You've done the hard part. Closed the seed. Closed the Series A. You have capital — and now you need a proper office before the team gets too big for the meeting room in your coworking space.
The problem: the moment you start looking, three brokers call you. All of them want a 30-minute discovery call. None of them work for you. And on a £50,000/year lease, they'll earn £5,000–£7,500 before you've signed the contract — from the round you just raised.
The standard office search is built around broker incentives — not yours.
On a £50,000/year lease, the broker who called you earns £5,000–£7,500. You didn't hire them. They worked for the landlord. The fee comes directly out of the capital you just spent months raising — before you've moved in.
Discovery call. Requirements doc. Shortlist in a week. Viewings scheduled around the broker's calendar. For a founder doing the job of CEO, product, hiring, and fundraising simultaneously, spending time on a broker process is a choice to not do the work that actually grows the company.
Brokers earn more on longer, more rigid leases. Break clauses, expansion options, headcount flexibility — none of this is in a broker's interest to negotiate for you. At the end of the lease, the broker earns again. You're still figuring out if the space works for your team.
Seek is designed for founders who need speed, transparency, and a direct line to the person who owns the space — not a broker relay.
The quiz takes 60 seconds. Tell us your team size, preferred location, and move-in date. Operators whose spaces match will pitch you directly — within hours, not weeks. No discovery call. No requirements document. No waiting.
Talk to the operator. Book a viewing. Ask the questions you actually need answered — about the building, the lease, the fit-out timeline. Not filtered through a broker who has no incentive to give you the full picture.
All spaces on Seek are move-in ready — serviced offices, managed suites, or operator-fitted flexible space. You sign, you move in. No Category A shell, no 12-week fit-out, no cash tied up in deposit and construction.
Operators pay Seek a flat £125/month subscription. There is no commission on your deal. The price you see is the price you pay. That £5,000–£7,500 stays in your P&L.
The moment you raise is the moment your team needs a proper home. Not a WeWork membership you're managing, not a meeting room you're booking through an app. A space that has your name on the door and actually fits your team.
At 10 people you're losing productivity to noise, distraction, and a lack of privacy. The case for a dedicated office is clear. The broker process isn't. Seek gets you to operators with available space — no discovery call required.
Investors expect to see spend that looks like a legitimate operation — which means an office, not a coworking account. The question isn't whether to spend on space. It's whether to spend £7,500 of it on a broker who worked for the landlord.
The fully remote era is ending for most funded startups. Moving to hybrid means you need a space that actually works for a team — meeting rooms, focus zones, enough desks. This is your chance to do it right from the start.
Here's what 10% looks like on your first office — and what it could buy instead.
That's your first IT refresh, or the brand launch, or 2 months of a senior hire's salary.
On a 3-year term = £22,500 to the broker before you've been in the space for two years.
With Seek on the same deal: £0 in broker fees.
Operators pay Seek a flat £125/month — no commission on your deal.
| Feature | Seek | Traditional broker | WeWork |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to founder | £0 | 10% of annual rent | Membership + per-desk |
| Speed to shortlist | 60-sec quiz → hours | 1–3 weeks | Days (standardised) |
| Direct operator contact | Yes — direct | No — broker relay | Yes (but landlord terms) |
| Flexible terms | 12-month, short-term, expansion clauses | Broker incentive = longer lease | Flexible (premium pricing) |
| Move-in ready | Yes — all spaces | Often requires fit-out | Yes |
| No capital for fit-out | Yes | Typically required | Yes |
| Broker in chain | No | Yes — earns on deal | N/A — landlord |
"We built Seek because we've been on the other side of every broker deal — as landlords, as operators. We know exactly what a broker adds to a transaction, and for founders who just raised a round and need a real office for the first time, the answer is: not enough to justify £5,000–£7,500 of the capital you just spent months raising. We built the thing that makes our old job obsolete."
— Peter Dudley & Lizzy Marsh, Seek co-founders
Tell us your team size, location, and move-in date. Operators whose spaces match will pitch you directly — no broker, no commission.
3 minute office Finder →No account creation required. Takes 60 seconds.
You raised the round. See exactly how much you'd pay a broker — and keep with Seek.