Otta

The better way to find a job in tech

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Company mission

Our mission is to become the best platform for candidates and companies to find each other. We’ve merged with Welcome to the Jungle, and share a common vision of the need to reinvent the candidate job search experience and make job search less soul-crushing.

Employees

21-100

HQ Location

Barbican, London, UK

OTTA INSIGHTS

Most candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

58% female employees

280% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Looking for a job is a frustrating experience. It's incredibly hard to find a good match. Job adverts lack useful information like salary and diversity data. Companies sometimes never respond. There’s a lack of friendly-support in those tough moments of rejection… the list goes on

When starting Otta, we saw that candidates are often treated as second-class citizens. So we set out to build a candidate-first job search: one that is laser-focused on providing the best experience for candidates. In January 2024, Otta merged with Welcome to the Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle currently works to increase the visibility of businesses to almost three million active workers by enhancing their employer brand and enabling them to offer a seamless recruitment experience to their candidates and recruiters

Otta and Welcome to the Jungle both believe in a future of work based on the power of matching and share the same DNA that disrupts market conventions, from our branding to our obsession for helping people find meaning through their work

By redefining the standards of employer branding, job search and candidate sourcing, we aim to become the best platform for candidates and companies to find each other

Total funding - $24m

Last 2 fundraises

Aug 2020

$2.9m

SEED

Jan 2022

$20m

SERIES A

This company has top investors

Company benefits

  • 24 days of annual leave + bank holidays
  • In addition, we have a winter break where the office closes from 25th December to 1st January, so everyone can recharge
  • 9-day fortnight, meaning every second Friday off for the whole company
  • £1,000 self-care allowance to spend each year on your wellness or personal development
  • Universal parental leave - 13 weeks' full pay, 13 weeks' half pay, 13 weeks' statutory pay (if you have been with us for at least 6 months), 13 weeks' unpaid (optional)
  • Health insurance with AVIVA, including dental and optician cover
  • Subscription to YNAB, a budgeting app for financial coaching
  • Breakfast, snacks and drinks at the office every day
  • Lunch at the office every Thursday
  • Cycle-to-work scheme with GCI (no £1,000 limit)

Company values

  • Candidates first — Otta was started to make job search less soul crushing. Our main focus is meticulously crafting the best experience for candidates
  • There for each other — Startups are hard, but more enjoyable when working with great people. We are supportive and generous with our time, whether it's giving feedback or brightening up someone's day
  • We challenge because we care — We believe challenge allows us to reach new heights. From personal development to product design, we challenge because we care about each other and Otta’s success
  • What’s the return? — We like to make a lot happen with a little. Doing this requires an evaluation of return on investment, and discipline to work on the problems that will have the biggest impact
  • What would it take to learn faster? — Speed of iteration typically beats quality of iteration. We move fast when it helps us learn faster - we feel safe taking risks, finding smart shortcuts, or shipping experiments
  • What could exceptional look like? — Our standards are high, and there are moments where it's worth pushing them further. We're comfortable asking hard questions to explore how to make something exceptional

Founders

Started career as a consultant at McKinsey, and then worked at Nested as they grew from 5-80 people (including a role as interim Head of People).

Previously an investment banker at Moelis. Spent 18 months at Nested in operations, corporate finance and strategy.

Xav Kearney

(CPO & CTO)

Studied Engineering & Machine Learning at Imperial, worked at Nested as a data scientist and software engineer.


People progressing

Abby joined Otta as a Business Operations Associate and was promoted to Customer Success Lead after 7 months. She is now Head of Commercial Operations.

Sarah joined Otta as a Finance Lead and was promoted to Head of Finance after one year with the company.

Diversity & Inclusion at Otta

Claudia Gallon headshot

Claudia Gallon (People Partner)

  • Looking for a job is a frustrating experience. It's incredibly hard to find a good match. Job adverts lack useful information like salary and diversity data. Companies sometimes never respond. There’s a lack of friendly-support in those tough moments of rejection… the list goes on
  • When starting Otta, we saw that candidates are often treated as second-class citizens. So we set out to build a candidate-first job search: one that is laser-focused on providing the best experience for candidates. In January 2024, Otta merged with Welcome to the Jungle
  • Welcome to the Jungle currently works to increase the visibility of businesses to almost three million active workers by enhancing their employer brand and enabling them to offer a seamless recruitment experience to their candidates and recruiters
  • Otta and Welcome to the Jungle both believe in a future of work based on the power of matching and share the same DNA that disrupts market conventions, from our branding to our obsession for helping people find meaning through their work
  • By redefining the standards of employer branding, job search and candidate sourcing, we aim to become the best platform for candidates and companies to find each other

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