In 2020, the company raised $20m to expand their product range into other ranges in the baby and body categories. Dyper's product range includes plant-based training pants and cloth diapers, as well as wipes, creams and lotions.
History
Dyper was founded in
Phoenix Magazine noted Dyper 'originated from an idea that formed in [Radovcic's] mind while he wheeled garbage cans filled with his kids’ diapers week after week'.[2]AP quoted their mission as 'to divert diapers from landfills'.[3][4]
In 2020, Dyper acquired Earth Baby, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, which had been the only diaper composting service in the United States since 2008.[5] The acquisition brought pickup and delivery to customers in the Bay Area, and allowed for expansion via local market delivery and in house composting.[6] The company announced plans for local market expansion into Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, and Las Vegas.[7] By 2021, Dyper had 48 employees.[1]
By early 2022, Dyper announced expansion to Thrive Market, followed by its first 'brick and mortar' availability in Whole Foods.[8][9][10] This was followed by Walmart later in 2022.[11][12][13] In late 2022, Forbes named Dyper the 'diaper delivery service of the year'.[14]
In April 2022, Dyper announced a partnership with rePurpose Global to remove
plastic waste from the environment, and their intention to be 'the first plastic-neutral diapers'.[15][16] They later announced they had removed 100,000 kg of plastic waste from the environment.[17][18] Later in the year, Dyper announced they had become a B-Corp, and their intention to be 'the first plastic-neutral diapers'.[15][16]
REDYPER and other
REDYPER was announced by Dyper in 2020, partnering with TerraCycle to allow customers to 'compost [their diapers] by mail'.[19][20][21][3]The Verge noted Dyper is the first compostable diaper, and the program works on a subscription model as an add-on service, sending boxes for users to return their diapers with.[22][23][24][25]
Funding
In October 2019, Dyper received investment from HCAP Partners.[26] In 2020, Dyper raised a further $20m from existing investor HCAP and others.[27][28]
Products
Dyper Diapers – bamboo fibre compostable diapers
Dyper Bamboo Training Pants
Dyper Bamboo Cloth Pants
Dyper Compostable Baby Wipes
Dyper Creams + Lotions
Baby Wash/Shampoo
Products and distribution
Dyper advertises their products as free from 'chlorine, latex, alcohol, lotions, TBT or Phthalates', and their diapers as made from bamboo fibers.
^ ab"Phoenix-Based DYPER Gives Baby Diapers the Eco-Treatment". PHOENIX magazine. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2022-09-29. "Sustainable" and "plant-based" aren't just buzzy menu descriptors anymore. With Phoenix company DYPER, even baby tushes are getting the eco-treatment. It offers subscriptions to unscented bamboo diapers (also available: cloth diapers) sans alcohol, chlorine, latex and lotions. "I started the company to solve three problems: never running out of diapers, treating my daughter's bum with no harmful chemicals and leaving a better planet behind for my three children," owner Sergio Radovcic says.
^Knight, Heather (2016-09-24). "SF's zero-waste failure littered with fines, frustration". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-30. Also, the company BioBag, which sells compostable bags, has partnered with the compostable diaper service EarthBaby to set up a doggie poop collection site at the open space at 23rd and Carolina streets on Potrero Hill.
^Janitz, Emilee (2021-02-22). "These Compostable Nappies Are Helping Me Reduce My Carbon Footprint". POPSUGAR UK Parenting. Retrieved 2022-09-30. Aside from providing customers with a shop-on-demand option, Dyper also offers a subscription model and a composting service (called ReDyper) that — get this — allows you to mail back your child's dirty nappies.
^"Adam Neumann makes his next real estate play". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-09-29. – DYPER, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based maker of eco-friendly diapers, raised $20 million in funding. The Craftory led the round and was joined by investors including HCAP.
