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Faircado receives 3 million euros funding boost from World Fund
With a flurry of recent investment for Faircado, the round combines 1 million euros from World Fund, 1 million euros from Slush VC’s, and 150 thousand euros from Impact Shakers.
10 Free Browser Extensions That Will Save You Money Online
Buying second-hand is one of the easiest ways to save money on items while also benefitting the environment. That’s exactly what you can do with Faircado, which prioritises sustainable shopping.
Faircado Is Semifinalist at The Slush Top 20 in Helsinki
The Berlin-based startup “Faircado” is one of the 20 semi-finalists of the world’s largest startup competition! Slush is a non-profit organization that annually organizes the leading correspondent startup event “Slush”, making it the largest gathering of VC’s and startups in Finland.
Faircado Among Slush Top 50
Faircado proudly announces that they made it to the Top 50 of the world’s coveted Startup Competition by Slush. Slush is a globally leading startup event, that is organized on a yearly basis by a student-run non-profit organization, making it the biggest and most impactful gathering of startups and VCs.
Faircado fights inequality with upcycled art
With her start-up, Evolena de Wilde wants to advance the circular economy in Germany. For International Women’s Day, the entrepreneur is setting another example.
Faircado as the finalist in the 1st phase of the BPW 2022 competition
Faircado, a young Berlin start-up, has developed an AI-based browser plug-in that automatically finds the most attractive second-hand alternatives for what you are buying.
Why women will save the world – and men are indispensable for that
Why women will save the world – and men are indispensable for that – believing in women’s skills is necessary to create a more sustainable future- Evolena wants to make second-hand the first choice of every consumer. For this, she founded Faircado, a browser extension that directly shows you second-hand alternatives to what you are searching for online.
Second hand as first choice
Evoléna de Wilde’s start-up has developed an online tool that connects 55 second-hand platforms worldwide. Anyone who downloads it will automatically see second-hand alternatives displayed on the screen when shopping online.
FAQ
Faircado is an AI-powered browser extension that helps you find the best second-hand alternatives when shopping online by searching for the best alternative for you from a database of over 60 million products from +55 different trusted partners.
Faircado was founded for one reason – to transform our current linear economy into a circular economy. Globally, 9,000 smartphones and the equivalent of an entire rubbish truck full of clothes end up in a landfill every second. Overall, only around 9% of the world’s resources are reused multiple times as part of the circular economy. This means that more than 90% of our resources have no additional value after their first use and remain as “waste” in our ecosystems. With Faircado, we want to help change this broken system by encouraging people to buy second-hand whenever possible.
The prices for used products are usually significantly lower than their new versions. They are usually at least 50% cheaper, but sometimes even up to 90%. This means that you can save a lot of money if you decide to buy second-hand instead of new. Buying second-hand is also more sustainable for the environment. For example, the fashion industry alone is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions. In some regions of the world, such as the Atacama Desert in Chile, a mountain of unused fast fashion clothing has grown so large that satellites can take clear pictures of it. Imagine how many people could have used these clothes. In general, second-hand products are better because they do not require new resources, do not cause pollution and do not require new energy to produce. For example, it takes about 2700 litres of water to make a T-shirt. That’s enough water for one person to drink for 900 days. If you choose to buy second-hand items instead of new ones, you immediately reduce the demand for new items and thus reduce the pressure on manufacturers to produce these items in large quantities.
A browser extension is a small software program that you can add to your web browser to improve its functionality and customise your browsing experience. Grammarly, for example, is a browser extension that checks your texts for grammar, spelling, punctuation and style errors.
Faircado partners with more than 50 platforms selling second-hand products, such as eBay, Back Market, Grailed, Rebuy and Vestiaire Collective.
Faircado is entirely free for you. When you purchase something through us, our partners (the second-hand platforms) give a small commission, as a thank you for bringing one more customer.
All visual materials, such as team headshots, logos or typefont can be found in our media kit.
For further information regarding collaborations, interviews, official statements or media coverage, we recommend getting in touch directly with press@faircado.com.