LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Ben Towers announced Happl MCP, a connector for Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and ChatGPT, with beta access and general availability planned later in the year.
Your personalised benefits and engagement platform for global teams
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Happl is an AI-powered employee benefits operating system for multinational employers and HR/Finance teams. It centralizes benefits administration, automates enrolment/admin/compliance, and helps broker/manage insurance.
Primary product
AI-powered BenefitOS / global employee benefits operating system
Founded
2020
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Team size
11-50
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Human Resources Services
Sub-industry
Employee benefits platform / benefits administration software
Offices
London, United Kingdom
New York, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
benefits brokerage
insurance/benefits administration services
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$17.2M
Latest round
Series A · May 2026
Latest amount
$11M
May 2026 · Portage Ventures
Sep 2022
People & investors
Leadership
Ben Towers
CEO & Co-Founder
Michael Rose
Co-Founder
Ben Shorrock
Founding Team & Head of Operations
Lee Gould
Head of Engineering
James Hewitt
Head of Product Management
Marius Blaga
Head of Insurance and Partnerships
Eve Moors
Head of Client Operations
Work & culture
Public posts emphasize automation, AI, compliance, personalization, and reducing manual admin for benefits teams. Hiring posts suggest a small, fast-growing team with roles in engineering, sales, marketing, and design.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public compensation bands or formal compensation policy were found in primary sources. Career posts indicate open roles in London, but no salary details were surfaced.
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be B2B subscription plus services/brokerage model.
Differentiators
- —Built for multinational/global complexity rather than retrofitting local benefits workflows
- —AI-powered automation for enrollment, admin, and compliance
- —Centralized benefits hub with insurance brokerage support
- —Focus on personalized and flexible benefits for employees
- —MCP connector for querying benefits data in AI tools (announced in 2026)
Technology
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Customers
Hootsuite
Kainos
Moelis
Pleo
Competitors
Benify
Personio
Forma
Nava Benefits
YuLife
BambooHR benefits modules
other global employee benefits platforms
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
No reliable public revenue disclosed; likely pre- or low-nine-figure ARR implied by scale, but unsupported. Use null for strict reporting.
Estimated monthly visits
7.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
UKTN · May 2026
Secondary coverage summarizing the Series A and reiterating that the company builds a global employee benefits operating system.
The Next Web · May 2026
Secondary coverage of the Series A with the same investor mix and use-of-funds statement.
BusinessCloud · May 2026
Brief funding story confirming the Series A and the investor set.
Portage Ventures · May 2026
Investor-side confirmation of the Series A, leadership by Portage, and mention of Happl’s headquarters in London with operations in New York.
Jobs and careers at Happl
5 jobs at Happl
Financial Controller
Remote
Operations
London; London, England, United Kingdom
3w ago
Remote
Full-time
Technical Account Manager
Remote
Customer Success
London; London, England, United Kingdom
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Sales Development Representative
Remote
Sales & GTM
London
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Backend Engineer
Remote
Engineering
London
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Business Development Representative
Remote
Sales & GTM
London
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time