Platform Engineer, Bloom & Wild
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Online gifting
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Online gifting
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.
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Company mission
To build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.
Our take
Bloom & Wild is an online flower delivery platform supplying a modern approach for sending flowers to loved ones. Its product approach is to sell flowers as bouquets, with smaller bouquets being able to fit through a typical UK mail slot in a small box, making it extremely easy to deliver.
The company operates across a number of countries, including Germany, France, Austria, and the Netherlands. It has utilised its two acquired businesses - Netherlands-based Bloomon, and French competitor Bergamotte - to expand the range of products it offers and reach new customers. It also launched a subscription service for consumers purchasing flowers for their own homes.
Expanding beyond its digital roots, Bloom & Wild has experimented with physical retail concepts - most notably its launch in Sainsbury’s stores. On top of international expansion, significant funding, and a unique concept, the company has become a recognised brand and surely positioned itself for a bright future.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 🌻 Work that works for you
- Flexible working (core hours from 10-4pm)
- Work Abroad for up to 30 days each year
- Summer hours: Friday afternoons off during July and August (trialling in 2024)
- Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1
- Enhanced family leave policy and a workplace nursery scheme
- 1 day per year to volunteer on a project that’s close to your heart
- 🌴 Time off
- 25 days’ holiday + your birthday and bank holidays each year
- Option to buy an extra 5 days’ holiday each year
- Flexible bank holidays - trade a bank holiday for another day that fits your beliefs, values and celebration calendar
- 🌱 Health & Wellbeing
- Health cash plan through Simplyhealth
- Mental health support through Open Up, including access to online therapy sessions
- Allies and champions groups
- Mental Health First Aiders and awareness training for our managers
- In person yoga & wellbeing wagon!
- Cycle to work scheme
- Our office kitchen is stocked with healthy drinks and snacks to keep you going
- Financial wellbeing support through Bippit
- Workplace pension contributions
- 🌳 Growth & Development
- A flexible training framework for every stage of your career development through our Bloom & Learn programme
- Mentee and mentor opportunities with our external partners, such as The Women's Association and Future Founders
- Internal & external Speaker Sessions on a variety of different inspirational topics
- 💐 Moments that matter
- Social & wellbeing monthly calendar
- We love to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other important milestones!
- Summer and End of Year events,, team lunches and post-peak celebrations
- Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2021
$38.9m
SERIES D
Jan 2021
$97.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $163.6m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Aron Gelbard
(CEO)Previously a consulting manager at Bain & Company. Has an MBA from Harvard.
Ben Stanway
(Board Director)Founder and Partner at Habrok, a global equity hedge fund. Co-Founder & co-CEO at Moneybox.