LocalPropertyIndex

Management IPO’d previous business - 7 years domain expertise - Property Advertising Portal - Disruptive Pricing - Duopoly in the industry.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Winchester, England, GB
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded November 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website LocalPropertyIndex.com

Company Summary

Recent consolidation within the property portal industry has created a duopoly in the UK market and the opportunity for a new property portal. After years of over-supply in the portal industry there are now only two major portal businesses, Rightmove & Zoopla. We plan to quickly capitalise on this opportunity and become the third major alternative offering estate agencies effective advertising with Disruptive Pricing.

Team

  • Gary Smith
    CEO

    An industry leading executive with 30 years experience in the Technology sector.
    Pioneer in Online Media and Cloud Computing. Specialist in early stage technology with a track-record in multi-round fund raising and IPO. Gary’s previous role was Chief Executive of NetStore plc (Europe’s first Cloud Computing Provider). In less than 4 years he took NetStore from startup through an IPO raising £40 million funding on a valuation of £135 million.

  • Dr. Russell Collingham
    CTO

    Dr. Russell Collingham, a world-renowned expert in Artificial Intelligence heads up software development behind the portal. Russell gained his PhD in speech recognition from Durham University. Director and founder of VoxDev Ltd, a software consultancy and development company that works with major retail stores on the development and maintenance of their ecommerce software.

  • Neil Lloyd
    Advisor

    Neil Lloyd qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991 and has held a number of senior financial, operational and strategic leadership positions in both listed and private equity owned businesses. He has project managed and led three IPO's, several fund raising exercises and a large number of acquisitions. He is currently Chief Executive Officer at Yodel one of the UK’s largest parcel delivery services.

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