4 years ago
ALT/AVE Raises £535K to Reduce Paper Waste in Financial Services
ALT/AVE, a UK-based RegTech startup, has secured £535,000 in funding to reduce paper waste in the financial sector
The funding includes a £148,000 Innovate UK grant and £387,000 in pre-seed capital from various investors
ALT/AVE's solution, docStribute, utilizes distributed ledger technology to offer banks and other regulated institutions a secure and sustainable digital solution for distributing highly regulated documents to their customers
The company claims that docStribute will result in a 95% reduction in paper usage, a 25g decrease in CO2e per document compared to postal delivery, and cut costs by as much as 70%.
ProblemFinancial Services
"The financial sector's reliance on paper causes severe demands on green plants, environmental pollution, and risk of non-compliance."
Solution
"ALT/AVE's docStribute solution utilizes distributed ledger technology to provide banks with a secure, sustainable, and compliant digital process for distributing regulated documents to customers, reducing paper usage, CO2 emissions, and costs."