Sprout World

Sprout World is a Danish company developing sustainable consumer products. The company was established in 2012 by Danish entrepreneurs Michael Stausholm and Jonathan Løw.[1] The company's main product is the Sprout Pencil,[2][3][4] which was originally invented by three students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.[5]

Sprout was commercially successful in Denmark[6] and a number of other European countries.[7] In the autumn of 2013, Løw, decided to leave Sprout.[8] and Stausholm took over the business. Today, the company sells more than 450,000 pencils a month in more than 60 different countries.

Currently, Sprout has offices in Denmark and the US.

References

  1. ↑ "Kan blyanter redde jorden?". Dansk Markedsføring (in Danish).
  2. ↑ "New pencil sprouts in shops". The Copenhagen Post.
  3. ↑ Parija Kavilanz (4 November 2015). "These pencils sprout into vegetables, herbs and flowering plants". CNNMoney.
  4. ↑ Matt McFarland (5 November 2015). "The pencil that you can plant in your garden". Washington Post.
  5. ↑ "Flavors of Sprout". Kickstarter.
  6. ↑ "Tænk, hvis din blyant kunne vokse..." (in Danish). Finans.dk. 25 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sprout pencils: Would you eat vegetables including tomatoes and basil grown from a PENCIL?". Mail Online. 24 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Medstifter forlader spirende succes" (in Danish). Finans.dk. 12 September 2013.

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