2022年4月21日

EQUO Vietnam-based公司创建环境可持续替代消费品,今天表示,它已经获得了130万美元的种子投资NextGen, Techstars东企业和专业高尔夫球手米歇尔Wie-West。筹款轮包括天使投资者摆脱资本的卢克Vigeant,杰夫特库姆塞资本的德国和来,杰克Tai,首席执行官和共同创始人OneClass,马克·林的创始人创造爱和我的共同创始人,和酒窝穆克吉。EQUO想利用资金来扩大其产品范围,提高技术技能迅速增长业务,并提高品牌认知度和暴露在美国,加拿大,越南,新加坡,以及拓展新市场,如欧洲、日本和澳大利亚。滨Tran-Vu创立该公司在2020年消除塑料垃圾的目标通过提供可降解的替代品等常用物品的餐具和吸管。来代替一次性塑料,它使用材料如咖啡、椰子、甘蔗的商品。它希望自己设定被关注“明亮,充满活力,和不同的品牌吸引消费者的注意力通常忽视行业;和专注于新的可持续的教学材料。“现在开始饮用吸管,扩展到包括餐具和手提袋。餐具由咖啡和木头,甘蔗食品容器和杯子,和可降解袋超市、零售、和家庭使用的公司即将推出的产品。“我们的愿景是将所有地球上一次性塑料制品,塑料从未打算用于任何东西,和使用它的平均20分钟或更少,但数百年才能分解,它就没有任何意义。 This isn’t just about the visible plastic we see in our environment, but also about the downstream effects of microplastics – which are now being found in unborn foetuses, in human blood and deep in our lungs,” said Tran-Vu. “We are excited about the new products we are going to be delivering this year to show the world all the things we can do WITHOUT single-use plastic and (in some cases) paper.” EQUO was selected a Top 18 Finalist in the UNDP’s EPPIC (Ending Plastic Pollution Innovation Challenge) and one of nine winners of the UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services) S3i Innovation Center Sweden Global Challenge for entrepreneurs (United Nations Development Programme). Its goods may be found on Amazon in the United States, Canada, and Australia, as well as on the company’s website, wholesaler Faire, and certain F&B venues and retailers in Vietnam, Singapore, and Europe. Tran-Vu has more than 13 years of brand management expertise in major FMCG firms such as Unilever, Bacardi, LG Electronics, and Spin Master before to founding EQUO. The company has also been in reality TV series such as Shark Tank Vietnam and PlayersTV’s Front Office. It was the first Vietnamese firm to be accepted into the Techstars accelerator programme.