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CleanHub
Global platform for waste collection projects
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Sustainability
- Nature
- Environmental
- Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, Germany
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Company mission
Cleanhub's mission is to build a global platform for waste collection, and a movement empowering brands and consumers to help collect plastic before it reaches the ocean.
40% female employees
63% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Decades of neglectful waste disposal has led to enormous quantities of plastic waste ending up in the ocean, and consumer brands are major contributors to this. Many businesses aspire to reduce their plastic imprint and contribute to the global ocean cleanup, but organizing such projects and hiring trained volunteers is expensive and logistically difficult.
Cleanhub provides a global platform for waste collection, allowing brands to pay for the company to organize a fixed amount of waste cleanup every month, without the brand having to organize volunteers or logistics. Companies can be charged at a bespoke monthly rate or for every e-Commerce sale, and Cleanhub will collect waste, allowing the brand to track and share their progress.
Cleanhub has generated great interest from various industries internationally, and their customer base includes companies such as Noughty, Yamo and Everdrop as well as giants like Würth. Recent funding will be used to scale its operations with the aim of building out a foundational part of the world's waste management infrastructure.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- The chance to leave a mark and personally impact an early-stage startup: you will work directly with the founders on a disruptive product in a market set for exponential growth
- Opportunities to learn and experiment are part of the job
- We encourage ownership and open communication so that everybody feels engaged in the dynamic of the group
- We offer competitive salaries and equity packages
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value broad diversity
Company values
- Maximise impact - we focus on non-recyclables because they make up 80% of all ocean plastic
- Empower communities - we believe that waste management needs to be solved locally and in the appropriate cultural context. We want to make sure that the local communities have the means for the solution
- Reduce & recover - we believe plastic reduction and plastic collection must happen together - there are no silver bullets
- Do no harm - we choose recovery methods with the lowest environmental impact possible - and are always open to explore alternatives
- Set high standards - we only select partners that operate ethically and safely
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2023
$7m
EARLY VC
May 2021
$4.3m
SEED
Total funding: $11.3m
Leadership
Joel Tasche
(CEO)Experience as Entrepeneur In Residence at Avrios from 2016 to 2018.
Florin Dinga
(CTO)Experience as Lead Software Engineer at Avrios from 2016 to 2018.
Louis Pfitzner
(Co-CEO)