Giraskuola

What Giraskuola does

Giraskuola is an Italian SaaS platform that operates a digital marketplace for used school books, materials, and supplies, connecting families within municipalities that have activated the service. The web-based platform, accessible at giraskuola.it, enables peer-to-peer exchange — including selling, buying, exchanging, lending, or gifting — of used textbooks and school-related materials covering primary school through university, plus categories such as art supplies, sports equipment, musical instruments, technology, and sustainable mobility items.

The underlying technology is delivered as a web-based SaaS platform with two core functional modules: a Textbook Exchange Module that supports location-based search by municipality, school, and class with ISBN, title, and author filtering, and a School Materials Module offering category-based browsing and listing. An interactive municipal mapping service helps users locate their local community pages. The platform technology is protected by a filed patent application (Domanda di brevetto per invenzione numero 102021000007109, filed March 2021), which has not yet been granted. The platform does not process transactions — exchanges occur directly between users.

The business model is a B2B/B2G subscription targeting Italian municipalities (Comuni). Municipalities pay an annual subscription fee to activate the platform for their citizens, who access it for free. Recommended contract duration is two or more years, with annual fees fixed for the contract term and inclusive of platform functionalities, improvements, and customer support. Distribution is handled through a direct field sales motion using dedicated agents who contact municipalities, conduct meetings, and provide ongoing support. Revenue is supplemented by promotional advertising spaces sold to local businesses (aziende filantrope) seeking community visibility. The company is headquartered in Bergamo, founded in 2020/2021, registered as Giraskuola S.r.l. — società unipersonale (Partita IVA 04478490164), and operates as a recognized innovative startup (startup innovativa) under Italian law.

Name

Giraskuola

Legal name

Giraskuola S.r.l.

Website

https://giraskuola.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Giraskuola is an Italian SaaS platform that enables municipalities to offer citizens a free digital marketplace for buying, selling, exchanging, and lending used school books and educational materials within their communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Material Circular Economy Platform

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Communication & Family Engagement Platforms (Messaging, Portals, Translation) (EDAJAMAI)

Keywords

• School book exchange
• Circular economy platform
• Municipal SaaS services
• Used goods marketplace
• Education reuse platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergamo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipality subscription fees: Giraskuola generates revenue by charging Italian municipalities an annual subscription fee to provide the platform to their citizens. The platform is free for end-users (citizens/families). The annual cost is fixed for the duration of the contract and includes all platform functionalities, improvements, and customer support.
2. Promotional advertising spaces: The platform offers promotional advertising spaces within municipality pages that can be offered to local business partners as visibility compensation for funding the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Giraskuola is a web-based platform that connects families within Italian municipalities to buy, sell, exchange, lend, or gift used school books and materials from primary school through university. The service is free for citizens and activated by municipalities through an annual subscription; transactions occur directly between users outside the platform. The offering covers textbooks plus materials for sports, art, music, technology, and sustainable mobility.

Product overview

Giraskuola operates as a single unified web-based platform for circular economy in school materials. The platform consists of a core marketplace for used textbooks and school materials, with two main functional modules: (1) a Textbook Exchange Module that enables location-based search by municipality, school, and class with ISBN/title/author filtering, and (2) a School Materials Module providing category-based browsing and listing across eight categories. An interactive municipal mapping service helps users locate their local community. The platform is offered to Italian municipalities as a white-label service, with promotional spaces for municipal or corporate sponsors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Giraskuola Platform Web-based SaaS platform that connects families within Italian municipalities to buy, sell, exchange, lend, or give away used textbooks and school materials from primary school through university. Sold as an annual subscription to municipalities, offered free to end-user citizens, and includes textbook search by ISBN/title/author, category-based school material listings across art, sport, digital, and music, and an interactive municipal map.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free service for citizens, saving families money on school materials
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Maggioli EditoreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMaggioli Editore appears as a distribution partner, with their logo displayed alongside 'Distribuito da' (Distributed by) on the Giraskuola website. The nature of the partnership appears to be related to content distribution or platform distribution within the publishing ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Subito.it: Italy's largest horizontal classifieds and p2p marketplace, where users already buy and sell used school books and supplies. Competes for the same Italian family user activity, but with far broader scope and no municipal-led distribution.
• Wallapop: Major p2p circular-economy marketplace operating in Italy with used textbooks and school supply listings. Competes for the same family-to-family exchange activity within a much broader, non-verticalized platform.

Others

• Maggioli Editore: Italian publishing house and content platform already listed as a distribution partner for Giraskuola. Adjacent ecosystem participant that could scale Giraskuola's reach through publisher and PA channels.

Emerging players

• Regaliamo.it / ScambioLibri (community groups): Italian Facebook groups and local bulletin-board communities where families already coordinate used-textbook swaps for free. These are the primary free substitutes competing for the same transaction activity that Giraskuola wants to channel through its platform.
• Vinted: European circular-economy marketplace that has begun broadening beyond apparel into adjacent categories. Relevant as a benchmark for community-led p2p re-use at scale and a potential future same-category expansion target.

Regional players

• Momox: German-led re-commerce and used-book resale platform active across EU markets. Comparable business in monetizing used books through re-sale channels, useful as a model for verticalizing used-textbook economics.

Direct peers

• Libraccio: Italian retailer specializing in new and used textbooks, including a back-to-school used-book marketplace across Italian schools. Direct overlap on used school book exchange, with a retail model rather than a community/municipal subscription model.
• Mercatopoli / Il Mercatino: Italian second-hand marketplace and franchise network facilitating exchange of used goods between local families. Comparable in circular-economy re-use positioning, with overlapping reuse use cases (including school materials).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/giraskuola
• Instagraminstagram.com/giraskuola
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/giraskuola-srl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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