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Untamed
Technology-first pet health company
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Food
- Pets
- eCommerce
- Marylebone, London, UK
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Company mission
To provide high-quality cat food with human grade ingredients to help cats live healthier and happier lives.
Our take
Untamed was founded in 2019 to help cats live healthier lives, as a result of the lack of cat foods on the market. It aims to shake up the $75 billion pet industry by providing innovation and love to the overlooked and growing category of cat nutrition. By creating better quality cat food, Untamed is driving a cat food revolution.
Since growing out of the home kitchen, Untamed still focuses on the same healthy recipes, using cuts like chicken breast, chicken liver, tuna steak, mackerel, and salmon to differentiate itself from the processing used by big-name brands. It cooks all of these ingredients through gentle steaming to help preserve moisture and nutrients. Unlike most industry leaders, Untamed allows cat owners to receive a personalised and tailor-made food plan with a science-based approach.
Untamed's growth strategy is based on this approach of providing tailored and high-quality food to consumers, rather than focusing on unhealthy bulk production. Untamed is on the road to raising food standards across the industry, leading by example.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 💻 MacBook/PC and any other tech you need to get going
- 👩⚕️ Private Healthcare (with Dental & Optical Cover)
- 💸 Pension with employer contributions
- 📈 EMI-Approved Options Scheme
- 🏝️ 25 days of annual leave, in addition to bank holidays and your birthday off!
- 📚 £1000 annual personal L&D budget as well as regular in-office learning opportunities
- 🏃♀️ Monthly Wellness contribution towards your fitness and health
- 🧠 Free Counselling & Mental Health Care through Spill
- 💭 Unlimited professional and personal coaching through MoreHappi
- 🌟 Paid charity days to give back to causes that matter most to you
- 🐾 5 working days Peternity Leave to welcome a new pet to your home
- 🛩️ 28 working days sabbatical after 4 years with Untamed. Here another 4? Take it again!
- 🐈 Huge discounts on all Untamed products for your furry friends
- ☕️ Free coffee, tea, soft drinks and snacks at our office in the heart of Soho
- 💪 Opportunity in being instrumental to our growth at this exciting stage
Leadership
Marco Pacifici
(Co-Founder & CEO)After a degree in Engineering at Warwick, Marco worked at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Analyst and Associate. After 6 years, he left to found Untamed in May 2019.
Lenny Cordell
(Co-Founder)Former Director at ECO Capacity Exchange, Data Analyst at Union Bancaire Privée, and previously worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Benjamin Spicer
(Co-founder & CMO)Former Executive Director at ECO Capacity Exchange, Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley, and Guest Lecturer at Harvard University.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Untamed
- At Untamed, we enjoy hiring people from all walks of life because we know it makes our company stronger. We are committed to supporting the well-being, growth, and success of every member of our team, regardless of identity or status. This commitment does not end with hiring but is actioned through equal opportunity for all aspects of employment, such as benefits, training, promotions, and more. Our culture is feedback-driven and we actively encourage everybody to share their unique insight and opinions across all areas of the business.
- We offer a number of policies to make sure that the people on our team are supported, such as flexible and remote working, extensive physical and mental health support, and provision of accessible tech and office amenities. We are always looking for new inclusive ways to care for our people and commit to growing our inclusive offerings alongside our team.
- Our current office space has gender-neutral and accessible facilities, lifts to each floor, and is closest to Tottenham Court Road station which is step-free from train to street.
- We strive to reduce bias throughout our hiring process, so candidates follow a structured interview process to ensure everyone has a fair chance at success, and when possible, applications and tasks are blind-reviewed.
- All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sex, age, family or parental status, nationality, veteran status, neurodiversity status, or disability status. Untamed will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
- We understand that one process does not fit all. Some candidates may require extra time or adjustments for task stages; specific formatting for interview and application materials; alternative interview environments, and more. In order to support our candidates, we are happy to make accommodations or adjustments to our processes or materials at any stage and further implement these in your everyday working life at Untamed.
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Untamed is getting bigger every day! We are constantly hitting milestones and tackling new challenges. It is so exciting to work for a company where you can see the impact of your work taking place in real time.
People, HR, Recruitment
Growing fast
Sep 2023
We regularly recognise, celebrate, and reward great work no matter the size or scale. The team at Untamed constantly encourage each other to take risks and make change - if it helps cats, we’re gonna make noise about it!
People, HR, Recruitment
Great work is recognised
Sep 2023
Untamed’s founding team truly value all opinions, questions, and feedback regarding how our business is run. One of our biggest values is being able to challenge one another and make our voices heard, and we’ve already seen so much worthwhile change as a result of each other’s curiousity and insight. Being a small team, there is tons of autonomy and I’ve loved getting to take charge of how my role grows and contributes to the team at large.
People, HR, Recruitment
My opinions are valued
Sep 2023