| abillion | |
| Founder: | Vikas Garg.[1] |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Type: | Startup company |
| Area Served: | 183 countries |
| Language: | English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French |
abillion is a mobile application helping users to find vegan and sustainable products.
The platform allow users to review plant-based, cruelty-free and sustainable products, while donating between 0.10 and $1 to nonprofit organisations for each review written. As of May 2023, the company claims to have donated over $2.8M to various nonprofit organisations [2] including Sea Shepherd and Mercy for Animals.[3]
The main objective of the company is to reach the number of one billion people following a vegan diet and lifestyle by 2030.[4]
The american entrepreneur Vikas Garg founded the company in Singapore and the app has been officially launched in May 2018.[1]
The start-up was first named abillionveg and changed its name in 2020 to shorten it to abillion.[5]
In 2019, the company raised $3M in its first round of funding (pre-Series A).[6]
In 2021, it raised $10M in its Series A funding.[7]
In February 2023, the company announced the launch of a community investment round, using the crowdfunding platform Wefunder,[8] which reached a total of $500 000.[9]
In May 2023, it celebrated its 5th anniversary and reaching 1M downloads. [10]
Using data from the reviews published by its users, abillion is awarding the most liked vegan products and brands.
In May 2023, the company published a world Top 10 Best Plant Based Burgers, among the winning brands were Beyond Meat, NotCo and Sojasun.[11]