INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Goodlord, the London proptech startup that offers cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental
process, appears to have achieved somewhat of a turnaround after it fell into difficulty two years ago
Since then, the company installed a new CEO and CTO, and raised further funding
(another previous investor)
Also participating is new investor Oxx Capital, the recently outed SaaS-focused venture capital firm founded by Richard Anton and Mikael
Johnsson.Goodlord says it will use the additional capital to invest in its engineering, product and customer facing teams
Despite layoffs back in early 2018, the company grew from 47 to 97 employees last year and currently has a number of open positions.Founded
agents, as well as landlords and, of course, tenants
while tenants benefit from a tenant dashboard and more transparency.In a brief call with Goodlord CEO William Reeve, who co-founded LoveFilm
and was also a founding director of Zoopla, he revealed that he only initially agreed to step into the role on a temporary basis to steady
(contracts, payments etc.), but argues (rightly) that this vantage-point provides a host of future opportunities post-move-in, where more
This already includes things like help with switching or setting up utilities, such as broadband, once a tenancy has been signed.To solve
bank account number to pay their rent into
adding value on the landlord side by helping navigate recent regulation in the U.K
By using the SaaS and the processes it has digitised, landlords can ensure they remain compliant.Lastly, I asked Reeve to provide an example
of a big decision he has taken since becoming CEO and he said the biggest changes have been around technology
