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Anyone

Exchanging 5 minutes of advice via voice calls

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201-500 employees
  • B2C
  • Marketplace
  • Social Media
  • Mobile
Edinburgh, UK

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Company mission

To build a “marketplace for advice” and become the phone book of the future.

236% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Anyone was created after the founders realised they could trace key career decisions to a few short conversations. Moments of advice had had a significant impact on their working lives. Therefore, they wanted to make pivotal moments accessible to all sorts of people — by giving the app’s users the chance to call any expertise provider on the network and ask their question.

The company is unique in the sense that its platform is built around 5-minute phone calls. Whilst video has advantages, it can be difficult to fit into people's schedules. What's more, texting can be time-consuming and lead to considerable misunderstandings. Therefore, a simple phone call can be useful, quick, and to the point. It's different from other social audio plays as the app automatically terminates the call after 5 minutes.

The early startup has already raised nearly $4 million to date and is now focused on large-scale onboarding having been in a limited closed Beta.

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Benefits

  • Work from home opportunities

Funding (1 round)

Jul 2021

$3.9m

Total funding: $3.9m

Leadership

David Orlic

(CEO)

They have previously co-founded Volontaire, a consultancy in brand strategy and digital marketing, where they served as COO for 8 years. Alongside serving as CEO at Anyone, they are Non-Executive Director at :Part and Vad Vi Vet, as well as Chairman for Orli&.

Sam Ducker

(Co-Founder)

They also founded Lucky Duck, a UX/UI and development agency, in 2017.

Alfred Malmros

(Co-Founder)

Worked at Google for nearly 7 years, becoming Chief Marketing Officer- Jigsaw in 2016. Alongside co-founding Anyone, they are President of Early Studies as well as Member of the Board of Advisors at Open Briefing, Turning Basin Labs and tickr.