Advise and sales of reconditioned childcare equipment
Every year, millions of new items of childcare equipment are bought in France. Most of these come from Asia. Séverine Inkerman wanted to offer a fair and sustainable alternative, releasing cleaned and inspected equipment back into the circuit at a reasonable price.
A second chance for childcare equipment
Lorient (Brittany)
Advise and sales of reconditioned childcare equipment
Every year, millions of new items of childcare equipment are bought in France. Most of these come from Asia. Séverine Inkerman wanted to offer a fair and sustainable alternative, releasing cleaned and inspected equipment back into the circuit at a reasonable price.
The idea is simple: future parents come for a meetingto help identify their needs in terms of equipment for their new baby. Using Tikoantik’s list, they can buy this equipment from the website and get the items sent directly to their home.
The idea for this company came in 2021, at the peak of the Covid 19 pandemic. A small group of parents, interested by the circular economy, came together to think of an alternative to buying new childcare equipment. Especially when the first child arrives, parents need advice, quality control, and guarantees. This is what Tikoantik offers.
With this project, Séverine Inkerman wanted to build a real local ecosystem, based on a social and community-oriented economy: she works with Esat Alter Ego to clean the equipment, and with the professional reintegration company Book Hémisphères for logistics and product shipping. Their items are intended for parents and for childcare professionals (such as nursery managers, for example).
At the same time, Tikoantik is working to help people change their behaviour, using awareness workshops and events to help parents become more environmentally aware.
To get this project off the ground, Séverine Inkerman received support from France Active as part of the Emergence Space package. “The most precious thing we got from France Active was their benevolent yet demanding perspective on our project”, she tells us.
