Exciting Investments in May
Helping employees save the world; the Airbnb for factories and manufacturing plants; bringing food to your seat at the ball game
DoGoodPeople - Social Impact B2B SaaS - Ignacio Barriendos Hoppichler
Do you believe that a better world is only possible if individuals shape it? While companies today are aware of sustainability, many don't know where to start.
DoGood (based in Spain) is the software that drives sustainable culture throughout a corporation by involving and engaging their employees in sustainability efforts.
With DoGood, companies inspire, manage, and track the ESG impact of their employees, boosting engagement and increasing impact both from the top down and the bottom up (e.g. as Coca Cola increases their recycled bottling initiative, they run a DoGood program alongside it where their tens of thousands of employees work on recycling at home as well) . Companies using DoGood will be able to generate newsworthy content to improve their reputations, express their missions, and demonstrate their impact at the corporate and total stakeholder levels. In a time when employees care increasingly more about the mission and social impact of their employers, DoGood provides information and transparency, giving DoGood companies a competitive advantage to acquire top (and socially driven) talent.
But DoGood isn't just making a better world, one company and its employees at a time. It's also bringing in more than 200k euros in its first year and hopes to bring in over 1 million euros this year. This repeat founder is targeting the tens of billions of dollars enterprises are spending on ESG initiatives around the world.
If you’re interested in doing good and making money while at it, message me for an intro to Ignacio.
GrowinCo - Marketplace / Airbnb for production facilities - Raphael Traticoski
GrowinCo takes the thousands of manufacturing plants lying idle around the world and links them up with its network of over 60,000 suppliers. The company is revolutionizing outsourcing manufacturing and sourcing strategies in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. With clients like Mondelez, Kraft-Heinz, Kellogg’s, Cargill and L’oréal, CEO Raphael Traticoski has already proven he can work with the biggest and best businesses.
The company is currently at $340K in ARR and expect to be at $700k by the end of the year. Its presence in more than 40 countries allow them to multiply and scale their business even faster than the current growth rate.
The future of the company is to become the “Airbnb of industries” expanding its operation worldwide and to all manufacturing segments, from consumer-packed goods to automobile industry, adding to the current 3,000 companies that use the platform to share idle capacity and demands.
Global companies are always in need to discover a production plant near their distribution network or close to the end user, avoid shipping costs, or test a new region without a multimillion dollar investment. Finding a factory somewhere in the world with the requirements you need used to be a hard process. With the vast platform on GrowinCo, companies are able to find facilities with their specifications anywhere in the world.
Excited about supply chain and platforms, know a multinational corporation who can save shipping (+ environmental) expenses, email me or reach out to Raphael.
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Ordr - Food Pickup/Deliver @Venues/Events - Jade Chiles
Ordr allows you to get your food faster and easier. Whether you’re out cheering your sports team on or at a music festival and spot the super long lines at the food stands, Ordr allows you to get your food without missing a minute. The app also works at food courts at your local mall or airport so that you skip the line - amazing for families who don’t want to have to stand in line for 3 different restaurants.
The commission free marketplace has its sights dialed in at the 3 trillion dollar dining out industry. The company takes an owner / consumer centric business model to the frontlines, focusing on optimal convenience, elegance and experience.
Jade Chiles brings executive, operational and strategic experience from his last startup aimed at bridging truck owners to those looking to move large individual items. During that time, he grew the company to partner up with some of Canada's largest electronics stores.
It’s why current or former leadership of Comic Con, Sandisk, and Fusion-IO are invested in Ordr. Having secured approximately $1 million in equity financing to date, they are closing the remainder $250,000.
Reach out for the deck, any questions, or an intro to Jade.
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