The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan 452: Growing a Sustainable Business (and Relationship) with Great Wrap Co-Founders Jordy and Julia Kay
How can you build a sustainability-driven business? By solving a global problem. Jordy and Julia Kay’s former careers in winemaking and architecture led to recognizing plastic waste’s impact on the planet. In 2019, the couple launched Great Wrap, working with Monash University to create the only compostable stretch wrap made from food waste. In 2022, they received $24 million in series A funding to help reach their 10-year vision of a world where plastic doesn’t exist.
Listen to Nathan discuss with Jory and Julia about:
- Falling hard into a personal and business relationship
- Partnering with a university for commercial product research
- How licensing and partnering helped Great Wrap scale faster
- Building a pilot factory from scratch
- The benefits of being both a B2B and DTC business
- The risk and reward of being an impact-driven business
- Advice for going into business with a significant other
- How to raise funding as a manufacturing startup
- And much more impact-driven business advice…
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