Liberis
Embedded business finance solutions
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Company mission
Liberis is on a mission to provide small businesses with accessible and responsive finance.
Employees
201-500
HQ Location
Shepherd's Bush, London, UK
OTTA INSIGHTS
Few candidates hear
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33% female employees
60% employee growth in 12 months
Otta's take on Liberis
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
London-based Liberis offers small businesses a new way of securing loans. By taking an agreed % of customer credit and debit card takings, Liberis has created a brand new system of repayment, meaning small businesses no longer have to rely on traditional loans. Whilst small businesses are a cornerstone of the global economy, they are continuously turned away by traditional lenders, hence Liberis has been able to harness a crucial part of the global market whilst boosting small business.
Liberis isn't the only 'pay-as-you-earn'-style finance provider: it competes with similar schemes provided by the likes of Amazon and Paypal. Nonetheless, it has seen rapid growth, and has funded around $1B to over 23,000 SMEs across the UK, Europe, and the US. This can be accredited to the platform's use of machine learning to understand a customer's risk profile, and hence the maximum funding options available to them.
Liberis operates an impressive global partner network that consists of eCommerce platforms such as Klarna. It has raised significant funding that will enable it to grow its European presence with new and established partners, bringing flexible funding options to SMEs in new territories such as the Nordic region.
Total funding - $145.2m
Last 2 fundraises
Dec 2020
$62.3m
LATE VC
Dec 2021
$43m
LATE VC
Company benefits
- Pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Performance related bonus or generous commission scheme (role dependant)
- Financial wellbeing support
- Private healthcare (for a monthly fee)
- Medical cash plan
- Employee assistance programme
- Wellbeing and counselling support
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Flexible working options
- Discounts and perks with leading companies
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Discount on technology equipment
- Social budget offering
Company values
- Be open - This includes being open-minded, respectful to all, and always open to trying something new.
- Think big - We’re an ambitious team by nature, but this value reminds us to stay that way – and to always be pushing to do more.
- Step up - Both as individuals and as a team, we get stuck in. We own our decisions. And we deliver what we promise.
- Do right - A value that launched Liberis in the first place, and one we believe in now more than ever. We take pride in doing the right thing for our customers, each other and the business.
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Founders
Rob Straathof
(CEO, not founder)Previously founded Taste 2. Experience as Director for Newable Business Finance Ltd, Non Executive Director for Folkefinans AS, Director for Everline Financial Services.
People progressing
Tracy joined Liberis in 2014 as a Sales Executive and has progressed to a Senior Manager leading our Global Customer Operations team. She now has team members across the UK, Sweden and the US.
Ollie joined the Product team at Liberis in September 2021, he has since been promoted twice and is now in the role of Chief of Staff, working alongside our CEO and Executive team.
Diversity & Inclusion at Liberis
Adrian Morris (Diversity & Inclusion Chair)
- Our commitment is not just surface level. We’re on a mission to create a safe space where everyone and anyone, regardless of their background, can thrive.
- We also recognise that diverse teams perform better because we have so much to learn from one another.
- We have a hive of activity happening around the business to make sure we’re always pushing for more. Everyone is encouraged to get involved to help us to continue to build an excellent culture at Liberis.
Liberis is hiring for 10 jobs on Otta!
Software Engineering
Operations & Strategy
Finance, Legal & Compliance
Sales & Account Management