unleash the good
Our journey
GIVESTAR.Io
FOUNDED
Schoolmates turned co-founders, Tom and Alex saw first-hand the plight of homelessness on the streets of London. When the world started going cashless, they knew the human cost of it. They didn't just want to solve a problem - they wanted to solve one that actually mattered.
Tap to Donate
is Born
Charities needed a cashless solution. givestar built one. The first real test came - Tap to Donate went live in one of the UK's most iconic retail spaces, Topshop, Oxford Street raising money for CALM. The donations? Not many. The progress? Enormous. Tom and Alex were energised. Something had begun.
Good Goes
Mobile
givestar went consumer. The app launched, taking the Tap to Donate technology and putting it where it belonged - in the hands of everyday people with the drive to make a difference. The barrier to fundraising just got demolished.
Hardest Geezer.
Biggest Impact.
When Russ Cook became our first Adventure For Good Grant recipient, we didn't quite expect history. Russ became givestar's first individual fundraiser to raise over £1,000,000 through Project Africa. He opened the door for the hundreds of incredible gals and geezers we've backed with grants ever since.
1,000,000
Donations
Oxford Street, 2019. Two founders, Tap to Donate, and a few donations. Fast forward to 2025 and the givestar community hit one million donations. One million people choosing to give, to act, to make a difference. From zero to a million.
Half a Million
Strong
500,000 members - that's not a user base, that's a movement. A community of givers, fundraisers and impact-drivers all doing it their way, on their terms. The next-gen came to give differently and givestar gave them the home to do it.
FUTURE
HERE’S WHAT
WE KNOW:
There is good in everyone. The instinct to help, to give, to make a difference - it's human. Our job is to unleash it. We do that by building technology that puts impact first, always. The biggest chapters of the givestar story? They haven't been written yet.
We make
giving easy
givestar gives supporters a best-in-class platform to raise more, connect with the community, and make every donation count.
WE SUPPORT CHARITIES
Unlock supporter data, reach the right people at the right time on their terms, all from one powerful platform.
TO DATE
YOUR IMPACT
THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
GIVING
CERTIFIED
103.2
CERTIFIED B CORP
Having a positive, societal impact is at the heart of everything we do at givestar - it’s why we started and will always remain our core mission. Key to this ethos are transparency and accountability, as well as a continual desire to serve our community of charities and fundraisers better.
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UNLEASH
THE
GOOD
Join the next-gen giving platform that helps you fundraise smarter and do more for the causes you care about.
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