Hammock raises £1m to help landlords understand their property’s financial health

17 August 2020: The UK’s 2 million+ landlords are facing a property management problem with no true oversight on the financial health of their rental properties. Hammock, the first current account for landlords and property managers, is fixing this problem and has raised £1 million in seed investment from Fuel Ventures and Ascension Ventures to further develop its technology platform in order to give financial clarity to landlords and save them time and money. 

In the coming weeks, Hammock will release its FCA-regulated current account, the first property-driven online financial account of its kind which has been specifically designed for landlords and property managers. As the business grows and brings more properties online, Hammock will further expand the range of money and lending services. 

Hammock currently plugs into landlord’s bank accounts, via open banking, and automatically monitors rent collection, tracks payments and expenses and delivers live analytical reporting on the wellbeing of each rental house or flat. By providing instant tracking of balance sheets for each property Hammock is able to save landlords significant time, while the realtime insights reduce uncertainty and inefficiencies for landlords.  

Manoj Varsani, founder and CEO, said,

“The UK is a country of renters with more than £85 billion collected each year. For landlords the time spent trying to manage the monies for more than one property – from rent collection to bookkeeping – can cause headaches. I know this first hand being a landlord myself. We wanted to alleviate this by developing new tech that automates the mundane duties of managing property portfolios and provides instant insight into how well each house or flat is performing. Having this new investment allows us to pursue our vision of reducing uncertainty and providing efficiency to landlords, ultimately helping them maximise profits. These savings in both time and money can then be passed onto the tenants: a win-win for the industry.”

“We’re very bullish about the impact of open banking on bringing value to consumers through their account data”,

says Mark Pearson, Managing Partner at Fuel Ventures.

“Hammock is a great example of this happening for landlords, who, now more than ever, need to be able to track the performance of their property portfolios. In our initial discussions, we were incredibly impressed by Hammocks’ early product and the progress they had made with the funding they had. We’re incredibly excited to be part of this latest round of investment, giving Hammock the fuel to bring real value to the UK’s 2.5m landlords.”

Jean de Fougerolles, Managing Partner at Ascension Ventures commented:

“Ascension is really excited to be backing Manoj, who brings a really solid combination of deep business understanding of the problem he is trying to solve, coupled with the technical background to architect a compelling solution.”

Hammock has been built in the Founders Factory Studio and, in the last 12 months, has more than 1,700 properties managed on the platform and is already tracking in excess of £7 million in rent. Using CEO and founder, Manoj Varsani’s own experiences of being a landlord, Hammock has been designed with the landlords needs at the front of mind and is using smart technology and open banking to make it easier to manage property finances, 

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For further information, please contact Laura Moross at [email protected] or on 07969673895. 

About Hammock

Hammock is a technology platform that provides current account and data analysis services for the property sector. Hammock brings FinTech and PropTech together, helping landlords and property managers save time and money in the management of their finances.

Created by Manoj Varsani, a landlord who is also a technology expert with a career in the property sector spanning from peer-to-peer lending to online estate agents, Hammock is designed with landlords in mind. It unlocks the potential of digital current account services and open banking, bringing real-time insights and clarity to income and expense monitoring for private landlords and professionals in the property sector.