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Commonplace
Community engagement platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Communication
- SaaS
- Data Analysis
- Community
- Data Sharing
- London, UK
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Company mission
To connect people with the places they live, work and play – and to accelerate positive change through collaboration.
12% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Commonplace provides a set of digital tools that help re-build trust in planning processes, by making it easier for communities to influence local planning decisions.
Traditional planning consultations can be manual and time-intensive, and only provide a momentary snapshot of a situation. Commonplace's tools innovate by provide an ongoing channel of understanding and collaboration, thus offering deeper insights into communities. The company aims to energise local democracy in the social media age by hosting open digital conversations that are simple to participate in and representative of the whole community.
Since launching in 2014, millions of people have visited Commonplace's platform, and it has been used by some of the largest property developers and infrastructure providers in the UK. It has also been deployed by many local authorities to give communities a voice in the planning process. In 2023, the company raised fresh funding that will support expansion as it further grows its client base, accelerating towards its goal of inspiring thriving places.
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Benefits
- Supportive and inclusive culture
- Access to a confidential line for counselling services that are available 24/7
- 20 days fully paid sick leave in addition to other leave and medical accommodation
- Flexible daily start and end times
- Remote options
- 26 company holiday days in addition to 8 bank holidays and discretionary Christmas closure days each year
- Comprehensive share options available after probation
- Work from home fund
- Employee recognition programme - We run weekly shoutouts so we can recognise our colleagues for their hard work, talent, and for embodying our core values. We also run Commonplace annual awards to recognise those going above and beyond.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee referral scheme - Send someone our way for a role we’re hiring for, and we’ll give you up to £2000 if they join the company and stay with us for a set minimum period!
- Regular employee gifts
- Personal development fund
- Regular socials such as our Summer and Christmas Parties
- Staff handbook - We believe in clarity and transparency and all our workplace practices are clearly set out in our Staff handbook, which is reviewed annually or sooner if the need arises.
Company values
- Collaborating to make better decisions, faster
- Accelerating growth in sales, customer value and community impact
- Acting with integrity to make fair decisions and be kind to each other
- Being brave in the way that we shape the future
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2023
$2.7m
EARLY VC
Jul 2020
$3.9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $7.1m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Mike Saunders
(Co-founder & CEO)Previously a Member of the Advisory Council on Public Engagement at UK Parliament for 3 years, and Governor and Council Member at Trinity College London for 6 years.
David Janner-Klausner
(Co-founder)Previously Senior Area Head (Municipal Development) at JDC for 9 years, and Programme and Planning Director at UJIA for 6 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Commonplace
Denica Hristova (People Lead )
- Commonplace will always be committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We have a dedicated Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group to help us create and maintain a culture which values difference. We’re always listening and are completely open to any suggestions that could make us a more welcoming and accessible place for all our employees.
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