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Started as a school project - now there are thousands of menstrual product dispensers
Dagens Nyheter
Den som någon gång svurit över mens som kommit utan förvarning har lätt att förstå varför det gå bra för RedLocker. Företaget tillverkar mensskyddsautomater, och har på kort tid gått från ett skolprojekt till att skörda stora framgångar.
– Vår resa har fortsatt i rekordfart, säger ett av företagets två grundare Liza Eriksson. Läs hela artikeln här!
Draknästet - Vad hände sen?
SVT
Liza och Clara startade sitt bolag på gymnasiet för att sedan knocka drakarna med sin innovation! Men hur gick det sedan? Vi träffar också Storytels grundare Jonas Tellander som en gång stod inför drakarna i desperat behov av investering med en svårsåld idé. Tillbakablickar och återträffar med de mest minnesvärda entreprenörerna från Draknästet sedan starten 2010. Del 1 av 6. Se avsnittet här
Sports stars in campaign for Nackaföretag
Nacka Värmdö Posten
RedLocker, som startades under en kurs i Ung företagsamhet på Nacka gymnasium, vill, tillsammans med Bauhaus, göra gratis mensskydd mer tillgängligt. Tidigare har RedLockers mensskyddsautomater placerats på samtliga av byggkedjans varuhus och kontor. Nu kommer 40 idrottsgymnasier runt om i landet också få gratis mensskydd. Läs mer om initiativet här
Former UF company RedLocker in new venture - supported by Caroline Seger
Young Entrepreneurship
The former UF company RedLocker made a big impression in the last season of The Dragon's Den and has been noticed for its dispensers with free menstrual products. Now they take the next step and "show where the RedLockers should be". They now offer free menstrual products in 40 sports high schools across Sweden. Read more about the initiative here
Here, players get free tampons: "Menstruation shouldn't stop me"
Jönköpings-Posten
A hundred girls and women in IF Hallby HK get access to free tampons at Idrottshuset, thanks to a contribution from a sponsor. "It's great, menstruation shouldn't stop me from playing handball" says Ia Hallqvist, 15 years old. Read more about the initiative here"
How two high school students took their UF school project to a company bringing in millions (While revolutionizing society)
Young&Driven
This is the story of RedLocker, a company founded by Clara Lidman and Liza Eriksson whose goal is to make menstrual products freely available and break the taboo around periods once and for all! In this documentary we go through: What is RedLocker? How was the company started? How have Clara and Liza managed to raise capital even though only 1% of today's venture capital goes to women? How you can be inspired to dare to go your own way! Watch the full mini-documentary here!
Femtech mapping: 17 Swedish companies that will improve women's health
Breakit
Femtech has been a hot topic for venture capitalists in recent years. Both entrepreneurs and investors we talk to time and again highlight it as an big area for concern in the future. Now, for the first time, Breakit has taken a deep dive into 17 companies in a fast-growing industry: the numbers, the owners, the investors and our analysis - here's our mapping.
RedLocker an important step towards gender equality
Ragn-Sells
The young girls from RedLocker immediately caught the attention of Ragn-Sells’ HR department when presenting their innovation. The idea of free menstrual care products in the workplace is fully in line with the company’s work on gender equality and inclusion. Read the full article here.
Here are the winners of Marketing Manager 2022
Resumé
Yesterday, Årets Marknadschef 2022, a competition organized by the Marketsföreningen Stockholm kicked off. Four winners were selected in the categories Marketing Manager of the Year, Future Promise of the Year, Disruptor of the Year, and Brand Journey of the year. Liza Eriksson and Redlocker were named Future Promise of the Year in 2022. Read more
Free period products at school was a success
Helsingborgs Dagblad
The students came up with the proposal - and the principal got to work immediately. At Kungsgårds High School in Ängelholm, the girl's toilets are now equipped with tampon dispensers. Read more
Skånela IF gives free menstrual products to all female players
Märsta.nu
Skånela IF offers, in collaboration with Redlocker, free tampons to female players in her business: - Skånela's board sees the collaboration with RedLocker as an obvious solution to create a safe sports environment, and wants to actively work toward menstruation and tampons to not be something that is taboo, says Per Romild, vice chairman of Skånela. Read more
