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Stairpay

Shared ownership app

Stairpay logo
1-20 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Property
  • B2B
  • Automation
Paddington, London, UK

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Company mission

Help everyone afford the home of their dreams

Our take

For a number of reasons, many first-time buyers are struggling to get on the property ladder. One way to combat this problem is through shared ownership and enabling people to "staircase" their way to full ownership. This is what Stairpay hopes to support.

The company's app supports shared ownership with tools for buying, staircasing and selling. It make the process simpler by bringing solicitors, brokers, providers and residents onto one platform, and even automates part of the staircasing journey to make it even easier for people to reach the 100% ownership stage.

Importantly, the platform is designed entirely for shared ownership, supplying not only the tools but also an Academy of learning materials to answer any questions that people may have. The company has already raised pre-Seed funding, and its partnerships with Places for People, Clarion and Share to Buy shows that the sector is eager to evolve the way that shared ownership is done for everyone.

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Freddie

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Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave
  • Work remote 2 days a week
  • WeWork all access so you can work from any WeWork in the world!
  • Generous stock options

Funding (1 round)

Jul 2024

$1m

SEED

Total funding: $1m

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Leadership

Floris ten Nijenhuis

(Founder)

Floris graduated from Oxford and started his career in Finance at Barclays Investment Bank. Over the last 6 years he has taken 2 startups from zero to 1 and founded Pluto.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Stairpay

  • As an early stage business we want to get the company culture right from the start. We understand that diversity of background, views and experiences is key to making this a success. We are actively looking to recruit people who think differently to us and challenge our views. Our team is currently made up of four people from different backgrounds, but who share similar ambitions. We're still on the lookout for our first female hire and would love to speak with you if you want to join our journey!

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Working at Stairpay is great because you're working towards solving one of the UK's - and the world's - biggest problems - affordable housing. It's always rewarding to hear back from customers when they've been able to climb the property ladder.

Software Engineering

Meaningful work

Aug 2024

Everyone who works at Stairpay is incredibly smart. It's a real privilege to be able to learn from everyone around you and push each other to be the best you can be.

Software Engineering

Intelligent people

Aug 2024

The whole company regularly gets involved in larger-picture brainstorming work. Everyone's opinions are valued and your ideas will quite frequently help decide the direction of the company!

Software Engineering

Flat hierarchy

Aug 2024

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