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OpenRent
Online property letting platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Property
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Renting
- Brixton, London, UK
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Company mission
To make renting safer, cheaper, and fairer for everyone.
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Since founding in 2012, OpenRent has been transforming the renting industry by connecting landlords with tenants online. Its platform empowers them to arrange lettings cheaply, quickly & efficiently, unlike many of the exploitative and expensive traditional letting agencies.
In comparison to more traditional letting business models, OpenRent primarily targets tenant matching and related add-on services rather than offering to also manage a property fully to meet an under-serviced aspect of renting.
With its fundamental focus on combining customer experience and technology, OpenRent lets more properties than any other UK high-street agency, with 5+ million users. The company is committed to continuing to transform the industry and expanding its team to do so.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly team social events
- Weekly team lunches
- 25 days holiday per year
- Health Insurance
- Free office breakfast, drinks + snacks
- Weekly yoga sessions
- In-office massage
- Annual company away weekend - in the past, we've gone to French chateaus and a Portuguese beach resort
- Sociable office in the heart of Brixton with ping pong, pool, table football, and roof terrace
- £250 annual Learning Budget for professional or personal development
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2017
$5.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $5.4m
This company has top investors
Founders
Darius Bradbury
(Co-founder)Having studied at Oxford, Darius worked as a Software Engineer at Standard Bank for 2 years. He left this position in September 2011 to co-found OpenRent, where he has worked since.
Adam Hyslop
(Co-Founder)After studying at Oxford, Adam became a Consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants for 4 years. He then went onto co-found OpenRent.
Diversity & Inclusion at OpenRent
Tilly Thorneycroft (Head of People )
- We have introduced opportunities for training, development and progress for the whole team. For example all employees have access to the L&D budget (£250 per year) that can be spent towards any training that will support employees to develop their full potential
- To ensure we attract a diverse pool of candidates, we post our roles on multiple job boards. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
- We review our practices and procedures annually to ensure fair treatment is maintained across all teams
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Meaningful work (2)
Perks (2)
Autonomy (1)
Nice people (1)
Hard working team (1)
Focus on employee wellbeing (1)
Innovative product (1)
Flat hierarchy (1)
Inspiring mission (1)
Growing fast (1)
OpenRent offer amazing perks, such as team lunches, monthly socials, weekly after-work clubs e.g. yoga, Spanish lessons, art club, book club, and much more.
Operations & Strategy
Perks
Aug 2021
Great work ethic and working atmosphere. People really care about the company and believe in the values of OpenRent.
Operations & Strategy
Hard working team
Aug 2021
The company value the team's wellbeing and do all they can to keep the team happy and the work environment somewhere people want to be. They also have regular check-ins and take onboard any suggestions for improvement.
Operations & Strategy
Focus on employee wellbeing
Aug 2021
Our flat hierarchy structure means you have the independance and authority to make your own key decisions which can lead to big product development and company growth
People, HR, Recruitment
Autonomy
Aug 2021
Our mission is to make renting easier, safer and fairer for everyone - most people will experience renting in their lifetime so we are working on a product that has huge impact and scope
People, HR, Recruitment
Inspiring mission
Aug 2021
OpenRent really care about company culture, one of the reasons we haven't dramatically scaled in the last few years is to ensure we can retain our positive, social team culture - with plenty of perks! We have regular team lunches and socials but also art club, language classes, yoga and a great social office space
People, HR, Recruitment
Perks
Aug 2021
You help fix the housing market. Name a bigger problem the UK has, I dare you.
Product
Meaningful work
Jul 2021
Very flat hierarchy, small teams working on big projects. Anyone can ask anyone anything. It's all hands on deck.
Product
Flat hierarchy
Jul 2021
Smashing it.
Product
Growing fast
Jul 2021
Leading online letting agent in the UK
Product
Innovative product
Jul 2021
Everyone is a pleasure to work with.
Product
Nice people
Jul 2021
Work that I do leads to changes/improvements to the service which is satisfying.
Product
Meaningful work
Jul 2021
