Meet the Founder: Dearbump – Seedrs Insights

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Dearbump is an award-winning being pregnant subscription service offering merchandise and knowledge tailor-made for every stage of being pregnant and assist the transition into parenthood. They’ve developed what they consider is the UK’s first company parental wellbeing programme, which mixes their pregnant subscription packing containers with their new wellbeing know-how, that features automated check-ins and digital assist all through being pregnant, maternity go away and the transition again into the office.

With 54,000 pregnant girls leaving the office yearly, they’re nicely positioned to unravel an enormous downside for companies who’re discovering it more and more tough to draw and retain feminine expertise.

Since launch Dearbump has gained 2 awards, thrived throughout the pandemic and are presently in dialog with 2 multinational firms who’re keen on implementing this programme. Presently elevating on Seedrs, we sat down with Founder Emma Jarvis to listen to extra.

Are you able to inform us a bit about your profession to date and what introduced you to begin your personal enterprise?

My first diploma was in chemistry on the College of Warwick, after graduating I labored in Unilever analysis and growth the place I revealed 5 patents in my first yr after commencement. I attempted to get publicity to as many various areas as attainable inside R&D, from client perception, to product growth to processing and overseeing manufacturing facility degree scale up.

After being very unprepared for my first delivery and feeling unsupported by my office, I made a decision to depart, and research an MBA and graduated with distinction, I then based dearbump to make sure different girls didn’t have the identical expertise that I had. After founding dearbump I acquired a scholarship to coach in fullstack javascript at Northcoders in Manchester, since then I’ve been working in numerous salesforce roles over the previous three years, the place I grew to become an authorized salesforce developer. I’ve used my expertise in R&D to develop a few of my very own merchandise which helped to scale back prices of our highest priced merchandise. I’ve used my tech expertise to construct the wellbeing programme which can assist me scale within the company market.

How did you give you the concept for Dearbump and what’s it?

I felt very unprepared for my first delivery and once I was on maternity go away, I felt very unsupported by my office. After deciding to depart my job, I based dearbump as a month-to-month being pregnant subscription field tailor-made to every stage of being pregnant to make sure different girls didn’t have the identical expertise that I had. I wished to verify girls had the best assist on the proper time, with the best data and assist to assist via morning illness, and preparation for the delivery. I additionally wished to advertise optimistic wellbeing which is why every field has a product to assist wellbeing and mindfulness. 

How does Dearbump assist girls with their careers?

Our new programme permits companies to assist girls entry the assist via our packing containers in addition to digital wellbeing assist. We keep involved with girls all through being pregnant, maternity go away and the return to work, which is the place quite a lot of anxieties lie.

Many ladies obtain no contact in any respect from companies throughout maternity go away, after which abruptly they’ve to return to work they usually really feel very anxious and scared, particularly if they’re nonetheless recovering or have had a traumatic expertise that they really feel embarrassed to debate with their supervisor. We provoke tough conversations and ensure girls really feel supported, all through this time. For instance 33% of girls specific milk within the work bogs, these are conversations we may have with staff and employers to guarantee that each lady has someplace appropriate to specific milk at work.

Our objective is to work with companies who genuinely care about their staff and need to spend money on them. By working with us, it reveals they’re keen to spend money on girls and assist them via this time, so it additionally helps girls recognise the very best household pleasant companies to work for.

What a part of Dearbump’s journey are you most pleased with?

There’s so many. We began with being pregnant packing containers and constructing consciousness was so tough. Final yr one Instagram publish just about turned us into an in a single day success. It fully validated the concept, everybody was saying “I want i knew about this once I was pregnant, and I want i discovered this sooner” which was superb, we had so many requests to proceed the packing containers post-birth so we expanded our providing to incorporate publish delivery packing containers too. We now have dearbump and pricey mama subscriptions.

And the truth that i’ve constructed it fully bootstrapped and alongside my full time job, while elevating two boys.

What’s arising for Dearbump within the close to future that you just’re enthusiastic about? 

We’ve listened to our prospects and are continually enhancing our providing, and one of many issues that retains arising is assist for dads. We’ve some thrilling plans for this! Coming into the b2b market will even allow us to supply assist to all mother and father, not simply mums.

A couple of private ones:

While you’re not working, what do you do in your spare time?

Elevating a household, instructing myself guitar and I additionally play piano, we additionally like board video games, puzzles and that i’m an old style Nintendo nerd.

What has been your largest lesson in being an entrepreneur?

That I can actually get via something. The more difficult you assume one thing is the extra you’ll be taught. Don’t ever assume you may’t do one thing, even when it’s engaged on one thing for an hour every week, it’s getting you one step nearer to your objective.

If you happen to might give some recommendation to your youthful self, what would it not be?

Imagine in your self.

Dearbump is over 135% funded, elevating £135ok from 132 buyers. If you happen to’d like to affix them, go to the pitch now.