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Qogita

Global wholesale platform

21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Supply Chain
  • Consumer Goods
  • Procurement
33 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DQ

Company mission

Qogita's mission is to reshape the foundation of wholesale.

Top investors

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43% female employees

-5% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Much of global B2B trade is still carried out using outdated processes, with excessive red tape and harsh payment terms. Qogita aims to revolutionise the industry by smoothing the transition from physical to e-commerce and improving the market dynamics which work against most merchants.

Qogita has the goal of becoming the world's best B2B platform for connecting buyers and sellers. Its customers range from small retailers and large brands, drugstores and pharmacies, to distributors and wholesalers.

It helps clients to generate better profit margins and turnover, while simultaneously reducing labour costs through its technology infrastructure. The platform allows users to integrate their systems in minutes, with built-in supplier optimisation and a large catalogue offering thousands of categories and brands.

This allows both buyers and sellers to find each other more easily and quickly. In the future, Qogita aims to continue to grow through its mission of bundling purchasing power with improved technology to improve customers' profitability, while also optimising their payment terms, access to financing, and connectivity.

Benefits

  • 🏠 Remote first (plus offices in London & Amsterdam)
  • 🧘‍♀️ Monthly wellbeing budget
  • 💻 Home office equipment package, including Airbuds (PC or Mac)
  • 👴🏼 Pension match up to 5%
  • 💰 Performance-based discretionary bonuses
  • 🍼 Parental leave
  • 🏖️ Competitive annual leave
  • 🛍️ Retail discounts for normal everyday items like groceries and also bigger items like holidays.
  • 🩺 Health insurance (location dependent)

Company values

  • Speed Over Perfection 20% of our work will lead to 80% of the outcome. Focus on the 20%.
  • Fail Fast And Learn We’re expected to fail constantly but never fail twice for the same reason.
  • Act Like An Owner We’re all stakeholders. Ask where you can help. Speak up when you see something wrong. Disagree and commit.
  • Be Epsilon Greedy Stay hungry, stay foolish. Take a random stab at something occasionally.
  • Obsess Over User Experience Our success follows our users' success. We should enable our users to perform.

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

May 2022

$85.9m

SERIES B

Jul 2021

$28m

SERIES A

$122.5m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Educated at Harvard with previous work experience at Goldman Sachs for 2 years as an investment banking associate.

Danny Toledano

(Chairman)

Many years of experience as CEO and director of several investment and energy companies.

Diversity & Inclusion at Qogita

Anja Koprivica (VP People )

  • We are at the start of our journey, and at the core of the company's DNA, we want to instil a workplace of trust, leadership and support.
  • Honesty with others
  • Transparency in business conduct
  • Trust in colleagues but also in the marketplace
  • Fairness in our business working and business relationships
  • Purpose in our world

Endorsements

All

Growing fast (7)

Autonomy (3)

Inspiring mission (3)

Tech & tools (2)

Manageable workload (2)

Flexible working (2)

Challenging work (1)

Opportunities to learn (1)

Nice people (1)

Hard working team (1)

Opposite of a micro-management culture, you are given your work and trusted to get on with it. If you need help then all you need to do is ask.

Operations & Strategy

Autonomy

Mar 2022

Output over input, as long as your work is completed you can work whenever you want. This promotes a healthy relationship with working and emphasises a culture of trust, transparency and autonomy

Operations & Strategy

Flexible working

Mar 2022

Whenever you work for a rapidly growing tech startup there are always awesome opportunities to get stuck in and learn. Where processes are constantly changing you have the chance to be involved more closely than you would elsewhere.

Operations & Strategy

Opportunities to learn

Mar 2022

Senior developers give autonomy to newer team members in designing solutions. Code reviews are collaborative and successfully iterate towards robust solutions. My opinions are listened to and challenged fairly.

Software Engineering

My opinions are valued

Mar 2022

As a new company there is a lot of work to do, but the workload is managed well and the pipeline is not overwhelming. Time is available to do work well and not rush from one task to the next.

Software Engineering

Manageable workload

Mar 2022

Qogita is growing very fast. Every week there are a couple of announcements of new joiners. Everyone is very welcoming and new people fit into the team very quickly

Software Engineering

Growing fast

Mar 2022

Working in an industry with outdated processes and tools, Qogita's core offering revolutionises the market by offering a one stop shop for wholesale all in one tech platform, allowing buyers and suppliers alike to simplify their procurement.

Sales & Account Management

Innovative product

Mar 2022

Since joining October 2021 the team has grown more than twofold to 70 employees with growth particular strong in the immediate sales team. New teams are also being built all of the time to cater for our huge growth both internally and externally with customer acquisition!

Sales & Account Management

Growing fast

Mar 2022

The mission to simplify procurement provides an out dated industry with much needed oomph. Many of our customers explain how it makes their lives much easier and helps them improve their businesses and having a direct correlation to this is very rewarding.

Sales & Account Management

Inspiring mission

Mar 2022

As a remote first company, Qogita are able to hire people from different countries & different backgrounds. We also support people with different health needs, or assistance.

Operations & Strategy

Diversity is a priority

Mar 2022

As a remote first company, Qogita are able to hire people from different countries & different backgrounds. We also support people with different health needs, or assistance.

Operations & Strategy

People of all backgrounds are welcomed

Mar 2022

Qogita are growing very fast. I joined a year ago and was employee number 4, and now there are over 60 employees. Growing this fast is incredible exciting & means there are always new challenges

Operations & Strategy

Growing fast

Mar 2022

Insane market size and opportunity, very talented team, amazing progress and growth within 1 year, flexible / autonomous environment! Pretty much all the stuff you want at a startup!

Operations & Strategy

Growing fast

Mar 2022

I am enjoying the very fast paced environment, the excellent execution and the collaboration with very strong colleagues. Autonomy and flexibility is a great plus!

Operations & Strategy

Inspiring mission

Mar 2022

Qogita's compensation is extremely fair, including base pay, bonus and equity for all employees. Equitable compensation regardless of location!

Operations & Strategy

Fair compensation

Mar 2022

We are hiring like crazy to keep up with growth. There is a clear need to build products, adapt processes to help us scale and the founders give you the freedom and autonomy to do it.

Product

Growing fast

Mar 2022

Our operations are complex and it sometimes feels like we are replacing the engine while we are flying. This makes the work challanging because we need to see far enough into the future that your product stays relevant and be thoughtful about how what you build affects the entire company. Its very intellectually stimulating

Product

Challenging work

Mar 2022

Its clear what the problems are. You can design and build alongside the stakeholders but you are given the trust that what you're building has been made correctly at the end of the day. Also, work is pretty flexible timing and leavewise as long as you don't become a blocker. I really appreciate that freedom

Product

Autonomy

Mar 2022

Qogita is fastest growing B2B marketplace for the wholesale. The product is amazing, and same time each person can contribute in development!

Sales & Account Management

Growing fast

Mar 2022

You can work from anywhere and there are no controls over your minutes, and policy of unlimited paid holiday is a huge asset. Qogita respects a lot work-life balance.

Sales & Account Management

Flexible working

Mar 2022

Are using best tools for work, not only equipment that was provided by Qogita, but also different software developed and by 3rd parties that are helping us to execute our daily work better.

Sales & Account Management

Tech & tools

Mar 2022

The staff at Quogita are great to work with. Everyone is so lovely and so full of energy. Which makes a great team to work with. This filters down right from the founders and makes. a great working environment.

Design

Nice people

Mar 2022

Everyone at Qogita is so keen to learn and grow both as a team and to move the product forward into something that exceeds all of our expectations.

Design

Hard working team

Mar 2022

The level of passion across the team for the work that e do is very lovely to see and I think a lot of this is due to the founders and the energy they bring to Qogita.

Design

Team energy

Mar 2022

Autonomy at Qogita means giving employees the freedom to work in a way that suits them: whether that's deciding the pace of their work, the order of task completion and having more control over job tasks, or even the freedom to decide when and where they do their work.

Operations & Strategy

Autonomy

Mar 2022

I feel that I run my own business as a Qogita employee and I don't need to work extra hours or on the weekend to complete my job, it's 's important to get things done effectively.

Operations & Strategy

Manageable workload

Mar 2022

The tool created internally to manage Qogita operations is the best I have ever seen in my entire professional career: efficient, reliable, intuitive and powerful.

Operations & Strategy

Tech & tools

Mar 2022

Qogita is truly revolutionising a broken industry. It’s game changing for both sellers and buyers in the B2B space. A step change from the current status quo. I truly enjoy seeing the new features we roll out regularly and how they address our users’ pain points compared to when they operate traditionally.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Inspiring mission

Mar 2022

The company is a rocketship. Our user retention and growth metrics speak for themselves. Plus, we’re backed by best in class investors. Personally, our incredible growth has also meant that my role evolves accordingly and am given more responsibility. There is never a dull moment and if you’re hungry to learn/grow, the sky is the limit.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Growing fast

Mar 2022

At Qogita, management has always made it a point to ensure people feel valued through our benefits and career progressions. In our team, this includes supporting our professional development by helping us attain the professional qualifications necessary for our roles.

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Great work is recognised

Mar 2022