Own the Outcome
We embrace challenges, take responsibility, and welcome change with open arms.
Hokodo
Past and future
Their story
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February 2018: Hokodo is founded! Louis Carbonnier, Richard Thornton, and Sami Ben Hatit joined forces with the aim of supporting underserved SMEs in the United Kingdom and France.
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October 2018: Anthemis leads a $2.5 million funding round to make Hokodo's insurance products accessible to B2B marketplaces and accounting platforms.
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July 2019: Hokodo receives a $2 million grant from the EU Innovation Council as part of the Horizon 2020 initiative.
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November 2020: Launch of the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) product for professionals. Hokodo enhances its offerings by adding financing, thereby strengthening its ability to facilitate transactions with deferred payments.
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June 2021: $12.5 million Series A funding round to fuel our growth in Europe.
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June 2022: $40 million Series B funding round enabling us to create new products and innovative features.
Company values
We firmly believe that a thriving and strong team goes beyond technical skills. Our success stems from integrating individuals who enthusiastically share our mission and align, even enrich, our core values. If you resonate with our values, we look forward to welcoming you to our team. Contact us today, and let's build great things together!
Trust and Build Trust:
We value trust through honest communication and encourage team members to make autonomous decisions.
Never Be Satisfied
We challenge norms, act boldly, learn from our mistakes, and constantly seek improvement.
No Passion, No Point
We work with passion, celebrate successes, and learn from both achievements and failures.
Be Genuine (no BS)
We are authentic, respect differences, and prioritize the well-being of others, our clients, and our company ("we care").
Commitments and CSR
At Hokodo, you’ll enjoy a flexible working environment where you’ll be trusted to take full ownership of your tasks and goals. We offer a highly competitive salary to match your experience and responsibilities. We also provide a range of benefits that are unique to specific locations, so make sure to check out our job descriptions to learn more. Below are just a few of the perks on offer.
- Shares options
- Personal learning and development budget
- Health insurance
- Mental health support via Spill
- Bi-annual offsites and other social events
Speaking of offsites… over the past few years we’ve visited Malta, Mallorca and London for team-building, strategy meetings and lots of fun. Hokodo’s offsites are essential for bringing our regional and remote team together for collaboration and quality time.
Presentation
Hokodo is at the forefront of revolutionizing B2B payments in the digital landscape. With our Buy Now Pay Later solution for B2B, e-commerce businesses can now offer instant payment terms to their professional clients, even on their first purchase, resulting in an average revenue increase of 40%.
Over 50% of B2B transactions traditionally involve payment terms of 30 or 60 days. As a result, trade credit stands as the primary source of financing for French and European businesses. However, current payment methods do not enable offering payment terms during online sales. Hokodo addresses this issue and is building a fairer and more inclusive e-commerce infrastructure for all stakeholders in the value chain.
With offices in London, Paris, and Vilnius, we serve markets including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and beyond.
What they are looking for
We are seeking candidates who embody intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and authenticity.
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Intellectual Curiosity: Our clients and partners describe us as rigorous and structured, and it's true that one of our core values is 'Never be satisfied,' reflecting our constant desire to learn, improve, and challenge the status quo.
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Entrepreneurial Spirit: With just 100 team members (as of late 2023), we are at the beginning of our scale-up phase. We are looking for candidates with a strong initiative to help develop the solutions and processes of the future.
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Authenticity: We don't try to be someone we're not. We approach our work with kindness and humility. With more than 10 nationalities and a team of founders from France, Belgium, and the UK, we are a diverse group that embraces individuality and rejects conformity
Good to know
We have an international operational model that knows no boundaries.
As a result, there is a frequent exchange of ideas and collaboration among our colleagues in Paris, London, and Lithuania. Most of our French team members spend a few days in London every quarter, and vice versa. The same holds true for our Lithuanian colleagues.
Since our beginning, we have meticulously documented our processes, emphasizing a strong culture of written communication and a dislike for unproductive meetings. This approach made us remote-friendly long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.