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2nd pitch: Kompo

Published: March 5, 2026 at 8:13 pm

Next up is Ben McGirr, founder of Kompo, a first-time founder from Ireland.

Launched in 2025, Kompo is a countertop food composter that dries and grinds kitchen scraps into an odour-free material that can be used as plant fuel via a dual charcoal filter.

The £249 gadget, which only uses 20p of electricity per cycle, claims to reduce the volume of food waste by up to 80% in four to eight hours. 

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