ResQ Club

What ResQ Club does

ResQ Club Oy is a Finnish-headquartered mobile marketplace operator founded in 2015 that connects businesses holding surplus perishable goods — primarily food, but increasingly flowers, plants, and wholesale produce — with consumers seeking discounted items. The platform operates in four Northern and Central European markets (Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Germany), with reported scale of nearly 3,000 partner venues, over 1.1 million registered consumer users, and more than 20 million cumulative items rescued from waste since inception. The company's headquarters are at Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Helsinki (Business ID 2725420-3), and it currently employs 34 people as of 2024.

The core technology stack consists of a consumer-facing mobile app (iOS and Android) for browsing nearby surplus offers, purchasing in-app, and scheduling pickup, paired with a partner app and web portal that lets venues publish offers, manage templates, and view sales reports. Distribution is self-serve on both sides, with local sales support for partner onboarding. A specialized wholesale module, ResQ Kotikulma (launched June 2024), extends the marketplace upstream to fruit and vegetable wholesalers whose imperfect produce cannot move through conventional retail; orders are picked up from designated points such as the Foodnix store at Shopping Mall Redi in Helsinki.

ResQ earns revenue primarily through a roughly 25% commission on the pre-tax value of partner sales, with no fixed fees and pay-as-you-go billing. Small additional fees include a €0.20 service charge per consumer order and a €3.80 handling fee on Kotikulma wholesale orders. The company is privately held with no public ticker; CEO Sebastian Wikström leads a small management team that includes a Head of Sales (Anna-Lotta Svensson) and a Marketing & Sustainability Manager (Elsa Ahlfors). Disclosed capital raised to date is approximately $1.5M across rounds led by Loudspring and FoodLabs, supplemented by a 2017 acquisition of competitor Mealsaver.

Name

ResQ Club

Legal name

ResQ Club Oy

Website

https://resq-club.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ResQ Club operates a mobile marketplace connecting restaurants, grocers, florists, and wholesalers with surplus food, flowers, and produce to over 1.1 million consumers across Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Germany, earning roughly 25% commission on each sale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surplus food and goods marketplace

NAICS

Food and Beverage Retailers (445), Used Merchandise Retailers (45951)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Food Buying Clubs & Cooperative Bulk Programs (CRAHAMAM)

Keywords

• Surplus food marketplace
• Food waste reduction
• Restaurant surplus resale
• Discount grocery app
• Wholesale produce resale

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commission on Partner Sales: ResQ Club charges approximately 25% commission on the pre-tax value of all sales made through the platform. Partners are not charged fixed fees and only pay when they successfully sell surplus goods. A small service fee (€0.20 per order) is added for consumers, and a handling fee (€3.80) applies to Kotikulma wholesale orders.
2. Transaction Fee (Consumer Side): A flat €0.20 service fee is added to every consumer order placed through the app. An additional €3.80 handling fee applies to Kotikulma wholesale orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ResQ Club operates a two-sided mobile marketplace that connects businesses with surplus food, flowers, plants and wholesale produce to consumers seeking discounted goods nearby. Partners (restaurants, cafes, bakeries, grocery stores, florists, wholesalers) publish unsold inventory via the ResQ Partner App or Web Portal; consumers discover and purchase these offers at 30–60% discounts via the ResQ consumer app and pick them up in person. The platform earns approximately 25% commission on each partner sale with no fixed fees.

Product overview

ResQ Club operates a dual-sided mobile marketplace connecting businesses with surplus goods to consumers seeking discounted products. The platform consists of a Consumer App for buyers to discover and purchase surplus food, flowers, and other goods, paired with a Partner App and Web Portal for businesses to publish offers and manage sales. A specialized wholesale sub-product called ResQ Kotikulma enables consumers to purchase larger surplus batches from industrial wholesalers. The company earns revenue through approximately 25% commission on partner sales plus small per-transaction service fees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ResQ Kotikulma: Wholesale service for industrial operators allowing purchase of surplus products in larger wholesale batches, delivered to neighborhood pickup points.

Products and services

• ResQ Club Consumer App Mobile marketplace app for individual consumers to discover nearby surplus food, meals, flowers, plants and wholesale produce from local businesses, purchase at 30–60% discount in-app, and pick up orders from partner venues. Available in English, Finnish, Swedish and Estonian.
• ResQ Partner App Mobile app for business partners (restaurants, cafes, bakeries, grocery stores, flower shops, garden centers and wholesalers) to register on the platform, publish surplus offers, manage order templates, track orders, and view sales reports. Available on iOS and Android.
• ResQ Partner Portal (Web) Web-based dashboard for business partners to publish offers, manage templates, update company information, view sales statistics and payout reports, and handle order management. Alternative to the ResQ Partner App for desktop users.
• ResQ Kotikulma Wholesale surplus service within the ResQ app that allows consumers to purchase larger batches of surplus fruits and vegetables directly from industrial wholesalers, with pickup at consolidated distribution points (e.g., Foodnix store in Shopping Mall Redi, Helsinki, Tuesdays and Fridays 16:00–19:30). Includes a €3.80 handling fee per order.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000,000+ surplus items rescued from going to waste
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• BlomsterlandetflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Blomsterlandet — Sweden's largest garden and plant retail chain — partnered with ResQ Club as the first company in Sweden to offer customers the opportunity to rescue surplus flowers, plants, and gardening products through the ResQ app. The collaboration began as a pilot in spring 2024 across several cities, expanded nationally to all Blomsterlandet stores by April 2025. Nearly 700 customers saved 4,500+ items during the pilot phase. The partnership enables Blomsterlandet to reduce store waste as part of its broader sustainability strategy.
• FoodnixcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 February 2025Foodnix is a food waste store operating in Shopping Mall Redi, Helsinki. ResQ Club collaborates with Foodnix and Shopping Mall Redi to enable consumers to purchase surplus fruit and vegetable wholesale products through the ResQ app, with pickup from Foodnix's physical store location. This partnership extends ResQ's reach into earlier stages of the food chain via the ResQ Kotikulma wholesale service.
• Shopping Mall RediminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 February 2025Shopping Mall Redi in Helsinki collaborates with ResQ Club and Foodnix on a sustainability initiative to reduce vegetable and fruit waste from domestic wholesalers. Redi provides the physical pickup location for ResQ Kotikulma wholesale orders. The initiative complements Redi's existing sustainability work including Second Hand offerings and community spaces.
• Veikko LainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeikko Laine is a Finnish fruit and vegetable wholesaler participating in the ResQ Kotikulma wholesale service. Wholesalers cannot sell cosmetically imperfect produce to grocery stores, so ResQ Club provides an alternative channel to sell surplus directly to consumers. Offers are published in the ResQ app and picked up from Foodnix at Shopping Mall Redi.
• SatotukkucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSatotukku is a Finnish fruit and vegetable wholesaler participating in the ResQ Kotikulma wholesale service. Similar to Veikko Laine, Satotukku uses ResQ Club to reach consumers with surplus produce that cannot be sold through conventional retail channels due to appearance. Offers are available Tuesdays and Fridays 8:00–13:00 via the ResQ app.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Too Good To Go: Global surplus-meal marketplace connecting restaurants, bakeries, and grocery stores with consumers via a mobile app — the same two-sided business model as ResQ Club, but operating across most of Europe with significantly larger scale and funding.
• Karma: Swedish-founded surplus food marketplace with near-identical pickup-based model; the most direct Nordic geographic and product overlap with ResQ Club's Finnish/Swedish footprint.
• Olio: UK-headquartered food-sharing app combining peer-to-peer surplus sharing with a partner-venue marketplace for restaurants and retailers; directly comparable two-sided model targeting food waste reduction.
• Phenix: French surplus food marketplace serving consumers, restaurants, and grocery retailers with both B2C and B2B offerings; comparable multi-stakeholder model with European footprint overlap.
• Flashfood: North American surplus food marketplace partnering with grocery chains to sell near-expiry inventory at discount via mobile app; comparable two-sided grocery-surplus model though geographically separate.
• Yindii: Thai surplus food marketplace connecting restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and hotels with consumers via mobile app; same core model as ResQ but operating in Southeast Asia.
• Misfits Market: US online grocer specializing in surplus, 'ugly', and excess inventory; while operating a subscription/own-inventory model rather than a true marketplace, it addresses the same underlying surplus-produce opportunity as ResQ Kotikulma.
• Imperfect Foods: US subscription grocer delivering surplus and cosmetically imperfect produce; overlaps with ResQ Kotikulma's value proposition of offloading imperfect wholesale produce that cannot reach standard retail channels.

Emerging players

• No Waste: Danish surplus food app connecting grocery retailers with consumers to rescue near-expiry items; comparable model with Northern European overlap but smaller scale than ResQ.

Regional players

• FoodCloud: Irish surplus food redistribution platform connecting retailers with charities; adjacent mission and partial model overlap with ResQ, but operates a B2B charity-redistribution model rather than a paid consumer marketplace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/resqclubglobal
• Instagraminstagram.com/resqclub
• Xx.com/resqclub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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