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NearSt
Getting people back into high street shops
- 1-20 employees
- Retail
- B2B
- Marketplace
- London, UK
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Company mission
To get people back into high street shops.
Our take
NearSt turns online shoppers into in-store customers. The company provides the infrastructure helping thousands of retailers display their live in-store stock online.
NearSt's technology can link into any inventory management or point of sales system and automatically sends the store’s inventory information to places like Google, Facebook, and Instagram for local shoppers to discover. The technology is now integrated into over 130 stock management systems covering over 800,000 retail locations globally and processes over 1B lines of stock daily.
NearSt has attracted the backing of prominent technology investors including Grosvenor Group, True Global, and YYX Capital. It's also been endorsed by industry leaders including former John Lewis MD Paula Nickolds, serial retail entrepreneur Will Hobhouse, and former Google Campus CEO and investor Sarah Drinkwater.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Stock Options: Everyone should share a stake in our success, so if you’re a full time employee you’ll receive stock options when you join
- Mental Health Support: Taking care of your mental health is just as important as your physical health, so we provide professional and confidential support from the wonderful therapists at Spill, directly in Slack
- Wellnhess Budget: Stay at your best with a monthly wellness budget to spend as you please on things to keep you happy, healthy and well through our partners at Juno. Whether that’s on meditation apps, healthy food subscriptions, or gym memberships. If it keeps you well, it’s covered
- Personal Growth: Develop personally and professionally with an annual budget of £1,000 for you to upskill in ways that suit your own learning style - whether through books, training courses, or attending events
- Holiday: 25 days of holiday as standard plus a free company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year, for everyone to recharge. On your birthday (or an alternative important life-event day), take the day off as well
- Maternity & Paternity: We believe early-stage startups often miss out on talented mums and dads, so we’ve worked hard to make sure NearSt is a great place to be (or become!) a parent
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2021
$2.6m
SEED
Feb 2020
$2.6m
SEED
Total funding: $6.8m
Leadership
Nick Brackenbury
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Account Director at Ogilvy (working with clients such as Land Rover and BP).
Max Kreijn
(Co-Founder)Founder of Open Activation (consulting company, working with clients such as Heineken).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at NearSt
Tamanna Moushumi (Customer Success Executive & DEI Team Member)
- We believe we all do our best work when we can be our true selves and when we foster an environment that taps all the talents of the world - not just the ones that look and sound like the people who joined the company at the start
- In hiring we are committed to a fair and de-biased process, where we don't look at CVs, and instead have an initial anonymous review process where multiple team members review applicant answers
- We're constantly looking at how we can better reach people who might be underrepresented through typical recruitment channels, and look at how the language in our job descriptions can attract a broad range of applicants.
- We have a DEI team who meet monthly to look at ways we can continually improve, as well as reviewing and implementing suggestions from the wider team.
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Opportunities to learn (2)
Focus on employee wellbeing (2)
Inspiring mission (2)
Career progression (1)
Intelligent people (1)
My opinions are valued (1)
Every opportunity is there for you to take advantage of. I joined straight out of university with minimal sales experience. Through NearSt, I've been able to progress from signing single stores to the largest chains on the platform. All whilst managing people and getting involved in projects outside of my day to day role. It's been just 2 years since I joined!!!
Sales & Account Management
Career progression
Mar 2022
We have monthly 'ask me anything' sessions with the founders. We can raise concerns or ask for transparency on any topic. Alongside all this, your ideas are always appreciated. There's a very open attitude at NearSt. If you think something isn't working you just need to let someone know.
Sales & Account Management
My opinions are valued
Mar 2022
Shops are the backbone of this country. It's where we all buy our food, clothes, books you name it. NearSt is on a mission to get people back buying in store. It's so satisfying to see the footfall counter we have ticking over. We've literally got hundreds of thousands of people back buying in store across the globe.
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Mar 2022
I joined NearSt because of the mission - to get people back into high street shops. The way people shop around the world is changing and too often it is directed by huge online corporations. I love the fact that we are using tech to balance the scales and support brick and mortar shops by making them visible to shoppers online.
Software Engineering
Inspiring mission
Jan 2022
Learning and progression are important at NearSt. Everyone in the company is encouraged to use their learning budgets and explore new ideas and grow in and beyond their teams.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
I have really valued the focus the company puts on wellbeing, even more so during the pandemic. We have an app called Spill which provides advice, resources and therapy sessions and we also have a well-being budget that allows us to subscribe to things from a gym membership to fruit and veg deliveries. Mental health is openly discussed and I feel comfortable requesting sick leave for both mental and physical challenges.
Software Engineering
Focus on employee wellbeing
Jan 2022
When I joined NearSt, I was luckily met with such a close knit team who know how to work hard, and play harder. From the very first day, you'll be doing work that helps the entire team with the end product and mission. A truly collaborative workplace where you'll be listened to and heard!
Sales & Account Management
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
My colleagues are super keen, witty and super smart. People across teams are really happy to jump in and support you, and will spend time going out of their way to help you. A really encouraging environment to be in.
Sales & Account Management
Intelligent people
Jan 2022
Lots of employee wellbeing perks! A big focus on having happy employees, and a real team culture, inside the office and virtually. NearSt offers a wellness budget, to help you keep healthy and are happy to listen to new ideas too!
Sales & Account Management
Focus on employee wellbeing
Jan 2022
