Habito

This article is about the online financial services company. For other uses, see Habito (disambiguation).
Hey Habito Ltd
habito
Private limited company
Industry
  • Financial services
  • Mortgage brokers
Founded London, United Kingdom (January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12))
Founder Daniel Hegarty
Headquarters London, UK
Area served
 UK
Key people
  • Daniel Hegarty (CEO)
  • Toby Coppel (Director)
Services Residential mortgage broker
Website habito.com

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

  1. ↑ Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
  2. ↑ Hey Habito Ltd - Overview, Companies House free company information beta service.
  3. ↑ Ambrose, Jillian. "Digital-only mortgage broker to take on UK rivals", The Telegraph, London, 11 April 2016. Retrieved on 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.

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