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StrideUp

Home financing for first-time buyers

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21-100 employees
  • Fintech
  • Property
  • B2B
  • Mortgages
  • Real Estate
  • Financial Services
Farringdon, London, UK

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Company mission

StrideUp's mission is to help a generation of young, aspirational buyers take their first step onto the property ladder by building innovative products and by leveraging technology to simplify the customer experience.

Our take

Founded in 2018, StrideUp is simplifying the property buying process for first-time buyers. Using technology and data, it aims to open a new route to homeownership and a better way to invest in property.

By allowing buyers to purchase the amount of the mortgage they can afford upfront, users are able to get on the property ladder earlier. Its platform allows customers to apply with minimum fuss, directly on the website, with advice at any time. This process also removes the traditional inefficiencies associated with shared ownership models. With just a 10% deposit, customers could own up to 80% of the property, leaving the remaining 20% for whenever they're ready to pay.

After purchasing a home with a minimum 10% deposit, users make monthly payments and can increase their ownership at any time - or of course replace StrideUp with another finance provider. StrideUp recognises that revolutionising how the mortgage market works for customers is not going to be an easy task, but they are committed to achieving this mission through its dedicated and focused team.

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Benefits

  • Pension
  • Training budget
  • An ability to accommodate flexible working practices
  • 22 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
  • Regular events
  • Team lunches

Company values

  • Own it: Back yourself, grapple with the big problems and be a doer
  • Transparency: We share the ups and downs of this journey with our team
  • Customer focus: “What’s right for the customer?” is always our guiding principle
  • Frugality: Use your inventiveness to achieve more with less

Funding (1 round)

Nov 2017

$2.1m

SEED

Total funding: $2.1m

Leadership

Sakeeb Zaman

(Co-founder & CEO)

After studying at the University of Oxford, Sakeeb joined Deutsche Bank in 2008, before founding GammaTrace in 2014. He co-founded StrideUp in 2016, serving as CEO since then.

Rohan Trivedi

(Co-founder)

Prior to co-founding StrideUp, Rohan spent 9 years at Deutsche Bank as Vice President and then Director or Capital Markets.