Givva started with a problem hiding in plain sight.
There’s no shortage of people we want to celebrate.
There is, however, a lot of stuff.
I kept noticing people invent workarounds to gift-giving.
As a mom of two, I’ve seen it for years. And I’m part of it too.
Before a birthday party, I’d text the parent asking what their kid was into. Otherwise I was guessing and probably bringing another random toy into their house.
For teacher gifts, a room parent would collect money and buy one gift from everyone. If I was organized enough, my kid would add a handmade card. Most years, I was just Venmo-mom.
At work, someone would get volun-told to organize the team gift. They’d pick something, collect the money and chase down the people who forgot. Other times, I’d sign a group card and have no idea what the gift even was.
Sound familiar?
Guessing what to give sucks. Adding to clutter sucks. And sending someone money is easy, but it doesn’t really feel like giving a gift.
Group gifts made sense to me, but the way we did them didn’t. I found that frustrating because I actually love giving gifts.
That’s where Givva came from.
I wanted to make it easier for people to come together around one gift without turning someone into the organizer, shopper and payment chaser.
And I didn’t want ‘easier’ to mean less personal.
The person receiving it should know who was part of it. They should get the messages, the photos, the little things people wanted to say along with their gift.
That’s what I’m building with Givva.
Rashmi
Founder, Givva