This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Kilian Kaminski, Co-founder of refurbed, the Vienna-based market serving to reshape how Europeans purchase electronics and different client items by way of refurbished merchandise.
Based in 2017, refurbed has grown into considered one of Europe’s main platforms for sustainable consumption, providing professionally refurbished units that present a extra inexpensive and environmentally pleasant various to purchasing new merchandise. As a substitute of sending used units to landfills or limiting options to recycling, refurbed focuses on extending the lifecycle of electronics by refurbishing and reselling them by way of a curated market.
On this episode, Kilian shares the story behind refurbed’s journey from a startup thought to considered one of Europe’s fastest-growing refurbished product marketplaces. Headquartered in Vienna, the corporate now operates throughout a number of European markets and has raised greater than €120 million in funding to scale its operations and broaden its mission of selling a round financial system. He additionally discusses the evolution of the refurbishment sector, the challenges of constructing belief in second-life electronics, and the way round financial system fashions are gaining traction throughout Europe, and far more.
Kilian can be a visitor contributor to EU-Startups, the place he shares insights on sustainability, round financial system, and entrepreneurship. You can find his articles here.
Tune in to the episode to listen to Kilian’s insights on constructing a mission-driven firm, scaling a market throughout Europe, and why extending the lifecycle of merchandise could grow to be probably the most necessary levers within the transition in direction of a extra sustainable financial system.
