challenges, use feedback and learn from failures and mistakes rather than dwell on them. Be a curious and a continuous learner, focus on bettering oneself and your team rather than protecting oneself

Funding (1 round)

Oct 2023

$6.2m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

$6.2m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Previously Director at Lee Thompson Photography for 8 years.

Studied European Politics and Spanish at The University of Hull. Previously Trustee at Childreach International for 2 years and Director of Fundraising at Vyas Fundraising for 7 years.

People progressing

Oli stared as Finance Manager in 2019 and quickly progressed to CFO by 2021

Diversity & Inclusion at Flash Pack

Radha Vyas headshot

Radha Vyas (CEO)

  • We’re led by a BAME, female CEO and building a diverse and inclusive team is incredibly important to us. 33% of our team currently identify at BAME. As we rebuild Flash Pack post pandemic we’ll be focused on promoting self-education through our anti-racism and anti-sexism reading list and building diversity and inclusion into the company hiring, performance and progression framework. If you would like to talk to us about these efforts, or have suggestions for how we can do better, we would love to hear from you

Endorsements

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Nice people (3)

Focus on employee wellbeing (3)

Opportunities to learn (2)

Meaningful work (2)

Hard working team (2)

Career progression (1)

Autonomy (1)

Intelligent people (1)

Open and honest communication (1)

Flexible working (1)

Despite being fully remote, the fun, compassionate, caring and strong team vibes are clear throughout every department. All hands and team updates really show how much everyone is keen to collaborate, solve problems, and get through all the ups and downs together.

Software Engineering

Nice people

Jan 2023

We already have a distributed team, so it's easy to not feel like the odd one out by doing some travelling, or just managing your time responsibly. Minimal meetings (only one teamwide every fortnight), and a push for async comms to get as much focus time as possible.

Software Engineering

Flexible working

Jan 2023

It's amazing to see the huge impact travel with Flash Pack has on each and every customer - important friendships, memorable experiences, and people develop a real love for the product and company. It's great helping build such a meaningful product!

Software Engineering

Innovative product

Jan 2023

Everyone is interested in treating each other as a whole person in a helpful, mature way. Lots of people have carings commitments etc. but we spend time getting to know each other during the work day not during cheeky after work beers.

Software Engineering

Nice people

Dec 2022

Generous spending on relevant benefits (e.g. excellent package from spill) and real flexibility to make things work. Multiple members of the team I'm in have needed a break for some reason and have been able to do so without using loads of annual leave or getting FOMO.

Software Engineering

Focus on employee wellbeing

Dec 2022

Real desire to get things done in a sustainable way. Makes it a motivating place to work where you want to challenge yourself without burning out.

Software Engineering

Hard working team

Dec 2022

It's easy to overlook how lonely the world has become. For me, the pandemic really brought this into perspective - life is short, and it's the people you spend it with that matter most. I've always wanted to get the most out of life and I love that Flash Pack makes that easy for me and thousands of others.

Product

Meaningful work

Apr 2022

For most startups, honesty is something that is said, but not necessarily done. But I can honestly say, Flash Pack is the most honest company I have ever worked for, from the founders Radha and Lee, all through the company. As just one example, we have a compensation calculator which can be seen by anyone in the company, so you can easily understand the options available.

Product

Open and honest communication

Apr 2022

At Flash Pack, taking care of yourself so you can be healthy in the long run is very much encouraged. I met up with one of our co-founders, Lee, in my second week and the first thing he said to me was "I love that you blocked out time in your calendar to go for a walk! I hope more of us can do that." I can't imagine a clearer signal that I can prioritise my own health and wellbeing.

Product

Focus on employee wellbeing

Apr 2022

Great company with a great mission - you really feel part of the mission and management take time to explain how you fit in to achieving the company goals. Work is meaningful and everyone is nice to work with. To top it all off, it is a very high growth and mentally challenging environment which results in alot of learnings every single day and great career progression.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Career progression

Oct 2021

Work is meaningful at Flash Pack because it is well explained how your work impacts the company mission. Management are focused on auto-mating mundane admin work where possible to free up capacity to work on more meaningful and impactful projects.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Meaningful work

Oct 2021

This tone is set from the top. It is clear that good quality and hard working is part of the culture and is rewarded with career progression. Hard working is not defined by number of hours, just by how impactful you are on the mission of the company.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Hard working team

Oct 2021

The work is really interesting and I'm enjoying getting stuck in and learning more!

Sales & Account Management

Opportunities to learn

Oct 2021

Having recently started I've been so impressed by how welcoming everyone on the team has been. There is a real buzz of energy and all my colleagues have been really positive with the new company challenges!

Sales & Account Management

Team energy

Oct 2021

Flash Pack has been so supportive and has a great policy on employee wellbeing!

Sales & Account Management

Focus on employee wellbeing

Oct 2021

Flash Pack is a really inspiring place to work, from the founders all the way through to the product. I'm a huge advocate for the company's mission, which is also embodied in the work place culture.

Marketing

Inspiring mission

Oct 2021

When I first joined Flash Pack I had a very focused job role, however three years later I'm now well-equipped across the marketing team as Content Lead overseeing video, social media and website content. I've been able to develop all of my skills here.

Marketing

Opportunities to learn

Oct 2021

I've made such good friends at Flash Pack, and often coming into work can just be like meeting up with pals. The culture helps bring people together, and the company's mission of connecting like-minded people through adventure shines through in this department amongst its staff too.

Marketing

Nice people

Oct 2021

Flash Pack empowers its people, regardless of seniority, to make smart decisions, take calculated risks and fail fast. All the the backing from senior leadership that if things go wrong, we all learnt something. The result is a fast-paced, progressive and trusting workplace that brings out the best in everyone.

Marketing

Autonomy

Oct 2021

The company's founders, Radha and Lee, are fearless leaders who mean what they say and commit to their promises. They lead by example and deeply care about the team, always encouraging others to grow whilst steering the ship with clear guidance. They're also incredibly human and take feedback seriously, with grace and humility. I would follow them anywhere.

Marketing

Strong leadership

Oct 2021

The best thing about Flash Pack are the people – an excited, energetic and passionate team and really smart. Super engaged and always coming up with intelligent solutions and out of the box thinking. Just what you want for a fast-growing business!

Marketing

Intelligent people

Oct 2021

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