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From climate awareness to measurable action

One app for the whole problem

We are an impact startup. beeco makes sustainable action simple, local and measurable. Use our free app to understand your footprint, discover greener places and events, get coupons from sustainable businesses and join community challenges.

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beeco app screen of a young tree to water, with a button to log the watering (Hungarian interface).
Volunteers watering young city trees together with buckets and watering cans.

For cities

Get residents involved in local climate action

Run a campaign in the beeco app and see what residents actually do, with validated results.

Explore city solutions
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For startups

Show your impact to the beeco community

Bring your tool, network or product into a joint campaign and reach people who already take action.

Join as a startup
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For investors

A reusable platform for validated climate action

See our traction, how the model earns revenue and how we plan to test it in other European cities.

Read the investor story

The challenge

Global, interconnected problems

Climate change and ecological collapse are not one problem with one fix. They form a web of connected challenges, and we have to face them as a whole, not piece by piece.

A wooden signpost with several direction signs on a coastal hill path above the sea.

Action–intention gap

Most people say they care about the climate. But habits, convenience and doubt get in the way, and good intentions rarely turn into action without an easy first step.

85% of Europeans call climate change a serious problem, yet only 28% see themselves as best placed to turn the tide.

Source · European Commission, Special Eurobarometer 565 (2025) ↗
Dry, cracked earth on a drained lakebed at sunrise.

Tipping point – we have to act

Scientists warn that some climate systems could cross points of no return. The window for action is narrowing, so progress cannot wait for perfect conditions.

At 1.4 °C of warming, warm-water coral reefs are already crossing their thermal tipping point.

Source · Global Tipping Points Report 2025 ↗
A man and a child examining moss and leaves on an autumn forest floor.

Lack of education

Climate information is often complex, frightening or scattered. Without clear, trustworthy knowledge, people don’t know which actions really matter.

Only 53% of national curricula mention climate change, and fewer than 40% of teachers feel confident teaching its severity.

Source · UNESCO and Education International, 2021 ↗
A blurred crowd of people in motion.

Lack of focus

Attention is scarce and goals are scattered across hundreds of small tips. Without one clear, local goal, effort fades and impact stays invisible.

Four in ten people sometimes or often avoid the news, up from 29% in 2017.

Source · Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 ↗

Photos: Unsplash.

Our solutions

Climate solution platform

Powered by the planet-caring community

One app for multiple eco problems, powered by community.

01 · Understand

Measure and understand your footprint

Calculate your footprint and get practical tips on how to reduce it in everyday life.

You can track three footprint types:

Water

Carbon

Waste

Based on local data and backed by Pannon University in Hungary.

beeco app screen with a footprint result and a button for reduction tips (Hungarian interface).

02 · Discover

Find green places around you

Find local places on the map that make your day more sustainable:

  • Local producers

  • Selective waste bins

  • Repair and rental services

  • Events where you can connect, learn and build relationships

  • Green coupons from our eco SME partners that make the greener choice cheaper

The whole app is backed by an active community. Recommend places, events and coupons, and become your town's eco hero or greenfluencer!

beeco app map with local green places and an event pin (Hungarian interface).

03 · Take action

Join a local green campaign

You are not alone. We show you how your small everyday decisions make your community's impact grow.

Give us a topic and create a campaign that gets people moving. Our impact is not measured in likes or comments.

Join our nationwide challenges:

  • Önkéntes Vízadás 2026: support young city trees on hot summer days

  • Csicsergősz 2026: bird-friendly actions – feed the birds, give them water and support their habitat

  • Veganuár 2027: coming soon

beeco app screen of a young tree to water, with a button to log the watering (Hungarian interface).

04 · Team up

Do it together

Team up with neighbours, colleagues or friends and work towards a shared goal.

  • You can bee an eco hero, the eco idol of the next generation.

  • Start a team, motivate others and amplify your impact!

People have a footprint, but a handprint as well! We help you minimise your footprint and maximise your handprint.

beeco app screen with a list of local teams (Hungarian interface).

05 · Get rewarded

Earn nectar, unlock coupons and more

Every action earns Nectar points that you can use for coupons from green partners.

beeco app screen with coupons from green partners (Hungarian interface).

Free for everyone, in Hungary and abroad

Knowledge and opportunity should be accessible to all, so the beeco app is free to download and use.

Download for iOSDownload for Android

For cities

Our solutions for cities

Volunteer Tree Watering: from a Budapest pilot to a nationwide campaign. Volunteers, municipalities and sponsors came together to water young urban trees across Hungary.

During hot, dry spells, young urban trees need regular watering. People wanted to help, but needed to know which trees needed water. We put those trees on the beeco map and gave volunteers a way to coordinate their efforts.

Volunteers watering trees together with buckets in the evening.

How the campaign works

Fekete térkép szimbólum világító helyjelölő ikonnal.

1 · Find a tree

Open the map and choose a young tree nearby that needs water.

The map shows the young trees around you. Pick one that is close, check when it was last watered, and bring a bucket or a watering can.

beeco app map where volunteers choose a young tree nearby (Hungarian interface).
Egyszerű fekete színű öntözőkanna sziluett fehér kontúrral.

2 · Water it and log it

Record how much water you gave the tree so the next volunteer can see when it was last watered.

After you pour the water, log how much you gave. Every watering is validated in the app, so the campaign counts real actions, not pledges.

beeco app screen where a volunteer logs how much water a tree received (Hungarian interface).

3 · Join a team

Water trees with neighbours, colleagues or friends and contribute to a shared goal.

Every litre adds to a shared team goal, so a small group of neighbours or colleagues can make a visible difference.

beeco app screen with a volunteer’s teams and nearby teams to join (Hungarian interface).
Fekete serleg fehér csillaggal a közepén, világos háttérrel.

4 · See the results

Follow your team’s progress and see how much water volunteers delivered across the campaign.

Cities and sponsors see the same validated numbers, so they know what their support achieved.

beeco app screen with achievements: nectar points, rank and litres of water logged (Hungarian interface).

2026 campaign results

7,500

young trees watered

1M

litres of water

33K

validated waterings

beeco, FŐKERT and the City of Budapest worked together on the campaign. E.ON was the lead sponsor, with additional support from Gardena and Dreher.

Read campaign results

Who pays for a campaign

People applauding a presentation at a community event in a café

10 paying companies

beeco at work

Team challenges that educate employees and keep sustainability on the company agenda.

A child, volunteers and a dog around watering cans while a young tree is watered in a park

15 paying municipalities

City campaigns

Residents join a local campaign and the city gets validated activity data.

Cheerful team of volunteers with buckets during an evening tree-watering round

3 paying sponsors

Sponsored campaigns

Sponsors back a cause and see what their support does for the community.

Coupon screen of the beeco app with offers from green partners (Hungarian interface)

30+ paying partners

Green partners

In-app visibility, coupons and new customers from people who already act.

What makes beeco different

01

Validated action, not pledges

Actions are validated and counted in the app, so impact is shown, not just promised.

02

One campaign, many payers

Cities, companies, sponsors and green partners back the same campaign – each gets the value it needs.

03

A reusable campaign engine

Map, calendar, challenges and rewards stay the same. Only the cause changes.

One platform, many causes

beeco app screen of a young tree to water, with a button to log the watering (Hungarian interface).

Live now

Eat & buy local

Tree watering

Footprint awareness & tracking

Bird protection (Csicsergősz)

Coming soon

Veganuary

Next candidates

Earth Month

Bike Month

No Buy November

Water preservation March

No Mow May

For startups

Show your impact to the beeco community

Bring your tool, network or product into a joint campaign and let people who already take action try it.

For example, if you work with local cycling groups, we could build a city cycling challenge together and track participation in beeco.

Explore a joint pilot
Three beeco app screens: an events calendar, a map with green places and coupons (Hungarian interface).

We build a beecosystem

beeco's vision is to spread the eco solutions that already exist, all around the world. Like bees carrying pollen from flower to flower, we cross-pollinate good ideas between communities.

Fekete térkép szimbólum világító helyjelölő ikonnal.

Get on the map

Your solution appears on the beeco map, so people nearby can find you.

Egy fekete kupon fehér százalékjellel és egy szaggatott vonallal kettéválasztva, fekete háttérrel, ferde nézetben.

Offer coupons

Reward people who choose green with a coupon they can use in the app.

Educate the community

Share what you know through campaigns, events and challenges that teach by doing.

Go beyond Hungary

We introduce your eco solution to a Hungarian community now, and to other countries as beeco expands.

Join the beecosystem

For investors

Local proof, ready to repeat abroad

An award-winning Hungarian green app with a campaign model that is validated, paid for and reusable.

01

Traction

25,000+ downloads, 4.6 on the App Store, 15 partner municipalities and the first national tree-watering campaign in Hungary.

02

Revenue model

One campaign, many payers: companies, cities with sponsors, and green partners pay for validated community action.

03

Next: Europe

Our first paid pilot outside Hungary: tell us your green cause and we’ll turn it into community action.

3

business angels have already joined us

Let's pick the next country together

Help us work out which country we should enter next. Tell us where your network and your market are strong, and we will decide the next step together.

Let's talk and refine a solution that moves people, startups, cities and investors towards one shared dream: a greener future.

Alone, everything is hard. Together, nothing is impossible.

What we believe at beeco

Request the pitch deck

We also have a great offer for large corporations. Get in touch and we will share it with you.

About us

Our hive

We are a Hungarian green lifestyle app and community. Our hive of volunteers and professionals works to make sustainable living easy, shared and fun.

Vision

A conscious society where people are defined not by consumption, but by what and how much they give back to society and nature.

Mission

A positive eco platform that motivates, educates and inspires action, and shows that you are not alone.

Purpose

We share science-based knowledge in campaigns, content and events to reduce eco-anxiety and help people live more sustainably.

From an idea in 2023, we started in Budapest with 5–6 people. Today we are 23 people in 9 swarms. Next: abroad, with local beeco teams in cities.

The founders

Kristóf Hegedűs, founder and CEO of beeco, in an olive hoodie and a cap with a bee logoKristóf's personal bee: a bearded bee on a bicycle

Founder & CEO

Kristóf Hegedűs

Investor enquiries and pitch deck requests

kristof.hegedus@beeco.hu
Levente Farkas, founder of beeco, smiling in front of a grey backgroundLevente's personal bee: a bee with a moustache on a bicycle, followed by small bees

Founder & CMO

Levente Farkas

City pilots and partnerships

levente.farkas@beeco.hu

The hive in action

The full beeco team in beige shirts in a conference room, with one member in a bee costume

The full hive: 23 people in 9 swarms

Three beeco team members in front of the Web Summit sign in Lisbon

At Web Summit Lisbon

The beeco team at the ONE Digital Award 2025 ceremony

ONE Digital Award 2025

More about us (Hungarian page)

In numbers

Our impact

A national community, built in three years.

25,000+

app downloads

4.6

App Store rating (70 reviews)

15

partner municipalities

2,200+

volunteers watering trees in 2026

2.5×

more water given in one year (400,000 → 1M+ litres)

12

professional partners

ONE Digital Award 2025: 1st place, green category

F6S 2025: Hungary’s 2nd most outstanding sustainability startup

MVM Edison 2023: 3rd place

Sources: beeco internal data (App Store Connect, Google Play Console, app logs), Volunteer Watering 2026 closing release (October 2026), Telex (September 2025).

All results and press (Hungarian page)

Our first paid pilot outside Hungary

Tell us your green cause and we’ll turn it into community action. We track how many people take part, and validate their green actions.

Investors

Meet us for 15 minutes at Web Summit.

We’ll share what worked in Hungary and discuss what you’d look for in a first pilot abroad.

Request the pitch deck

Pilot partners

Run a paid campaign with beeco.

We’d like to meet city teams and sponsors who want to get residents involved in a local cause.

Discuss a pilot

Interactive presentation

Try beeco’s solutions yourself.

Click through beeco’s solutions in our interactive presentation.

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