Description

To answer the problem of the lack of meeting rooms for calls or video calls in modern open-space offices, Offcoustic designs simple and modern acoustic cabins, produced in Portugal, in a sustainable way, with high ethical considerations and competitive prices - the Phone Booth for One, the Focus Booth for Two and the Meeting Booth for Two.

After the first successful campaign where the promotor raised 45.000€ to finance 12 booths, Offcoustic now wants to raise an additional 75.000€ to co-finance another 49 units.

The product has been developed and marketed in Portugal, Spain, and the UK over the last three years following a continuous learning and growth process.

Taking into account that there is demand for varying numbers of Phone Booths for set periods of time, Offcoustic has recently launched a subscription model. For a competitive monthly price, it now offers its clients the use of the booths, its maintenance, and the possibility of changing the number of units or terminating the contract.

This modality allows Offcoustic to think from a circular economy perspective, where the product's life cycle and the quality of materials are optimized. With this incentive to create more durable products, improve maintenance processes, and create greener logistics, Offcoustic is moving away from a business model that is dependent on rapid consumption.

Since its first campaign in January 2022, Offcoustic has been met with increasing demand from coworking spaces, SMEs, and startups (check out the website and read the testimonials). Its offer of the "Phone Booth as a Service" is especially appealing for the flexibility it offers. At this moment there are 59 units installed or in production and no customer has canceled their subscription. Finally, Offcoustic maintains the sale of booths for customers interested in purchasing the product directly.  

The Impact

Direct

• Promotion of responsible production: production is based on demand and not on scale. Offcoustic intends to implement a circular economy flow in which they own the fleet of booths and thus, invest in its maintenance, to keep them functioning the longest period possible. 94 booth units in total have been installed or are in production now to be installed until June.

• Incentive to local economy: production happens in Portugal, working with Portuguese carpenters, and using mostly Portuguese materials.

Indirect

• Offset of carbon footprint: for every unit produced Offcoustic plants 100 trees. Until now, Offcoustic has financed the planting of 3.100 trees, which you can check out here, and have already ordered to plant another 6.300.

Contribution to the Sustainable
Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

Financial viability

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Guarantees

• Shareholder's pledge.

The Promoter

About WITHOUT HURRY - LDA

WITHOUT HURRY, LDA is the company behind Offcoustic. It emerged in 2020 to launch its line of affordable Phone Booths. These booths are produced in Portugal, with sustainable processes, to create spaces for calls and video calls in open-space offices and companies or coworking spaces.

The promoter has expanded its operations in Portugal, Spain, UK, USA, Germany, Malta, Croatia and Gibraltar.

Although it is not possible to find a completely ecological solution for production, the company is moving in this direction with Tree Planting, choosing the right materials, local production, and optimizing transport.

Today, Offcoustic:

• finances the production of Trees in Portugal and some African countries through the Brynk.eco platform.
• only produces according to orders;
• Uses Felt made in Portugal (acoustic material used in the automotive industry, from reused materials).
• Produces in Portugal, in Vendas Novas. 

Since its first campaign in January 2022, Offcoustic has experienced growing adoption and demand from coworking spaces, SMEs and startups (visit the website and read the testimonials).  

Its "Phone Booth as a Service" model is particularly appealing because of the flexibility it offers. With more than 120 units installed or in production for this Subscription model. In addition, Offcoustic continues to sell booths to customers interested in purchasing the product directly.

"We believe that less is more, in transparency and good quality of life. We want to work asynchronously, in diverse teams, bringing generalists and specialists together." Rodrigo.

(Offcoustic is open to all your ideas and suggestions regarding the next steps and sustainability at hello@offcoustic.com. Counting on the Goparity community to help them get further).

The team

Rodrigo Pessoa Jorge

Founder & CEO

Rodrigo holds a degree in management from Universidade Cátolica de Lisboa. This 28-year-old considers himself a Creative Generalist and an Optimistic Analytic. He founded Offcoustic in 2019 and works full-time as CEO of the company that he grew from scratch. He has experience working in Startups in the areas of Business Development and Partnerships. His passion for music since the age of 4 has led him to perform more than 100 concerts and to learn about audio and acoustics.

Pedro Aguiar

Operations and Sales Manager

After studying Economics at NOVA SBE and completing his master’s in finance at ISEG, Pedro worked in innovation and commercial departments. An entrepreneurship and start-up enthusiast, Pedro is now responsible for Offcoustic's operations and sales.

Douglas Vargas

Chief Sales Officer

Driven Technical Sales & Operations Manager with over 10 years in sales, customer service, and customer acquisition. Track record of successfully expanding customer base, product offerings, and range of services to quickly achieve significant and sustained sales and revenue growth.

Business Model

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