Habito
This article is about the online financial services company. For other uses, see Habito (disambiguation).
habito | |
Private limited company | |
Industry |
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Founded | London, United Kingdom (January 12, 2015 ) |
Founder | Daniel Hegarty |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Area served | UK |
Key people |
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Services | Residential mortgage broker |
Slogan | Mortgages. Solved. |
Website |
habito |
Habito is a digital mortgage broker service based in London. The company was founded in January 2015 and registered as Hey Habito Ltd.[1]
History
Habito was founded by incumbent CEO Daniel Hegarty who serves as a Director alongside two other directors; investor Toby Coppel and mortgage broker Patrick Usher.[2]
The disruptive online service offering mortgage search and comparison was launched in April 2016[3] after a seed funding round and uses over 100 mortgage lenders.[4] Backers included prominent Financial technology figures TransferWise CEO Taavet Hinrikus, Funding Circle CEO Samir Desai, and Yuri Milner of DST Global.[5]
References
- ↑ Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
- ↑ Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
- ↑ Ambrose, Jillian. "Digital-only mortgage broker to take on UK rivals", The Telegraph, London, 11 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
- ↑ Turvill, William. "Digital mortgage broker aims to bring market into "21st century" and save consumers £29bn after securing £1.55m in seed funding", City A.M., London, 11 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
- ↑ O'Hear, Steve. "Habito is another London startup aiming for a slice of U.K.’s lucrative mortgage market", TechCrunch, London, 12 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
External links
- Official website
- habito organization profile on CrunchBase
- habito profile on AngelList
- Official Twitter profile
- habito Facebook page
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