Alex Depledge | |
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Born | Alexandra Depledge Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Occupation | technology entrepreneur |
Known for | Hassle.com, Resi |
Alexandra Depledge MBE is a British technology entrepreneur, known best for being the founder and CEO of Resi, and as the founder and former CEO of Helpling, formerly known as Hassle.com. [1] In 2016 she was awarded an MBE for services to the sharing economy. [2]
Alex Depledge was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. [3] She graduated from the University of Nottingham with a History and American Studies degree in 2003, then moved to the US and obtained a master's degree in International Relations at the University of Chicago. [4] [5] [6]
In 2005, Depledge returned to the UK and started her career in 2006 as a consultant for Accenture in the UK, [5] [4] she finally left Accenture in 2012 to start her own venture. [7]
In 2012, Depledge and Jules Coleman co-founded Hassle.com, a London-based online platform for domestic cleaners. The business raised $6 million from Venture firm, Accel Partners, the first backers of Facebook & Spotify to scale across Europe. The company was acquired by a German company, Helpling, in 2015. [8] [9] [10]
In 2017, Depledge and Coleman started a new venture, Resi "formerly known as BuildPath", an online architectural platform helping UK homeowners renovate and extend their homes. [2] [8] [11]
Depledge was also the chair and director of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) in the period from 2015 to 2017 founder of the government-backed Sharing Economy UK trade body, SEUK. [12] [13] Depledge currently sits on the board of the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) chaired by the Mayor of London. [11] She is a regular TV & radio commentator and co-presented BBC3 program “Girls Can Code” part of its Thinking Digital season 2015. [14]
Depledge was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the economy and has been recognised with a number of awards for her work as an entrepreneur:
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