Happy Pot aims to reshape the crowdfunding landscape by offering a highly secure, accessible alternative to other, larger platforms.
Swiss company Happy Pot GmbH has announced the launch of its fundraising platform, Happy Pot, developed to tackle the challenges of addressing widespread needs through more inclusive and equitable solutions. By capitalising on advanced security technologies, the team behind the platform aims to ensure safer and more transparent transactions, offering an alternative to traditional market-driven approaches to mutual aid.
Since launching, the platform has already seen significant success as a local-focus alternative to larger international platforms, both for mutual aid and community crowdfunding purposes.
Happy Pot has been developed to expand the accessibility of crowdfunding while also offering a secure home for all campaigns hosted there. Specifically, the platform offers a range of customisation options and quality-of-life features that are intended to make the fundraising process smoother for all involved.
This launch comes at a time when mutual aid and community fundraising have gained critical importance for a range of causes around the world. Meanwhile, many leading fundraising platforms have demonstrated an inability to facilitate the kind of broad-scale mutual aid that has proven necessary when mobilising disaster relief efforts.
Speaking on the topic, the co-founder of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief stated, “It's about sharing resources, but it’s also about sharing power. Everybody gives what they're able and receives what they need in a way that breaks down power imbalance,” a quote which encapsulates the mission at the core of Happy Pot and next-generation fundraising platforms in general.
Organisers explain that Happy Pot is intended to reduce the complexity of fundraising while increasing transparency regarding factors like platform fees and security. They have also implemented broad-scale measures to prevent fraud - a problem that has long plagued the fundraising industry.
Those looking to raise money for local causes will find a range of tools to do so, the company explains in their launch announcement. Users can choose from a range of event options that are intended to speed up the setup process, alongside options to promote campaigns to a public or private audience.
Happy Pot is available now throughout Switzerland, with plans to expand to other nearby countries already underway. Those interested in launching a campaign or donating to any of the many campaigns already underway there can do so here.
