Take the charge!

"Take charge!" - the Russian service launched in 2018 to rent external batteries for charging smartphones or other devices. The company installs machines in public places (cafes, clubs, shopping centers, etc.) where users can hire powerbanks. By April 1, 2021, the startup has about 3 thousand such machines in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Tula and other cities. Three-quarters of the stations are franchisees.

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2021: Attracting 431 million rubles of investments, estimated at 1.35 billion rubles

In early April 2021, it became known that Take Charge! attracted investments in the amount of 431 million rubles. Four business angels were invested in the rental service for external batteries: the former vice president of the Military Industrial Bank Bogdan Leonov (9.34%), private investors Valery Ivanov (5.21%) and Alla Merman (5.21%), as well as the co-owner of the company - the seller of carburetors weber-auto.ru Alexander Kabatov (3%).

At the same time, during the round, several early investors left the project: Alexander Borodich, Oleg Senkov and Ivan Puchkov. They owned 5% of the company. About this writes Forbes.

Russian service for renting portable batteries "Take charge!" Attracted 431 million rubles with an estimate of 1.35 billion rubles

The founder of the project, Kirill Kulakov, in a conversation with the publication said that "Take the charge!" Was estimated at 1.35 billion rubles. Moreover, the company received such an estimate from the part of the investment that went into capital (102 million rubles). According to Kulakov, some investors also pledged to invest in equipment.

Some new investors received only shares in the company, while others wanted to receive regular income, so they invested in capital and equipment. We, in turn, will pay investors 50% of revenue minus direct expenses monthly, "the entrepreneur explained.

Kulakov said that in February 2021, 63,000 people used the service (rented an average of 4,300 powerbanks per day), in March - 85,000 (5,362 powerbanks). Renting a powerbank for a day costs 100 rubles.^[1]

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