Birchal Weekly - 27 April
Latest Australian crowd-sourced funding deals - 27 April
Expression of interest campaigns running for: dietician-developed school lunches; stress-free deliveries; waging war on the use of single-use plastic cups and more!
EOIs👀 Expression of interest campaigns
Lilly's Little Lunchbox - Dietician-developed and delivered school lunches
Lilly's Little Lunchbox is creating and delivering dietitian-approved, convenient, and delicious meals for kids directly to families' homes.
The company launched its subscription service in Brisbane after years of planning and quickly expanded to deliver over 10,000 fresh and nutritious kids' lunches across SEQ and NSW within its first 15 months of operation - experiencing exponential quarter-on-quarter revenue growth.
Now the concept, business model, and overall strategy have been proven, Lilly's Little Lunchbox is poised to boost its expansion plans across the Australian eastern seaboard and then nationally. The company focuses on kids' lunchboxes but has also developed a product and process that is in demand across other sectors, including government-funded NDIS initiatives, aged care, school delivery, daycare delivery, corporate, and retail business.
Read more about Lilly's Little Lunbox and how it plans to take its growing share of the $1.5 billion pre-prepared meals industry.
WOSUP - War on Single-Use Plastic at every stadium and event in Australia
WOSUP® Australia Pty Ltd is on a mission to replace single-use plastic cups at every event, stadium, and arena throughout Australia.
Already piloting its reusable and infinitely recyclable aluminium cups at various venues, including Country Bank Stadium, Sydney Cricket Ground, Suncorp Stadium, Royal Randwick, and Rosehill Racecourses, where a total of 32,000 cups were saved from ending up in landfill, WOSUP is looking to raise funds to support and accelerate operations.
WOSUP's business model incorporates a combination of ticketing and brand sponsorship opportunities, with promoters and sporting codes integrating the WOSUP cup service into ticket prices or covering service costs through sponsorship, branding, and fan engagement opportunities. Sponsors can take advantage of the WOSUP cup branding, QR code, and additional media opportunities to deliver promotions and offer directly to fans while gathering valuable analytics.
WOSUP's ultimate goal is to save 6.5 million cups from landfill at the end of 2025 by being used at more venues and events! With significant contracts in the pipeline for 2023 and beyond, WOSUP is seizing the opportunity to take a significant share in the single-use plastic market.
Help WOSUP in the war on single-use plastic by learning more today.
dropd - Changing the way people receive online deliveries
Say goodbye to missed deliveries and hello to hassle-free online shopping! 📦🙌
Introducing dropd – the innovative platform connecting online shoppers with neighbours who receive packages on their behalf. No more queues at the post office or worrying about stolen packages. With dropd, you can have your deliveries securely received by a trusted neighbour in your community.
With estimated 300M+ packages per year sent to households where someone is typically not home during delivery times, the dropd community-based model provides shoppers with a great alternative to receiving their delivery.
Since launching in 2022, dropd has:
🏡 1,200+ registered dropd neighbours across Melbourne Sydney & Brisbane
🛍 Over 50 successful dropd neighbour pick-ups during its soft launch
💜 Tested and proven its concept
Now, dropd is working to establish neighbour networks in all major Australian cities, increase brand awareness with shoppers and deploy its widget into Australian retailer platforms.
Head to dropd’s Birchal page to learn more.
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HelpPay - Unlocking help to get people through tough times
HelpPay is transforming the way Australians get and give help with everyday bills.
It is a social impact fintech platform & app making it easy to turn bills into links that can be shared so anyone can help pay a little or a lot.
HelpPay unlocks help so people get through tough times easier and fewer fall behind. Companies love HelpPay because they have access to new digital tools to increase the likelihood of getting paid AND it can help them have a better social impact in communities. Since launching just 14 months ago:
Thousands of users have shared $1.9+ million bills from 285+ of Australia's biggest brands through HelpPay
9 service providers with more than 3 million+ customers have signed up as partners
Developed and implemented SaaS business plans, already garnering strong interest from new customers.
Check out HelpPay's Birchal profile to learn more.
Cannaponics - Leveraging renewable resources to grow medicinal cannabis, at scale
Cannaponics Ltd is on a mission to grow and produce premium medicinal cannabis, at scale, while taking market share from international growers and importers.
Based in Collie, Western Australia, Cannaponics has completed construction of its 3,600 sqm greenhouse which can run completely off renewable resources and has capacity to grow up to 12 tonnes of dry flower a year. Using funds raised through Birchal, the company aims to finish building a biotech production facility, which will turn freshly harvested flower from the farm into medicine in just EIGHT hours.
The Australian medicinal cannabis market is expected to grow significantly over the next few years, reporting a worth of AUD $1.4 billion in 2023, driven by an increasing number of patients seeking access to new medical alternatives.
Cannaponics has the potential to meet and support demand, with land size, the right team and licences on their side.
Learn more about Cannaponics, with less than one week to go until its offer launches.
🔔 News and events
Perth event: Equity Crowdfunding with Birchal - Founder Perspectives
Hey WA! Birchal is hosting a free panel event at the Riff with Matt Vitale, Birchal’s CEO, and some WA founders to discuss their recent experience, learnings and success with equity crowd-sourced funding (CSF). Come along to hear why CSF has fast become the go-to funding method for forward-thinking WA businesses.
Free seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock (Literally)
Birchal will join the discussion around the law and regulation of crowd-sourced funding in Australia and compare it with international practice. The seminar will also address the state of the Australian market and what it would take to achieve the full potential of crowd-sourced funding across this vast country. Register now.
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