Conclusion and acknowledgements

This guide has been developed by Ludovica Rogers who has been monitoring the platform co-op ecosystem in the UK over the past two years as part of Co-operatives UK’s UnFound programme. 

The content of the guide builds on the extensive knowledge and experience of Co-operatives UK’s Advice team and  the Community Shares Unit, as well as the valuable contributions from people operating in adjacent fields of business support, in particular Greg Brodzky Director at Start.coop, Daisy Ford-Downes at The Venture Lab and Esme Verity, CEO at Atmos.

We would also like to thank the founders of the platform co-ops mentioned in the guide for the information they have generously shared with us, as well as Open Society Foundations whose financial support made this guide possible.

We aim to update the guide regularly, so if you would like to provide feedback and/or suggest improvements, please email [email protected]. 

Finally we would like to acknowledge similar efforts aiming at transforming the funding ecosystem for start-ups across the world which have provided inspiration for this guide, in particular ZebrasUnite.coop, Start.coop and MEDLab’s Exit to Community, as well as other actors advancing the business support for platform co-ops, such as the Platform Co-operative Consortium, Mondragon University and Supermarkt Berlin.