Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenna Meek after Dragons' Den pitch

"Kibu's headphones are built with modular components that can be taken apart and reassembled by children. Individual parts can be replaced in minutes, extending product lifespan and reducing electronic waste. The design also allows for aesthetic customisation, enabling users to change colours and update components as preferences evolve."

"Beaney told the Dragons that empowering children to build and repair their own technology shifts their relationship with ownership and value. When a child builds something themselves, it changes how they feel about it. When they learn they can fix what they've made, it changes their relationship with that product."

"Kibu's pitch focused on its mission to redesign children's consumer electronics around circular principles, prioritising disassembly, repair and customisation over disposal. The brand has already received international recognition for innovation and sustainability, tapping into growing parental demand for durable, repairable products in an era of heightened environmental awareness."

Kibu, an award-winning circular tech start-up, pitched its modular, repairable headphones for children on BBC's Dragons' Den and secured investment offers from entrepreneurs Peter Jones and Jenna Meek. Co-founded by Sam Beaney, Morrama design studio, and Batch.Works, Kibu challenges the disposable electronics sector by designing products with disassemblable components that children can repair and customize themselves. Individual parts replace in minutes, extending product lifespan and reducing e-waste. The headphones allow aesthetic customization as preferences evolve. The brand has gained international recognition for innovation and sustainability, responding to parental demand for durable products. Beaney emphasized that enabling children to build and repair technology transforms their relationship with ownership and value.

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