There was a time when we had a lot of time free, so we stumbled into the outdoors. We worked in an outdoor shop, saved some cash, and got ourselves kitted out. We travelled, did some routes and life was good. Then our kit started falling apart, we were no longer students and we realised the cost of replacing it. As we waited to pick up yet another x-xtra large fleece in the sales we patched up our waterproofs and wore an extra jumper in our smelly sleeping bags.
During this time we realised that the passing years had taught us something, we had the experience to create something new.
And somewhere therein lays the real story of how Alpkit.com™ was born. Born out of the passion for outdoor activity and not accepting the costs involved in getting quality equipment in our sacks. Four ordinary people trying to make some thing extraordinary. And why Alpkit.com™? it's just a name.. we go to the alps, we climb, we paddle, we board, we visit our in laws.. we produce kit.. we didn't want it to be complicated.
During this time we realised that the passing years had taught us something, we had the experience to create something new.
And somewhere therein lays the real story of how Alpkit.com™ was born. Born out of the passion for outdoor activity and not accepting the costs involved in getting quality equipment in our sacks. Four ordinary people trying to make some thing extraordinary. And why Alpkit.com™? it's just a name.. we go to the alps, we climb, we paddle, we board, we visit our in laws.. we produce kit.. we didn't want it to be complicated.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire Dales
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +44 1773 417007
Total raised: $1.31M
Founded date: 2004
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 19.01.2021 | Foresight ... | foresightg... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.10.2018 | - | $1.31M | - |
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.10.2018 | Alpkit Raises £1M in Funding | Alpkit Limited, a Nottingham, UK-based outdoor clothing and equipment retailer, raised £1m in funding. Foresight Group made the investment from the Foresight Nottingham Fund, alongside bank funding provided by HSBC. Founded in 2004 by a gro... |
| 15.12.2017 | Outdoor retailer secures £200k funding as it hits the growth trail | An award-winning outdoor goods retailer which has opened its first two stores in 2017 after trading online for over a decade has secured a £200,000 loan from Mercia Fund Managers to support its further growth. |
| - | Outdoor clothing retailer Alpkit receives £2.7 million in funding | Image Courtesy: alpkit.com Alpkit, the cycling and technical outdoor clothing retailer from the UK, has received £2.7 million in funding in an effort to enhance its domestic and global omnichannel growth. The retailer will utilise the funds... |