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Planera
Flushable & biodegradable sanitary pads
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Personal health
- Sustainability
- Femtech
- Environmental
- eCommerce
- Canning Town, London
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Company mission
Planera's mission is to pioneer technologies that free our planet from permanent waste.
Our take
Planera has made the world’s first certified flushable and biodegradable sanitary pads for people who menstruate. By producing a microplastics-free pad that completely degrades within thirty days, there’s now an alternative to single use plastic sanitary pads and indeed nonorganic tampons, which can take hundreds of years to decompose.
One hurdle Planera will have to overcome is price. As is to be expected, the manufacturing and materials used in its products leads to an above average cost. While this opens up questions about menstrual equity, which has been under the spotlight of late, it’s worth noting that these products do help the environment.
Without much venture capital investment thus far, Planera has taken a patient approach to growth. However, with sustainable goods now more popular than ever for those who can afford them, and Planera getting plenty of media attention, now may be the time to scale up.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Bippit Financial Wellbeing access
- £3,000 annual training budget
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Dog-friendly worksite
- Spill mental health support access
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2020
$0.3m
GRANT
Sep 2019
$0.6m
SEED
Total funding: $0.9m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Dr. Olivia Ahn
(Co-founder)They spent two years working as a Medical Doctor for the UK National Health Service, having graduated from Imperial College London.
Aaron Koshy
(Co-founder)Spent their earlier career observing manufacturing and healthcare, after gaining a Bachelor's in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, then a Master's in Design Engineering.