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Origin
Digital issuance platform for the global debt capital markets
- 21-100 employees
- Fintech
- B2B
- Banking
- Marketplace
- Financial Services
- London, UK
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Company mission
Origin's mission is to transform debt capital markets and connect borrowers and dealers in the fixed income primary markets, simplifying the process for bond issuance globally.
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Origin serves as the debt capital market’s “golden source of truth” for primary issuance - a digital application layer and transaction workflow solution that streamlines communication and collaboration during the issuance of fixed income instruments. Dealers, issuers, paying agents, exchanges, CSDs and more can streamline post-trade workflows by using or connecting to Origin at every stage of the trade, from the trade origination through the issuance process to settlement.
Origin is now used by over 20 investment banks and 90 borrowers in over 50 cities worldwide, including Barclays, Bank of America, Citi, and Telefonica. The idea for Origin was conceived after observing the frustrations of clients during the corporate bond new issuance process and being inspired by other successful examples of the transformative power of technology in financial services.
The company recently introduced Airbrush, the fixed income data standard, developed by Origin in conjunction with Clearstream and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Alongside this work, and with an experienced team combining background in finance and technology, Origin could lead the way in the digitisation of debt capital markets and streamline the way companies and investment banks work together to raise capital.
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Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Annual training budget up to £500 to attend conferences and workshops
- Friendly, multi-cultural team, monthly events organised by the social committee
- Annual offsite somewhere hot (this year we went to Marrakech)
- Birthday off
- £500 home office budget
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- 24 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays and 1 additional day of holiday for every year worked
- Part WFH (Mondays & Fridays) and up to two months of the year working remotely
- Established mentorship to help you grow in your career (and can offer external coaching where needed)
Company values
- Dare to be brave
- Incredible things happen when people are empowered
- Work is more than a job, and we are more than colleagues
- Systematically seek, and be transparent with the truth
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2020
$7m
SERIES A
Nov 2016
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $8m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Raja Palaniappan
(CEO)Previous corporate bond and derivatives trader at Lehman Brothers, Barclays, Nomura and Credit Suisse
Robert Taylor
(CTO)Computer science and business background at Nomura and fintech investment firm Centralway
People progressing
John interned with Origin in 2017. He rejoined Origin in 2018 as a Product Manager. After 2 and a half years he was promoted to a Senior Product Manager.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Origin
- We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. We seek to create a culture of ownership, responsibility and freedom that celebrates the diverse voices of our employees, no matter our age, background or experience
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Intelligent people (3)
Autonomy (2)
Challenging work (1)
Opportunities to learn (1)
Hard working team (1)
Supportive management (1)
The team is great. Everyone is really friendly and always willing to teach you things you don’t know. It’s a super constructive, positive, fun environment!
Product
Intelligent people
Oct 2021
There’s a lot going on at any time (it’s a start-up). This means I’m super busy but it also means I’m never bored. My manager also makes the effort to slowly introduce new topics/projects for me to work on. I’m well supported and there’s always something I’m working on which is new for me.
Product
Challenging work
Oct 2021
Because of the volume of work and size of the team, there are always things which I can pick up and take the lead on. You definitely get given a lot of responsibility early on.
Product
Autonomy
Oct 2021
Smart people who try to push the product further and do things the right way using industry best practices.
Software Engineering
Intelligent people
Oct 2021
Management tries to ensure the environment is set up for you to succeed and are always open to take feedback on how to improve things.
Software Engineering
Supportive management
Oct 2021
No micromanagement, you can do your work in your own way.
Software Engineering
Autonomy
Oct 2021
When I joined Origin, I had the opportunity to learn from various people in every department. I was given the chance to ask questions and work on a variety of projects.
Sales & Account Management
Opportunities to learn
Sep 2021
At Origin we pride ourselves as going above and beyond for our customers. We are constantly looking to improve our product, through client interviews and industry professionals advice.
Sales & Account Management
Hard working team
Sep 2021
At Origin we lean on everyone expertise to have an excellent industry understanding. We have many experts in their fields, who will go above and beyond to make everyone feel welcome.
Sales & Account Management
Intelligent people
Sep 2021
