Rest Less is a London-based digital community and advice platform focused on empowering the over-50s. Founded in 2019, it started as a work and careers site matching age-inclusive employers and expanded to provide thousands of tailored articles, guides and advice across work, health, pensions, relationships and money. The company has launched Rest Less Mortgages (fee-free later-life lending advice) and Rest Less Pensions to help close the financial advice gap for its members. Today the platform serves over one million members, equivalent to roughly one in seventeen UK 50–70 year olds. The business targets a demographic that controls more than 75% of household wealth and is described in the article as chronically underserved by mainstream tech. Rest Less plans to use new funding to accelerate investment in its financial services and fintech capabilities. Rest Less is a digital community launched in early 2019 that provides content, guidance and resources for members in their 50s, 60s and beyond on topics including jobs and careers, volunteering, learning, money, health and lifestyle, and dating. The platform has grown to more than 550,000 members in the UK, with an average age in the mid-to-late 50s. Founders Stuart Lewis (CEO) and Sara Stephens (CTO) built the service to support over-50s with both content and community features. The company recently made senior hires including Lori Vokes as COO and Andy Collings as General Manager to scale operations. Rest Less plans to use new funding to expand member services, grow its member base, broaden commercial partnerships and extend its Financial Services offering to members. The business recently closed a £6.1m Series A to support those growth initiatives. Rest Less is a UK-based social enterprise operating an online platform that connects people over 50 with jobs, volunteering and career guidance. The company was launched in December 2018 by Stuart Lewis, its Chief Executive Officer. The platform offers fulfilling opportunities to work, volunteer or find a new career path. In its first year Rest Less amassed more than 100,000 members in the UK with an average age of 55. The company intends to use the funds to continue to build and enhance the platform and expand quality services to its users. It recently secured external capital to support those product and service expansion plans.

Total raised

$20M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Dec 2022