# Where Circular Economy Startups Are Based: 2026 Map of 380 Companies

> Map of where 380 circular economy startups worldwide are based, city by city: London, United Kingdom, New York and Paris lead. $8.9B raised between them.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-circular-economy-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

## Leading cities

- London, United Kingdom 22 $279M
- New York 14 $218M
- Paris 13 $656M
- Singapore 6 $34M
- Stockholm 5 $123M
- Berlin, Germany 5 $22M
- Istanbul 5 $92M
- Barcelona 4 $21M
- Bengaluru 4 $20M
- Milan 4 $43M
- Amsterdam, Netherlands 4 $21M
- San Francisco 3 $10M
- Hamburg 3 $18M
- Toronto, Canada 3 $8.2M
- Seattle 3 $16M

## By country

- United States 115 $5.2B
- United Kingdom 45 $492M
- France 30 $814M
- Germany 19 $222M
- India 17 $211M
- Canada 15 $52M
- Netherlands 11 $120M
- Italy 10 $62M
- China 9 $623M
- Sweden 8 $136M
- Australia 8 $177M
- Türkiye 8 $116M

## Best-funded

- [**Redwood Materials** United States · $1.2B](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials)
- [**Hybar** United States · $1.1B](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybar)
- [**Back Market** France · $558M](https://millionrounds.com/company/back-market)
- [**Sedron Technologies** United States · $500M](https://millionrounds.com/company/sedron-technologies)
- [**Zhuanzhuan** China · $300M](https://millionrounds.com/company/zhuanzhuan)
- [**Optoro** United States · $253M](https://millionrounds.com/company/optoro)
- [**WISErg** United States · $224M](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiserg)
- [**RenRenChe** China · $200M](https://millionrounds.com/company/renrenche)
- [**Vinted** Lithuania · $174M](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted)
- [**Tradesy** United States · $142M](https://millionrounds.com/company/tradesy)
- [**thredUP** United States · $130M](https://millionrounds.com/company/thredup)
- [**StockX** United States · $116M](https://millionrounds.com/company/stockx)

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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