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North Ladder

Most of us know what it feels like to sell a pre-owned device - be it a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet. The fact is that the pre-owned market is intransparent and finding a fair price for your asset is daunting. Even if you do get a fair price, the inconvenience of meeting the buyer, negotiating the price, shipping the asset, and waiting for payment could be an exhausting process. And then there is the worry of figuring out what happens to the data on your device. This is why NorthLadder came to be. We are the region’s only auction-driven selling platform for pre-owned electronics devices- a thoughtfully created service where people can sell their devices to a network of global buyers and get cash instantly in a safe, dignified, and hassle-free manner. But that’s not all. We have many convenient drop-off locations across the region for getting instant cash against your devices. Don’t want to drop off your device? No worries, we will come to your doorstep to pick it up and hand the cash over to you. And if you want your data to be erased, we can advise you on ways to do it or use internationally approved software to erase it for a small fee. We have served thousands of customers and their overwhelmingly positive feedback tells us we are on the right track. Our efforts actively contribute to the formation of a circular economy, which is the need of the day. You can help too, by introducing your electronic gadget to the secondary market - increase its lifespan and reduce its carbon footprint. This is what keeps us motivated: to help the planet as we continue our mission to serve millions of people across the globe. We are passionate, we are focussed, we are NorthLadder.

www.northladder.com Dubayy, United Arab Emirates 51-100 employees
Total raised
$15.0M
Latest round: +200% of prior total
Rounds
2
Latest
Convertible Note
May 2022

Most of us know what it feels like to sell a pre-owned device - be it a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet. The fact is that the pre-owned market is intransparent and finding a fair price for your asset is daunting. Even if you do get a fair price, the inconvenience of meeting the buyer, negotiating the price, shipping the asset, and waiting for payment could be an exhausting process. And then there is the worry of figuring out what happens to the data on your device. This is why NorthLadder came to be. We are the region’s only auction-driven selling platform for pre-owned electronics devices- a thoughtfully created service where people can sell their devices to a network of global buyers and get cash instantly in a safe, dignified, and hassle-free manner. But that’s not all. We have many convenient drop-off locations across the region for getting instant cash against your devices. Don’t want to drop off your device? No worries, we will come to your doorstep to pick it up and hand the cash over to you. And if you want your data to be erased, we can advise you on ways to do it or use internationally approved software to erase it for a small fee. We have served thousands of customers and their overwhelmingly positive feedback tells us we are on the right track. Our efforts actively contribute to the formation of a circular economy, which is the need of the day. You can help too, by introducing your electronic gadget to the secondary market - increase its lifespan and reduce its carbon footprint. This is what keeps us motivated: to help the planet as we continue our mission to serve millions of people across the globe. We are passionate, we are focussed, we are NorthLadder.

North Ladder has raised $15.0M across 2 rounds. Its most recent round was a Convertible Note of $10.0M in May 2022. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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$10.0M

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