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Flyp

A platform for selling residential real-estate

21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Property
  • Home improvement
  • Real Estate
  • D2C
North West House, 119 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5PU

Company mission

At flyp, we’re democratising the UK residential real estate market. Selling a home is one of the most stressful life events, but there is no reason for it to be. We plan on changing that, for everyone. We use our expertise and technology to help level the playing field for all home-sellers.

48% female employees

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Despite selling/buying a home being the single biggest transaction most people make in their lives, the real-estate market continues to be broken and inefficient. The transaction process of selling and buying a homes is rifled with a lack of transparency and a lack of alignment, resulting in very bad consumer experience.

flyp is uniquely positioned to disrupt and change this broken way homes are sold and bought in the UK and Europe. They do this by applying a similar approach to how other second hand goods markets have been disrupted over the last decade. This starts with a certification process, which allows better homes to be offered through a unique marketplace (resulting in a faster and better sales process).

Through their data-led expertise and technology, flyp have been increasing the value and speed of sale of a property. Their experts are able to help with taking a deep dive into the profile of potential buyers, and transforming the property to add significant value. flyp's unique financial model sets them apart in the market and, on average, has added a 10% value to homes.

Benefits

  • Private health insurance
  • Pension contributions
  • Our office is in a WeWork building so there's great perks like free micro-brew coffee, all the beer you can drink, free exercise classes, lectures, and happy hours every week
  • Monthly team-building events and Friday drinks (COVID-permitting!)
  • You get to stay in any of our 150+ homes across 8 cities in the UK for free
  • Life Insurance (YuLife)

Funding (1 round)

Feb 2022

$3.8m

$3.8m

Total funding

Founders

Gregg Kantor

(Co-founder)

Also Founded Sossij Ltd. in 2007, and StayBeyond in 2014.

Lee Sieradzki

(Co-founder)

Co-founded StayBeyond in 2014, and then Flyp in 2019.

Oliver Gershfield

(Co-founder)

Prevous Director of Smith & Jones and 2TheDoor. Co-founded StayBeyond in 2014 before co-founding Flyp in 2019.

Endorsements

All

Opportunities to learn (1)

Autonomy (1)

Hard working team (1)

Great work is recognised (1)

Team energy (1)

Innovative product (1)

The team energy at Flyp is fantastic. The perfect combination of hustle and family mentality makes it the best place to work. Even on the busiest days someone is there to give you the support you need.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Team energy

Feb 2022

You will never feel like a cog in a machine at Flyp, the work of every team member matters and contributes to the greater goal. The flat structure of the business gives management a front row seat to your good work which is recognised across the company. Beyond that any new ideas to help the business are also welcomed which is truly great.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Great work is recognised

Feb 2022

There is nothing more exciting than working in a company that is revolutionising an entire market and on the way to impact the lives of many when it comes to buying and selling houses. Not only is this rewarding but the growth opportunity to join at this early stage is exactly what I was looking for in my career.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Innovative product

Feb 2022

I've been with flyp since 2018, and every step of the journey has been exciting, challenging, and rewarding. The team is second to none, and I'm genuinely thrilled to get to work with a group of people like this. It's unlike any other work environment I've been in, and the opportunity to take ownership, grow and learn, and feel valued is unparalleled. I've worked on several teams throughout the business as we've evolved, across marketing, brand, partnerships, and now heading up Client Success - every one had it's challenges, opportunities, and victories, and the chance to explore all the facets of the core product, work on building new features and services, and feel not just connected to, but like a driver of the vision of the company has been incredible.

Sales & Account Management

Autonomy

Feb 2022

I've never met a group of people so committed to a vision. Everyone tackles the challenges within their remit, but the cross-collaboration between teams in service of a superordinate goal is amazing. No one says 'not my problem', and no one shies away from ownership or urgency. I think it's also key that we genuinely do all get along and enjoy being around one another. We disagree well, have each others backs, and show up every day for the right reasons.

Sales & Account Management

Hard working team

Feb 2022

The chance to take charge of things at flyp is like nothing I've every seen. People don't pull rank, and everyone on the team from the founders to summer interns has identified a problem, pitched a solution, and been empowered to see it through. Even in my first few months at the company. I was leading research projects, pitching for budget and backup to work on bigger goals, and that energy is what everyone on the team works for and benefits from. The bias for action is amazing, and we learn by doing!

Sales & Account Management

Opportunities to learn

Feb 2022