Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Clew
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/getaclew
Updated at: 2026-06-08T05:00:46Z

Tagline: Clew recycles nearly all of your food waste, in under 2 hours, from your countertop.
Elevator pitch: Clew is a countertop food waste recycling appliance that can process nearly all residential food waste (including avocado pits and most bones) into a dried and consistent output in under 2 hours. This ensures no food waste ends in a landfill, which is a costly problem for municipalities and, more importantly, our environment. Clew's goal is to create consciousness between people, their resource use, and its effects on our environment.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 114701 | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 150 | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 114701 | observed_at: 2026-06-08T05:00:46Z | expires_at: 2026-06-09T05:00:46Z
- Total investors: 150 | observed_at: 2026-06-08T05:00:46Z | expires_at: 2026-06-09T05:00:46Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 114701
- total_investors: 150
- team_size: 4
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- Clew has already proven at a very early stage that it can exceed the competition's performance. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-1
- Our Proof of Concept was able to outperform the competitor on mass reduction by 13%. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-2
- Clew is able to process food waste in under 2 hours vs. the competitor’s cycle time of 4-8 hours. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-3
- Our unique shredding technology is able to process harder food waste such as avocado & mango pits and all chicken bones. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-4
- Our engineering lab and ID studio have decades of experience launching products in the consumer product space. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-5
- A circular economy is not a matter of if, but when, and Clew is designing for it. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-6
- We plan to manufacture with closed loop materials and design for repair. No products should ever end in a landfill. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-7
- Founders are an experiential designer and creative producer, having executed experiences for global brands. | citation: https://wefunder.com/getaclew#claim-fact-8

FAQ:
- Q: Hi Spencer, Is there anyway I can talk to you? Future investor with some great ideas that will help the company expand tremendously. Thank you.
  A: Hi Grant! Sorry for the significant delay here. Please submit your info and ask via our website: https://www.getaclew.co/invest/#contact
- Q: What does one receive for Investing? I didnt see a statement explaining what we get?
  A: Hi Krista! When you invest in Clew, you will receive a convertible note that, when we do a priced stock round, will convert into shares of Clew, so you will own a piece of our company. You can find more here: https://help.wefunder.com/#/contract/295251-convertible-note
- Q: Hello, What is the launch timeline for your product? What retail price are you targeting?
  A: Hello! We are targeting late 2022 (a more in-depth timeline is on our fundraising page) and we’re still a little early for final pricing. We will be wrapping up R&D in October and will have a better idea then!
- Q: Who do you consider your competitors?
  A: Hello! We view the following as our competitors: Tero, Lomi, and FoodCycler. Below is our response in our FAQs. Who competes with you? What do you understand that they don't? There are several other brands in this new market as people start looking for options to solve the problem of residential food waste. FoodCycler by Vitamix is the most well-known, as well as Tero, Lomi by Pela, and Kalea. Clew’s goal of a closed loop product shows that we understand our responsibility as a company to onl...
- Q: Hi - what's the business plan? Great idea, but what's the plan to scale the commercial marketplace and therefore grow the company?
  A: Hey Roxanne. Thank you for the kind words. We are focused on a DTC offering as well as select B2B2C partnerships we've been exploring. More to come on this as we hone in on our final tech (6 weeks away!).