# Thriving Design

Patented C-BITE clips helping gardeners build custom plant supports

## Elevator pitch
Thriving Design's C-BITE garden clips create a customizable, reusable, and super-strong alternative to traditional plant supports. As the only DIY plant support and protection system on the market, C-BITEs click together in over 140 different ways and connect garden stakes and netting, hold irrigation and tubing together, and could also be used to organize cords, lights and so many other possibilities, only limited by gardeners' imagination.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/thriving.design
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:102973
- Last updated: 2026-06-22T05:03:27Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-22T20:07:01Z

## Quick facts
- 💸 1M C-BITEs sold to-date, 300K+ in revenue this year
- 💰 Available online via Shopify, Amazon, and several DTC websites, including Williams Sonoma in 2022
- 🤝 Orders from 25% of the top 100 independent garden centers in the U.S.
- 💥 Carried by 10 of the largest lawn & garden distributors in North America in 2021
- 💪 Seasoned team w/ experience in garden industry, entrepreneurship, sustainability &marketing
- 📈 Lawn & garden consumable market expected to hit 26.3B by 2030

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:54870: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:54871: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
Our VisionThe earth has sustained humanity for millennia. We thought it would be nice to return the favor. Our products help people grow their own food to eat more healthily, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make Earth cool again.Our C-BITE clips make it easy to create the garden of your dreams with durable, reusable, customizable support systems. Master gardener? Commercial grower? First-time hobbyist? Whoever you are and whatever you’ve got growing, we’re here to support your vision.One of our customers, Wendi Phan, using her C-BITEs.Our storyThriving Design was founded in 2014 by Jason Rider, in his basement (of course). He had an idea for a gadget that would make growing plants easier and more fun. He imagined a small but mighty clip that could easily snap on his garden stakes - eliminating the massive frustration of single size tomato cages & twist ties. He used a 3D printer for the design and prototype of the first C-BITE. Many iterations later his creation, the C-BITE "Radially Slotted Annular Coupling System" is officially a patented thing as of December 2019, with 5 independent claims.Today it’s a family business, his sister Morgan joined the team in 2020 to help spread the love and joy of gardening.Our products are designed and manufactured to minimize our negative impacts on the environment. We’re committed to minimizing packaging and waste, and being carbon neutral. We donate 1% of our profits to nonprofits focused on conservation of the environment and food security for all people.Jason with his son, Kai.Our friend Susan Bishop showing off C-BITEs and her yoga prowess!Jason decked out with merch and C-BITEs at Farwest.Forward-looking projections cannot be guaranteed.Forward-looking projections cannot be guaranteed.Forward-looking projections cannot be guaranteed.

## Team
- Morgan Rider (Cofounder)
- Jason Rider (C-BITE Guy)
- Jeff Dooley (Chief Creative Officer)