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About Us
The ever-inspiring Tessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of OLIO, a free app that connects users who have unwanted food (households or local businesses) with neighbours living nearby who would like it.
Globally, over one third of all food produced is thrown away (worth >$1 trillion), and in the developed world half of all food waste takes place in the home. This means that WE are half the problem; but… it also means that WE can be half the solution!
OLIO now has over 650,000 users who have together shared almost 1 million portions of food. This growth is largely thanks to the 22,000 (and counting) volunteers who are spreading the word in their local communities, and collecting and re-distributing unsold food from local businesses via the app.
When we talk about people who inspire us, we think of Olio.
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Olio Features
What It’s Really Like To Launch A Socially Conscious Business
In a nutshell, my job involves… challenging the status quo, whether that means persuading people of the benefits of a food-sharing app, unlocking a slice of the paltry one per cent of all venture-capital investment that went to female-founded company in 2018, or building a remote-first business, I’m always doing things differently. It’s fun but exhausting.
Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of the food-sharing app Olio, serves up her favourite innovations in Vogue's September issue.
Revealed: Food waste guru lauded by Meghan Markle in her guest-edited British Vogue magazine is a former boss of ‘loan shark’ firm Wonga
A businesswoman lauded by the Duchess of Sussex in Vogue magazine is a former boss of Wonga, the 'legal loan shark' firm vilified for preying on desperate borrowers, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
‘We Have To Tell Investors We’re Not Having More Children’
Not just for her unusual name, but because, along with her business partner Tessa Clarke, they have won a slice of the meagre 1% of UK venture capital funding that goes to female-run companies for their business, Olio.
What It’s Really Like To Launch A Socially Conscious Business
In a nutshell, my job involves… challenging the status quo, whether that means persuading people of the benefits of a food-sharing app, unlocking a slice of the paltry one per cent of all venture-capital investment that went to female-founded company in 2018, or building a remote-first business, I’m always doing things differently. It’s fun but exhausting.
Food Waste Warrior Tessa Clarke Shares Her Favourite Ecological Tech Innovations
Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of the food-sharing app Olio, serves up her favourite innovations in Vogue's September issue.
Revealed: Food waste guru lauded by Meghan Markle in her guest-edited British Vogue magazine is a former boss of ‘loan shark’ firm Wonga
A businesswoman lauded by the Duchess of Sussex in Vogue magazine is a former boss of Wonga, the 'legal loan shark' firm vilified for preying on desperate borrowers, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
‘We Have To Tell Investors We’re Not Having More Children’
Not just for her unusual name, but because, along with her business partner Tessa Clarke, they have won a slice of the meagre 1% of UK venture capital funding that goes to female-run companies for their business, Olio.
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Olio Talks
Disruption50 – 3rd Place – Olio – Tessa Clarke – Disruption Summit Europe
Half of all food waste takes place in the home, expert says
Capital Conversation Episode 51: Olio Co-founder Tessa Clarke
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