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Kantan
Helping trade professionals work smarter
- 21-100 employees
- Marketplace
- Internal tools
- Home improvement
- Farringdon, London, UK
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Company mission
Kantan's mission is to change the lives of tradespeople by giving them the tools to succeed in a competitive marketplace. It does this with an app which helps users serve customers, manage operations and source work.
Our take
Kantan was founded to help tradespeople by giving them the means to excel in an increasingly competitive and digital marketplace.
Kantan's platform helps users identify the right jobs by providing new leads, helps manage customer relationship and coordinate jobs at the tap of a button, and effortlessly manage businesses by compiling job sheets, invoices, and payments all from the same app. They have partnered with major energy companies including OVO energy, SSE, and Corgi.
Kantan's introduction of a direct to consumer marketplace aims to revolutionise the £45 billion home maintenance marketplace and support the green revolution by bringing smart digital experiences to an underserved industry.
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Benefits
- Learning and development budget of £350 per employee per year + budget for role specific trainings on a need basis
- Enhanced parental leave policy
- Stock options for all employees - we win together!
- Cyclescheme
- Techscheme
- Remote working
- Health insurance
Company values
- Beginner’s Mindset: School is never out - we remain curious and hungry to learn. We build from first principles. We never rest on our laurels
- Big Bold Bets: We think big. We set bold, aspirational goals and work hard to achieve them. We take risks and believe that failures lead to success
- Disagree and Commit: We challenge each other to get to the right answer. We value data and ideas over hierarchy. Once we make a decision, we commit to it wholly
- Customer Obsession: We start from the customer and work backwards. We obsess over how we earn and keep our customers’ trust. We sweat the details to build the best experience possible
- Be an Owner: We act in the long term interest of the business. We innovate to make the most out of limited resources. We believe that no task is beneath us when solving for our customers
- Relationships matter: We build relationships that last. We respect diverse points of view. We help each other succeed
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2021
$4.2m
SERIES A
Dec 2019
$2.6m
SEED
Total funding: $7.7m
Leadership
Fouzan Ali
(CEO)A software engineer and Wharton MBA, Fouzan has led teams in engineering, product and operations in telecoms and high-tech. He left Uber in March 2019 to found Kantan, serving as CEO since.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Kantan
Fouzan Ali (CEO)
- At Kantan, we believe in bringing together people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinions, and providing a safe space to work and express your opinions.
- We believe that cognitive diversity is crucial to generating the best ideas. Our cultural value of "beginners mindset" emphasises the importance of starting from first principles and not relying on established ways of thinking.
- We are proud of having strong cultural, gender, sexual orientation, educational and professional diversity in our team from our earliest days.
- We believe that talent has no borders - our team spans from the UK in the North to South Africa in the South, and as far East as Siberia!
- We actively work on building a diverse pipeline of candidates during recruitment
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Opportunities to learn (2)
Data-driven decisions (2)
Autonomy (1)
Nice people (1)
Intelligent people (1)
My opinions are valued (1)
Great work is recognised (1)
Team energy (1)
Innovative product (1)
Clear values (1)
From the day you join our CEO ensures everyone is aware of the company values and spends time to explain what they mean and why they are important to Kantan. They really underpin the team spirit and what we look for in each other.
Software Engineering
Clear values
Aug 2021
The team at Kantan works so well because of the trust and energy everyone brings to their work. Everyone is keen to help each other and ensure that all ideas are considered to ensure we deliver the best experience to our customers. The pride and satisfaction we have makes working at Kantan exciting.
Software Engineering
Team energy
Aug 2021
Each week we review our metrics to review how we are tracking against our objectives. These are driven by outcomes we want to achieve but we're not scared to change course if the data is telling us something different. This really helps make it feel like Kantan has a strong grasp on business strategy to ensure we are going to make a difference.
Software Engineering
Data-driven decisions
Aug 2021
Great group of helpful, experienced team players!
Other Engineering
Nice people
Aug 2021
Freedom to work across the stack means the learning never stops and team members are encouraged to try new things.
Other Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Aug 2021
We take a data-driven approach to product features meaning that we build the most useful app functionality for our tradespeople.
Other Engineering
Data-driven decisions
Aug 2021
It is a high performing team at Kantan and my colleagues at Kantan are very intelligent, knowledgeable, quick on their feet and teach me a huge amount. I have learnt a great amount from them all and been elevated by the team.
Software Engineering
Intelligent people
Aug 2021
You have a lot of power to make an impact within the organisation at Kantan. Your feedback will be listened to and you can steer the development of the team and product.
Software Engineering
Autonomy
Aug 2021
I am very impressed by the clarity of Kantan's vision and the potential positive impact and value it can add. I really believe in the power of our product and its potential, and that makes me feel like my work is worthwhile.
Software Engineering
Innovative product
Aug 2021
There's a lot of incentive to understand various parts of the stack. The team is always keen to include me in PRs or pair programming sessions for a part of the stack I'm not super familiar with, and giving me the opportunity to contribute and learn.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Aug 2021
All questions are valid questions, and all ideas are considered equally. Everyone is encouraged to speak up if they don't understand something, or if they believe that some part of the system can be improved.
Software Engineering
My opinions are valued
Aug 2021
We have a bi-weekly appreciation meeting and an appreciation Slack channel specifically dedicated to shouting out your colleagues for something you value about them.
Software Engineering
Great work is recognised
Aug 2021
