All the funding deals in the circular economy
Last updated: 13 July 2026
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The circular economy funding market is attracting investment across recycling, refurbishment, reusable packaging, bio-based materials, regenerative agriculture, and resource recovery.
We conducted deep research and collected 94 circular economy funding deals announced between 2024 and the second quarter of 2026.
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Insights
- The 94 circular economy funding deals in this list represent approximately $2.44 billion in disclosed investment between 2024 and Q2 2026.
- Circular economy funding increased from about $606 million in 2024 to more than $1.08 billion in 2025, supported by several large recycling investments.
- The 31 circular economy deals announced through Q2 2026 already represent approximately $752 million, despite covering only the first half of the year.
- Redwood Materials raised $425 million in 2026 and $350 million in 2025. These two rounds represent almost one-third of all disclosed funding in this list.
- Battery recycling and critical-material recovery attracted some of the largest circular economy deals, including Redwood Materials, Cyclic Materials, cylib, and Li Industries.
- Textile circularity developed into a major investment category, with funding for recycling, resale, take-back systems, sorting technology, and bio-based colourants.
- Artificial intelligence is becoming an important circular economy tool. AMP, Glacier, WeSort.AI, Sorted, and Oscorp Energy use AI to identify and recover valuable materials.
- Many circular economy companies raised less than $10 million. These smaller rounds often funded early commercial facilities, collection networks, marketplaces, and specialised recycling technologies.
- The circular economy funding market is global. The companies in this list operate across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East.
This chart, featured in our circular economy deck, shows annual venture capital investment in circular economy startups
Summary table of the funding deals for the circular economy since 2024
We define the circular economy market as all activities that keep products and materials in use for longer and return them safely to the economy or nature instead of sending them to waste.
We include circular design, sharing and product-as-a-service models, repair and refurbishment, remanufacturing, high-quality recycling, bio-based and compostable materials, regenerative agriculture, and the digital, logistics, consulting and financial services that enable these loops.
We exclude purely linear “take-make-waste” activities, traditional waste disposal (landfilling and non-recovering incineration), and generic sustainability actions that do not materially change how resources and materials flow through the economy.
We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the circular economy.
Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the circular economy has evolved recently.
If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the circular economy has changed over the years.
Also, you should know that we have a dedicated page, updated weekly, with all the latest fundraising deals in the circular economy.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recykal | Provides digital tools for waste collection, recycling, and circular supply chains. | $23.0M | Q2 2026 | Times of India |
| Karo Sambhav | Recovers critical minerals and valuable materials from electronics and other discarded products. | $6.7M | Q2 2026 | Moneycontrol |
| GR3N | Recycles PET plastic and polyester fibres using microwave-assisted chemical technology. | $18.0M | Q2 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Trosort | Uses hardware and AI to sort clothing for reuse, resale, and recycling. | $0.3M | Q2 2026 | Vogue |
| Freshflow | Helps grocery retailers reduce fresh-food waste through AI inventory and ordering software. | $10.0M | Q2 2026 | Freshflow |
| Circular11 | Turns low-grade plastic waste into building materials, furniture, and composite lumber. | $3.16M | Q2 2026 | EU-Startups |
| D-CRBN | Uses electrified plasma technology to convert emissions into reusable carbon molecules. | $20.3M | Q2 2026 | EU-Startups |
| P2 Science | Makes high-performance ingredients from sustainable feedstocks for beauty and personal-care products. | $23.0M | Q2 2026 | PR Newswire |
| Oscorp Energy | Uses AI and robotics to remove lithium-ion batteries safely from waste streams. | $0.85M | Q2 2026 | Startup Daily |
| Renewable Metals | Recycles lithium-ion batteries and recovers lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese. | $8.6M | Q2 2026 | CEFC |
| MAECONOMY | Provides financial and data infrastructure for traceable circular building materials. | $1.6M | Q2 2026 | EU-Startups |
| ECOIL | Collects used cooking oil and supplies it for biofuel and sustainable aviation fuel. | $2.5M | Q2 2026 | Manufacturing Today India |
| Renasens | Separates and recovers fibres from blended and treated textile waste. | $10.9M | Q1 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Shellworks | Makes compostable packaging materials designed to replace conventional plastic. | $15.0M | Q1 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Epoch Biodesign | Uses AI-designed enzymes to recycle nylon, plastic, and textile waste into reusable materials. | $12.0M | Q1 2026 | EU-Startups |
| BackChannel | Redirects surplus clothing and footwear inventory to independent retailers. | $4.8M | Q1 2026 | Accion |
| WeSort.AI | Uses AI to recover batteries, electronics, and critical materials from waste. | $10.9M | Q1 2026 | EU-Startups |
| Seprify | Makes cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide and petrochemical ingredients. | $14.6M | Q1 2026 | The Next Web |
| Sparxell | Makes plant-based colourants that replace synthetic dyes and pigment chemicals. | $5.0M | Q1 2026 | EU-Startups |
| CLIMATEX | Designs recyclable textile systems and circular fabrics. | $4.1M | Q1 2026 | NewMarketPitch |
| Sitegeist Robotics | Builds robots that repair concrete infrastructure instead of replacing it. | $4.4M | Q1 2026 | Sitegeist Robotics |
| Project Omega | Recycles spent nuclear fuel into long-duration energy materials and power sources. | $12.0M | Q1 2026 | Axios |
| UBEES | Provides managed pollination and biodiversity services for regenerative agriculture. | $8.7M | Q1 2026 | Capagro |
| R3 Robotics | Automates electric-vehicle battery dismantling for component reuse and material recovery. | $15.3M | Q1 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Octarine Bio | Develops bio-based pigments for textiles, cosmetics, food, and personal-care products. | $5.5M | Q1 2026 | EU-Startups |
| Twogee Biotech | Converts residual biomass into sustainable chemical building blocks. | $2.4M | Q1 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Cyclic Materials | Recovers rare earth elements and critical metals from discarded products and industrial waste. | $75.0M | Q1 2026 | BusinessWire |
| LabCycle | Recycles contaminated laboratory plastics into high-grade reusable materials. | $1.27M | Q1 2026 | LabCycle |
| ScrapUncle | Provides on-demand collection and recycling services for electronics and household recyclables. | $2.4M | Q1 2026 | Economic Times |
| Redwood Materials | Recycles batteries and converts used electric-vehicle batteries into energy-storage systems. | $425.0M | Q1 2026 | Business Insider |
| Level Nine | Develops catalysts that turn biomass and waste into renewable chemicals. | $4.4M | Q1 2026 | IBB Ventures |
| Upway | Refurbishes and resells used electric bicycles through industrial refurbishment centres. | $60.0M | Q4 2025 | PR Newswire |
| SuperCircle | Provides textile take-back, sorting, recycling, and waste-management services for brands. | $24.0M | Q4 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Sortera Technologies | Uses AI sorting to turn mixed aluminium scrap into higher-value recycled alloys. | $45.0M | Q4 2025 | Sortera Technologies |
| Lohum | Recycles and repurposes lithium-ion batteries and their valuable raw materials. | $15.0M | Q4 2025 | Entrackr |
| Beyond Renewables & Recycling | Develops recycling technology and infrastructure for more efficient waste supply chains. | $0.6M | Q4 2025 | Entrackr |
| refurbed | Operates a marketplace for professionally refurbished electronics and household products. | $58.5M | Q4 2025 | Silicon Republic |
| EcoEx | Provides digital infrastructure for recycling, packaging compliance, and producer-responsibility markets. | $4.0M | Q4 2025 | The Economic Times |
| Kula Bio | Produces microbial biofertilisers that reduce agriculture's dependence on synthetic nitrogen. | $15.48M | Q4 2025 | EIN Presswire |
| Uluu | Makes biodegradable plastic alternatives from seaweed and microbial fermentation. | $10.5M | Q4 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Redwood Materials | Recycles batteries, recovers minerals, and repurposes used batteries for energy storage. | $350.0M | Q4 2025 | Redwood Materials |
| Recove | Operates a digital marketplace for buying and selling plastic recyclables. | $0.64M | Q3 2025 | The Economic Times |
| Eneris Group | Develops recycling and waste-management infrastructure for municipalities and industrial customers. | $88.0M | Q3 2025 | IFC |
| AMSilk | Makes biodegradable silk-protein materials as alternatives to petrochemical and animal-derived products. | $32.4M | Q3 2025 | AMSilk |
| PeakAmp | Builds collection, second-life, and recycling infrastructure for lithium-ion batteries. | $1.37M | Q3 2025 | BW Disrupt |
| BioConsortia | Develops microbial crop treatments that improve yields and reduce synthetic fertiliser use. | $15.0M | Q3 2025 | Yahoo Finance |
| Floreon Technology | Develops plant-based bioplastic compounds that replace conventional fossil-based plastics. | $2.5M | Q3 2025 | Sustainability Middle East & Africa |
| Loopworm | Converts insect biomass into proteins and sustainable bio-based ingredients. | $3.25M | Q3 2025 | Entrackr |
| Sirsak | Provides a business platform for collecting and recovering packaging waste in Indonesia. | $0.6M | Q3 2025 | TechNode Global |
| Halter | Provides virtual fencing and livestock-management technology for regenerative farming. | $100.0M | Q2 2025 | Business Wire |
| Cyclic Materials | Recovers rare earth elements and critical metals from discarded products and industrial scrap. | $27.0M | Q2 2025 | Cyclic Materials |
| Reusables.com | Provides smart return bins and tracking software for reusable food packaging. | $2.6M | Q2 2025 | PR Newswire |
| DePoly | Recycles PET plastic and polyester textiles into virgin-quality chemical raw materials. | $23.0M | Q2 2025 | Tech.eu |
| Blue Planet Environmental | Develops waste-to-resource and circular waste-management projects across Asia. | $6.2M | Q2 2025 | DealStreetAsia |
| VYTAL | Operates a reusable food-packaging network with tracked containers and return points. | $15.5M | Q2 2025 | EU-Startups |
| Novoloop | Upcycles discarded polyethylene into high-performance materials for manufacturers. | $21.0M | Q2 2025 | Novoloop |
| eeden | Recovers cellulose and PET from blended textile waste through chemical recycling. | $19.4M | Q2 2025 | Tech.eu |
| Glacier | Builds AI-powered robots that identify and sort recyclable materials. | $16.0M | Q2 2025 | TechCrunch |
| Fairmat | Recycles carbon-fibre composites into lightweight materials for industrial manufacturing. | $28.6M | Q2 2025 | Fairmat |
| Hasiru Dala Innovations | Builds recycling and biogas systems that include informal waste workers. | $0.72M | Q2 2025 | YourStory |
| Impact Recycling | Separates mixed flexible plastics using water-based density technology. | $4.47M | Q2 2025 | UKTN |
| NOWOS | Repairs lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility and electric transportation. | $6.5M | Q1 2025 | Tech Funding News |
| Circ | Recovers cotton and polyester from blended clothing for new textiles. | $25.0M | Q1 2025 | SEAMS |
| Epoch Biodesign | Uses AI-designed enzymes to turn plastic and textile waste into reusable chemicals. | $18.3M | Q1 2025 | EU-Startups |
| Attero | Recycles electronics and lithium-ion batteries to recover valuable metals. | $1.27M | Q1 2025 | Tracxn |
| ScrapBees | Provides digital collection and recycling logistics for construction and metal scrap. | $4.3M | Q1 2025 | Faraday Venture Partners |
| METYCLE | Operates an international marketplace for verified recycled metals. | $15.2M | Q1 2025 | EU-Startups |
| Resynergi | Converts difficult plastic waste into reusable feedstocks through modular recycling systems. | $18.0M | Q1 2025 | PR Newswire |
| MacroCycle Technologies | Upcycles PET plastic and polyester textiles into virgin-grade recycled resin. | $6.5M | Q1 2025 | Ecotextile News |
| Sway | Makes seaweed-based, home-compostable alternatives to flexible plastic packaging. | $5.0M | Q4 2024 | Sway |
| Revibe | Sells guaranteed refurbished electronics in emerging markets. | $7.0M | Q4 2024 | Wamda |
| Excess Materials Exchange | Matches waste and excess materials with reuse opportunities using digital tools. | $5.0M | Q4 2024 | Entrepreneur |
| AMP | Uses AI and robotics to sort waste and recyclable materials. | $91.0M | Q4 2024 | BusinessWire |
| DEScycle | Uses specialised solvents to recover metals from electronic waste. | $13.3M | Q4 2024 | DEScycle |
| tozero | Recycles lithium-ion batteries and recovers lithium and other critical materials. | $11.7M | Q4 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Molg | Uses robots to dismantle electronics for reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling. | $5.5M | Q4 2024 | ESG Today |
| Cyclic Materials | Recycles rare-earth magnets and critical materials from discarded products. | $53.0M | Q3 2024 | BusinessWire |
| Notpla | Makes plastic-free packaging materials from seaweed and plants. | $25.5M | Q3 2024 | Notpla |
| Fairown | Helps companies offer products through subscriptions and product-as-a-service models. | $6.2M | Q3 2024 | Fairown |
| The Rounds | Delivers groceries and household essentials in reusable packaging. | $24.0M | Q3 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Syntetica | Recycles nylon waste for the fashion and textile industries. | $4.55M | Q3 2024 | EU-Startups |
| QarmaTek | Provides electronics repair, renewal, and refurbishment services. | $1.0M | Q3 2024 | Indian Startup News |
| Recykal | Runs a business platform for waste trading, recycling, and circular supply chains. | $13.0M | Q2 2024 | Outlook Business |
| Samsara Eco | Uses enzymes to recycle plastics and textiles into reusable raw materials. | $65.0M | Q2 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Princeton NuEnergy | Recycles lithium-ion batteries directly into reusable battery-grade materials. | $30.0M | Q2 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Syre | Produces circular polyester through textile-to-textile recycling. | $100.0M | Q2 2024 | Textile Insights |
| cylib | Develops end-to-end recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries. | $59.8M | Q2 2024 | cylib |
| Li Industries | Develops direct recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries. | $36.0M | Q2 2024 | Axios |
| Kubik | Upcycles plastic waste into durable building materials. | $1.9M | Q2 2024 | TechCrunch |
| Sorted | Uses AI and spectroscopy to improve recyclable material sorting and recovery. | $2.07M | Q2 2024 | EU-Startups |
| Nasekomo | Converts organic byproducts into insect protein and fertiliser. | $8.75M | Q1 2024 | The Recursive |
| Getmobil | Refurbishes and sells used electronics, extending product life and reducing waste. | $4.0M | Q1 2024 | TechCrunch |
| ZymoChem | Uses biomanufacturing to produce lower-carbon materials and chemicals. | $21.0M | Q1 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Mogu | Turns agricultural residues into mycelium-based materials and products. | $12.0M | Q1 2024 | Mogu |
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