This funding round has closed
Already achieved over £650k in crowdfunding pre-sales. Continuing sales in excess of £80k per month
87% of minimum goal raised
Lead investor: Startup Funding Club |
Minimum Target £ 399,997 |
Minimum investment amount £ 5,000 |
Maximum Target £ 749,352 |
Maximum investment amount £ 200,000 |
Swytch Technology is a hardware startup in the electric bike industry. Swytch are a team of engineers, designers & marketing experts dedicated to bringing exciting new forms of electric transport to consumers. Their objective in the next 3 years is to be THE brand that people associate with the rise of the electric bike as a mainstream form of electric transport. Last year they launched the patent-pending Swytch eBike kit - a conversion kit that turns ANY bike into an electric bike. Swytch plan to penetrate further into the eBike market by expanding distribution of this product, and by launching their pipeline of follow-on innovations, targeting the sharing bike and courier/delivery markets.
Their core technology is the "Swytch eBike Kit", a conversion kit that turns any bike into an eBike. Simply replace your normal bicycle wheel with the lightweight Swytch hub-motor wheel, fit the patent-pending Swytch Power Pack to your handlebars, connect up and enjoy 250W of pedal-assist power for up to 50 miles.
Pipeline of new products includes:
Project REVO: Hybrid-eBike solution for the cycle-sharing market. Plug in the hand-held Swytch Power Bank to your local share-bike and ride electric up to 10 miles. Project Car-Go: The JEEP of the eBike industry, the first LUV (Light Utility Vehicle) a 2-wheeled passenger cargo-eBike.
The eBike industry is still very under-developed in the West despite huge political and social interest in eTransport solutions for environmental benefits. Unlike electric cars, eBikes require no new charging infrastructure, are more affordable, and have sufficient range for over 80% of daily trips. But the average price of over £1,000 has so far kept eBikes out of reach of the every-day consumer. Their first product, the Swytch eBike Kit is priced at just £550, and is compatible with over 99.9% of the 1.1 Billion bicycles already on the planet. Swytch's future products will continue to offer customers better alternatives to automotive vehicles.
The Swytch kit was originally launched on crowd-funding website Indiegogo, selling at a large discount on RRP & taking full payment from customers up front. Since the launch in Nov 2017, pre sales for the Swytch eBike kit are £660,000. Cash raised from these pre-sales was used to set up and complete manufacturing, as well as paying overheads.
They are now manufacturing additional units to be imported and sold at the full RRP (70%) margin.
Once products are in stock, they will be sold direct to customers via online sales channels, and via a network of independent cycle stores (dealers). The current dealer network is 20-strong with over 100 stores interested waiting on stock availability.
Their core technology is the "Swytch eBike Kit", a conversion kit that turns any bike into an eBike. Simply replace your normal bicycle wheel with the lightweight Swytch hub-motor wheel, fit the patent-pending Swytch Power Pack to your handlebars, connect up and enjoy 250W of pedal-assist power for up to 50 miles.
Pipeline of new products includes:
Project REVO: Hybrid-eBike solution for the cycle-sharing market. Plug in the hand-held Swytch Power Bank to your local share-bike and ride electric up to 10 miles. Project Car-Go: The JEEP of the eBike industry, the first LUV (Light Utility Vehicle) a 2-wheeled passenger cargo-eBike.
The eBike industry is still very under-developed in the West despite huge political and social interest in eTransport solutions for environmental benefits. Unlike electric cars, eBikes require no new charging infrastructure, are more affordable, and have sufficient range for over 80% of daily trips. But the average price of over £1,000 has so far kept eBikes out of reach of the every-day consumer. Their first product, the Swytch eBike Kit is priced at just £550, and is compatible with over 99.9% of the 1.1 Billion bicycles already on the planet. Swytch's future products will continue to offer customers better alternatives to automotive vehicles.
The Swytch kit was originally launched on crowd-funding website Indiegogo, selling at a large discount on RRP & taking full payment from customers up front. Since the launch in Nov 2017, pre sales for the Swytch eBike kit are £660,000. Cash raised from these pre-sales was used to set up and complete manufacturing, as well as paying overheads.
They are now manufacturing additional units to be imported and sold at the full RRP (70%) margin.
Once products are in stock, they will be sold direct to customers via online sales channels, and via a network of independent cycle stores (dealers). The current dealer network is 20-strong with over 100 stores interested waiting on stock availability.