About my Start-up
Our goal is to create a portal for timber trading – Onliwood, where timber will be sold in the auction system. The portal will enable the sale of roundwood by wholesalers and retailers. We plan to develop the portal by adding the option of selling processed, post-consumer and energy wood.
Currently, the project is being carried out with the funds of the company’s founders. The launch of Onliwood is scheduled for August 2022.
The investor’s financial resources will be allocated to the expansion of the portal with new functionalities and expansion to selected European countries
Why your idea is a “winner"?:
We are a team of experienced professionals of different backgrounds [Forester, Wood Expert, Programist].
To date we:
established our company,
first sales offers are arranged,
the portal is in the final stage of construction (MVP).
Planned start of the Onliwood in the third quarter of 2022.
What is your current or intended business/revenue model?:
Timber purchase transactions will be registered in the portal.
A fee (margin) will be charged on the purchase amount.
It is planned to sign contracts with important suppliers - Forest Experimental Stations, National Parks, municipal forests, local governments, and associations of private forest owners.
Do you have any Patent or IP registered (related to the solution that you are looking for an investment)?:
We are working with an IP expert to secure our know-how.
Has your technology already been implemented in any field/sector?:
The wood raw material is auctioned by the State Forests in Poland. Wood processing companies are familiar with this procedure. Our solution develops this concept by allowing you to add criteria other than price.
Which market and customer need(s)/problem(s) is (are) your products(s)/service(s) going to solve?:
We notice the following issues that we solve through our portal: too little wood on the market, difficult and expensive sale and purchase of wood raw material outside the State Forests, expensive sales brokerage, low prices obtained by owners and managers of wood raw material, insufficient transparency of wood sales.
Trade-in part of the wood raw material from private forests is in the gray area - the lack of tools and incentives to change this situation causes reluctance to legally harvest timber and its certification
Changes are coming in the timber market due to the EU climate policy and the war in Ukraine.
Team members
Work experience:
Onliwood – 1 year
Wood Technology Institute, Poznań, Poland – 10 years
State Forests National Forest Holding, Szczecinek, Poland – 13 years
Educations:
2019: Habilitation degree
19.10 – 21.12.2013 – Stanford Centre for Professional Development, Stanford University, USA 2004: Degree: PhD
1993-1998; Master’s studies: August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznań
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