The Slovak premium crowd-investment platform Crowdberry introduced the Czech market to one of its biggest projects, Ecocapsule. The concept is a low-energy, self-sufficient pod that can be placed in a variety of environments where normal construction isn’t allowed or practical. The capsules produce their own electric energy from solar panels and an extendable wind turbine while collecting water from rain and dew. Ecocapsule pods can be transported on trucks, behind cars on trailers or placed in hard-to-reach locations (such as the tops of buildings) by helicopter. The company has booked sales from customers as wide-ranging as national parks, to individuals, to beach resorts looking to expand their offering with a new types of units.
Through Crowdberry, individual investors can take a stake in the company producing the pods with an investments starting at CZK 50,000. A portion of the money raised acts as an investment that will pay a dividend while the remainder is treated as a loan to be paid back. Crowdberry is working on a total of 10 investments at the moment with a total value of CZK 250 million.
