Bidet startup Tushy scales up to meet demand amid toilet paper shortage

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Business at Tushy is booming.While the circumstances that led to the boom are sobering, the bidet company needed to adapt its strategy after
seeing an uptick in business amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Other companies in this cohort include video conferencing service Zoom, meal kit service Blue Apron and Facebook, thanks to its social
network, video hardware Portal and Oculus Quest VR headset
2015 by Thinx founder Miki Agrawal, Tushy aims to replace toilet paper, CEO Jason Ojalvo tells A Technology News Room
Ojalvo, who joined the company as CEO in 2018, says North America has been a holdout when it comes to bidets
As a result, the nation flushes about 15 million trees down the toilet every year.Tushy, which has raised $2.9 million since its founding,
has been profitable for the last two years
says
says
Tushy saw its growth double year-over-year
Fast-forward to around March 9, when sales really started to double beyond the norm; a few days later, Tushy was having days where it
brought in $500,000 in sales.