GIVE BACK INTERNATIONAL INC

What GIVE BACK INTERNATIONAL INC does

Give Back International Inc, operating under the brand "Giveback Glow Cubes," is a Walnut Creek, California-based private company developing a retail concept built around portable, eco-friendly storefronts called Glow Cubes. Each Glow Cube is roto-molded from recycled HDPE (recycled high-density polyethylene) plastic and illuminated with energy-efficient LEDs, intended to be deployed in vacant or abandoned real estate as dynamic retail hubs under the New Retail Theatre (NRT) sub-brand. The company also operates "Reclaiming the Map," a web-based crowd-mapping tool that allows users to pin and profile local vacant properties for potential future Glow Cube placement.

The proposed go-to-market combines a community-led crowd-mapping approach with a business-in-a-box ownership model, in which individuals would own and operate individual Glow Cube units. The stated revenue stream is one-time licensing or unit sales to owners/franchisees, though no pricing has been publicly disclosed. Marketing is conducted primarily through a Facebook page ("makingretailfun") and the corporate website, with engagement framed around "Kindwill" social signals. The visible founder, Buddy Jackson, is publicly seeking $200 million USD in funding from major corporate investors — naming Tesla, Google, Mad Engine LLC, and H&M Conglomerates as targets — to scale manufacturing and global deployment.

As of the available data, the company has 6 employees, no disclosed revenue, no completed institutional funding rounds, no confirmed partnerships, and no documented customer transactions. The named corporate investor targets are aspirational rather than formalized. The operating footprint is theoretically global in ambition but has no demonstrated geographic deployment beyond a website and a Facebook page. The company is effectively at a pre-revenue concept stage with significant funding, manufacturing, and execution risk.

Name

GIVE BACK INTERNATIONAL INC

Legal name

Give Back International Inc

Website

https://givebackint.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Give Back International Inc, operating as Giveback Glow Cubes, develops portable LED-lit storefronts made from recycled HDPE plastic for placement in vacant real estate, targeting individual entrepreneurs and local communities under a business-in-a-box ownership model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Glow Cube Sales/Distribution: Business-in-a-box model where individuals own and operate their own Glow Cube retail units. Revenue likely derived from unit sales or licensing to franchisees/owners.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Give Back International Inc sells Giveback Glow Cubes — portable, eco-friendly storefronts rotomolded from recycled HDPE plastic and illuminated by energy-efficient LED lights — packaged as a Business-In-A-Box retail concept. The Glow Cubes are designed to be individually owned and placed in vacant or abandoned real estate to operate as New Retail Theatre hubs selling brand-name gift, clothing, and accessory products. The company pairs the physical product with a community crowd-mapping tool that lets users pin vacant locations for future Glow Cube deployment.

Product overview

Give Back International Inc offers a single unified product concept called Giveback GlowCubes — a Business-In-A-Box retail solution. The portfolio consists of New Retail Theatre (dynamic brand-name gift clothing and accessory hubs), The Glow Cube (eco-friendly LED-lit storefronts made from recycled HDPE plastic), and a Crowdmapping Real Estate tool that enables community members to report vacant properties for potential repopulation. These products work together as an integrated system: the crowdmapping tool identifies abandoned spaces, New Retail Theatre defines the retail concept, and The Glow Cube provides the physical modular storefront infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Glow Cube: Eco-friendly, roto-molded storefronts crafted from recycled HDPE plastic that glow under energy-efficient LED light — portable, striking, and entirely yours.
• New Retail Theatre (NRT)
• Reclaiming the Map

Products and services

• Giveback GlowCubes (Business-In-A-Box) A Business-In-A-Box retail concept packaging portable, eco-friendly, rotomolded Glow Cube storefronts made from recycled HDPE plastic with integrated LED lighting so that individual owners can operate their own retail units in vacant or abandoned commercial spaces.
• New Retail Theatre Dynamic brand-name gift, clothing, and accessory retail hubs built around Glow Cubes, designed to replace dying commercial spaces and inject neon creativity back into communities in a Boho, Gypsy, Hippie, Chic, Street Smart aesthetic.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Shopify: Shopify is the dominant commerce platform enabling small and micro merchants to launch retail businesses with low upfront cost. It is a broad-incumbent peer because Give Back International's business-in-a-box model targets the same wave of micro-entrepreneurs Shopify serves, but in physical rather than online retail.

Direct peers

• Appear Here: Appear Here operates a marketplace for short-term and pop-up retail space in vacant and underused real estate. It is a direct peer because Give Back International's Glow Cube concept similarly targets activation of vacant/abandoned storefronts, just via owned physical units rather than a marketplace model.
• b8ta: b8ta pioneered retail-as-a-service, providing standardized modular store fixtures and an operating platform for brands to launch physical retail. Give Back International's Glow Cube business-in-a-box concept pursues a similar modular-fixture + brand-retail thesis but with portable, illuminated units placed in vacant properties.
• Pop Up Grocer: Pop Up Grocer runs a pop-up retail concept that places curated brand products in temporary physical locations across cities. It is a direct peer because both companies repurpose vacant retail real estate with a distinctive physical format to bring emerging brands and products to local consumers.
• Storefront (formerly The Storefront): Storefront operates an online marketplace for short-term retail space rentals. It is a direct peer because both companies target the same opportunity — activating vacant/abandoned real estate for short-format retail — though Storefront is a software marketplace rather than a physical-fixture operator.

Emerging players

• The Lion'esque Group: The Lion'esque Group designs and executes pop-up retail experiences and retail-as-a-service programs for brands. It is an emerging-player peer because it competes in the same 'turnkey retail in unusual spaces' category that Give Back International is targeting with Glow Cubes.
• Cargo: Cargo places branded products inside ride-share vehicles and other unconventional retail venues. It is an emerging-player peer because it similarly distributes curated brand merchandise through non-traditional, distributed physical retail points, though without a permanent illuminated fixture like the Glow Cube.

Regional players

• Boxyard Bristol: Boxyard Bristol converted shipping containers into a permanent retail and street-food destination, demonstrating a similar modular-form-factor retail concept. It is a regional-player peer because both businesses repurpose non-traditional physical structures into branded retail hubs, though Boxyard is a single UK installation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/makingretailfun
• Facebookfacebook.com/makingretailfun
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/give-back-international-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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