Appear Here works with both landlords that are looking to find short-term tenants for their space and brands/retailers that are looking for the perfect space to display out of.

Founder Ross Bailey took an interesting approach to spending his first batch of seed funding. At just 22 years old and straight out of a School Of Communication Arts post-grad he spent most of the cash on “editorial, copywriters, designers.”

When investors questioned his prioritising of aesthetics over the technology he explained: “We would go to landlords and they would say: “This doesn’t happen online” and were just really against everything we were doing.” So he needed a website that they would want to be seen on, only then could he secure the required inventory to match the retailer demand he knew existed.

Formerly there just wasn’t a platform for flexible use lettings, according to Bailey, with lets taking six months on average to close. Bailey claims that on Appear Here that is down to 48 hours, as they provide all in one pricing (rent, rates, utilities and transaction fees) as well as an online payment platform and standardised legal approval through their partnership with Forsters LLP.

Appear Here received £5.8 million in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital in November 2014, which will be spent on international expansion into “key retail cities” and expanding its customer service capability.