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Klydo
Helps brands differentiate product ideas from online reviews
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Machine Learning
- SaaS
- Data Analysis
- London, UK
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Company mission
To enable product teams to solve the problems that matter most to users and, in doing so, build better products.
Our take
Klydo is a machine learning startup in the creative space of design and innovation. It was founded to help businesses discover unprompted consumer insights from million of untapped online reviews that are often hidden in the vastness of the web.
Their product taps into the wealth of information that exists online (forums, blogs, reviews, etc.) to offer user researchers a unique perspective on people's struggles and aspirations. These insights help product teams make better decisions about what user problems to tackle and how to build better products to solve them.
Klydo believe this novel way of surfacing insights for innovation and design projects is carving out an entirely new category of "augmented discovery insights". It is currently in beta mode and is looking to launch once this phase is successfully completed.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Monthly health and wellness allowance to be spent on looking after yourself
- Additional day off on your birthday
- Learning and development budget to help you achieve your personal goals
- Mental health support through Spill
- Membership to a gallery or museum of your choice to fuel your curiosity
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Ask beautiful questions - We use the power of enquiry to uncover new trains of thought and approach problems from different angles
- Put your mind in others - We empathise with other perspectives, allowing for more human connections with those around us
- Solve it together - We value diversity in thought and and believe the true mark of a team is wanting to see others succeed
- Push until you're proud - We commit 100% and never stop pushing ourselves, driven by excitement and pride in what we create
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2018
$1.3m
EARLY VC
Apr 2016
$0.1m
ANGEL
Total funding: $1.4m
Leadership
Nick Schweitzer
(CEO)Nick started his career in tech consulting at KPMG before seeing the light and jumping into the startup world
Wai-chuen
(CTO)Following degrees in both Engineering and Design, Wai-chuen founded Metadrift (VR archive discovery) with Nick before starting Klydo together
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Klydo
- At the heart of what we're doing at Klydo is helping people solve problems more creatively. Creativity requires diversity in thought and experience which is why we need an incredibly diverse team to make Klydo a success.
- We want to ensure we're building a balanced and diverse team right from the get-go, which can be challenging for an early-stage startup. We're doing this by removing bias from our interview process where possible (e.g. using independent scorecards) and monitoring the gender balance in our pipeline so that we can keep it equal.
- We are also constantly looking for better ways to create an inclusive and supportive culture. This includes flexible working (we care about output not hours), learning and development budget, mental health support (we use Spill), as well as regular culture workshops and improvement initiatives.
- We also realise that we can always improve and so adopt an attitude of trying out any ideas suggested by the team. This means we're constantly trying out new ways to improve our culture. We'd love to hear about any ideas you have!
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I really get a sense that the work that we do provides a massive benefit for our users. Even at this early stage, we're deconstructing the narrative that innovation is difficult and exclusive - it's really not, and we're changing that perception one project at a time ✌🏽
Design
Meaningful work
Mar 2021
Fail-fast, give it a try, what did you learn? These are 3 things I keep in my mind all the time, and I've found an affinity with my team members who think and do the exact same!
Design
Opportunities to learn
Mar 2021
Innovation doesn't exist without diversity - it's as simple as that. At Klydo nothing is more front of mind than ensuring our product is being built by a diverse range of experiences.
Design
Diversity is a priority
Mar 2021
I'm regularly questioned about the type of engineer I want to become and the skills needed to get me there. Klydo then gives me the chance to learn and implement these skills at every available opportunity. This development is as much driven by my colleagues as it is by me.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Mar 2021
As a start up, Klydo regularly gives me the chance to take an idea of mine and own it. This includes its inception and initial research, development of a proof of concept, and its final implementation in our product.
Software Engineering
Autonomy
Mar 2021
All my colleagues at Klydo are super friendly and easy to get along with! I feel like I'm working with friends, making it a pleasure to spend my days in the office (even when remote working).
Software Engineering
Nice people
Mar 2021
I love that at Klydo we apply design thinking not only to our products but to our culture. It feels great to think hard about what we can do to improve ourselves as a company.
Software Engineering
Open and honest communication
Mar 2021
I've felt really well taken care of at Klydo, particularly through the pandemic. The company has invested in mental health apps like Spill and I've used the Health & Wellness allowance to try all sorts of things I wouldn't have otherwise like joining a indoor cricket league.
Software Engineering
Focus on employee wellbeing
Mar 2021
Everyone is nice! The Klydo team is a warm, caring & friendly bunch. I've had a whole load of fun, whether it's cooking together on remote cookery classes, collaborating on hard design problems, shooting each other at airsoft, building terrible slack bots, pairing on code, debating in the podcast club...
Software Engineering
Nice people
Mar 2021
