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#tide® turns plastic waste into valuable raw material, driving both social and environmental change.

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Funded 27 Jan 2025
£250,008 target
£499,172 from 409 investors
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Business overview

Location Lengnau, Switzerland
Social media
Website www.tide.earth
Sectors Energy Non-Digital B2B
Company number CHE-138.803.657
Incorporation date 9 Oct 2019
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Investment summary

Type Equity
Valuation (pre-money) £9.8M
Equity offered 4.32%
Tax relief N/A
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Business highlights

  • 80+ Brands have already launched products
  • From fashion to interior design and industrial sector
  • Current open projects valued more than 4M EUR
  • Multi-times awarded and certified solution
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Key features

  • Secondary Market
  • Nominee investment min. £37.70 +
  • Direct investment min. £100,000.00 +

Pitch

About the Campaign

Together with the Swiss University of Applied Sciences, #tide® has developed a business model to collect, sort and recycle ocean-bound plastic.

The sustainable material from #tide® is already being used globally in various industries.

#tide's material is also used for textile products.

Market Opportunity

Every year, the world produces an estimated $700 billion worth of plastic (Source World Economic Forum). Only 9% of plastics are currently estimated to be recycled (Source United Nations Development Programme).
#tide® closes the circle and creates social and environmental impact by giving value to plastic waste.

The result is a high quality, versatile recycled material, tracked and traceable on Blockchain technology.

Traction & Key Accomplishments

- Owned by industrial shareholders and supported by the Swiss Technology Fund.

- Recycling single-use plastics (PET, PP and HDPE) for longer lasting products.

- Revenue in 2024 is close to 1.5M EUR*, with open projects in Salesforce of > 4M.

(*CHF 1.387M based on unaudited management accounts until Nov 2024)

- Contracts with international distributors and global industry players.
Under development with automotive suppliers.

- Award winning solution, most recently SEF Growth High Potential Label and Sustainability Award @ Startup Autobahn by Plug and Play.

Use of Funds

We aim to increase the collection of ocean-bound plastics and extend our supply chain.

We plan to expand our customer base, from manufacturers to distributors and brands.

We will work to increase our brand awareness and marketing and boost our sales.

Video sources:
1 - "An estimated 100,000 marine mammals die due to plastic every year." Source: WWF Australia.

Key Information

Material Debt

The company has the following outstanding loans:

1 - €830,000.00 loan from a shareholder at an interest rate of 3.75% per annum. There’s no fixed repayment schedule.

2 - €140,000 loan from a founder with no interest rate. There’s no fixed repayment schedule.

3 - CHF1,200,000.00 loan from UBS Switzerland AG at an interest rate of 2% per annum. The loan is to be repaid in September 2026. The loan is 100% secured by a state guarantee issued by BAFU (Swiss Department of Environmental Affairs).

The funds raised from this investment round will not be used to repay these loans.

Founder’s interest

The founder and CEO, Thomas Schori, is also a shareholder (50%) and a member of the board at Braloba Group, which is also Tide’s shareholder.

Thomas attends bi-weekly meetings to coordinate strategic initiatives and financial performance. He’s not involved in the company’s daily operations.

Exchange rate

Direct investments in the round from investors outside of Republic Europe investing 134,000 Swiss Franc are reflected in the campaign at an indicative exchange rate of 0.89 CHF to GBP. Additional investment in Euros will be reflected in the campaign at an indicative exchange rate of 0.83 EUR to GBP. Investments on Republic Europe are in GBP.

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Tax Relief (SEIS)

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Valuation rounded from £9,791,519

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