{"id":44129,"date":"2014-10-20T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T08:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=44129"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:35:38","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-flubit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-flubit\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion Finalist: Flubit (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: url('https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flubit-Finalist-Image1.jpg') no-repeat;width: 640px;height: 390px\">\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Start-up name:<\/b> Flubit<br>\n<b>Founder: <\/b>Bertie Stephens, 27 and Adel Louertatani<br>\n<b>Started in: <\/b>2012<br>\n<b>Based in:<\/b> London<br>\n<b>Business description:<\/b> E-commerce marketplace<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/tech-business-of-the-year-2015-meet-the-finalists\/\">Tech Business of the Year<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2015-meet-the-finalists\/\">Young Entrepreneur of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flubit-logo-high-res-e1444753415624.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44140 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flubit-logo-high-res-e1444753415624.png\" alt=\"flubitLogo\" width=\"256\" height=\"159\"><\/a>The Flubit story:<\/h4>\n<p>Launched in 2012 from an idea developed in founder and CEO Bertie Stephen&rsquo;s spare room, private marketplace Flubit looks to disrupt the way consumers and merchants use e-commerce. Having initially raised &pound;50,000 investment capital to start the business, in less than two years the Tech City start-up has scaled rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Growing to a team of over 60 staff and 200 merchants, Flubit boasted revenues of &pound;2.5m for 2013, and was also named &lsquo;Start-up of the Year&rsquo; at the London Web Summit 2013. Its success to date has led investors to take note; earlier this year it raised a Series A funding round from Cocoon Wealth taking its total investment to date to &pound;4m. The funding means that the company is now valued at &pound;25m &ndash; a reflection of its potential in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Pitched as a new way to buy and sell, the tech start-up enables consumers to receive a discount on items they have already decided to purchase such as books, laptops, toys etc. while offering online retailers a new online platform to sell stock. It now has over 100,000 users, an impressive feat given the company&rsquo;s first 80,000 users were acquired without any direct marketing, and counts Barclays as one of its key clients following a major commercial agreement for Barclaycard bespoke offers.<\/p>\n<p>With Stephens&rsquo; focus firmly steered towards driving growth, the online business has recently &ldquo;moved on to a bigger and better home&rdquo; with new London headquarters making way for new developments and staff additions.<\/p>\n<h4>Why Flubit made our 50:<\/h4>\n<p>With a unique concept which has impressed online retailers, consumers and investors alike, Flubit has all the makings of a start-up success story. Stephens has previously said that he would like to see the business resemble Amazon in five years&rsquo; time &ndash; watch this space.<\/p>\n<h4>Where to find out more about Flubit:<\/h4>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.flubit.com\/<br>\n<\/a>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flubitweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/flubitweet<br>\n<\/a>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flubit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flubit<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name: Flubit Founder: Bertie Stephens, 27 and Adel Louertatani Started in: 2012 Based in: London Business description: E-commerce marketplace Shortlisted category: Tech Business of the Year Young Entrepreneur of the Year The Flubit story: Launched in 2012 from an idea developed in founder and CEO Bertie Stephen&rsquo;s spare room, private marketplace Flubit looks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":44326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finalists","category-finalists-2014"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>People\u2019s Champion Finalist: Flubit (2014) - 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