Meet CIRCA5000, the game-changing app at the forefront of planet-focused investing
tickr, the popular planet-focused app that’s upending traditional ways of investing, has rebranded amid triple-digit user base growth. Now known as CIRCA5000, the move comes as the company becomes the go-to platform in the fast-expanding world of impact investing.
“We think that investing itself has the power to shape the very future of humanity. We know that it’s possible to grow wealth over time and enrich the planet and its people,” said Tom McGillycuddy, co-founder of CIRCA5000.
The company, a certified BCorp, has also launched a crowdfunding campaign to give its customers the opportunity to own part of the company alongside top industry investors.
“What we really care about is building a product that helps people secure a better future for themselves, the planet, and humanity at large. That’s why we’re excited to announce a rebrand which clearly reflects this. We want to make sure our planet and the people living on it see the year 5000 and beyond,” McGillycuddy added.
CIRCA5000, which has raised more than £7m in funding, was built by McGillycuddy and Matt Latham after stints at Barclays and Wellington Management. Together, they set out to demystify investing and show a new generation of investors that they're able to build wealth for themselves and secure a better future for humanity at the same time.
“Instead of propping up bad assets or encouraging people to play trading platforms like slot machines, we make it simple to invest for the long-term in things with universal appeal: energy, water, food, health, education, and cybersecurity. Our investments all have the same goal: to help people and our planet thrive in the future,” said McGillycuddy.
CIRCA5000 allows people to put their money into companies across the themes of Planet, People, or a mix of the two. The team only offers investments in companies that generate future-focused solutions; those at the cutting edge of global change.
The platform has also expanded to include services that give customers the tools to secure a better future beyond investing itself. In 2020, CIRCA5000 became twice carbon neutral through offsetting double the amount of its carbon output, before launching a carbon offsetting subscription for its customers, giving people the power to the future of the planet into their own hands.
The company also works with OneTreePlanted.org, and together they plant a tree for every referral CIRCA5000 receives from a user, helping to restore rainforests in Indonesia.
“We’re changing the perception of investing from being looked at as activism’s latest fad, to a pursuit that is plain common sense: investing in things our future will appreciate,” McGillycuddy said.
