# Circular Economy Europe Market Map 2026: 160 Startups in 7 Segments > 160 European circular economy startups mapped in 7 segments: textiles and fashion resale, waste collection and software and plastics and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/circular-economy-europe-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Textiles and fashion resale 54 - [Vinted](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted) - [Syre](https://millionrounds.com/company/syre) - [Wethenew](https://millionrounds.com/company/wethenew) - [eeden](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeden) - [Certideal](https://millionrounds.com/company/certideal) - [Mundimoto](https://millionrounds.com/company/mundimoto) - [Videdressing](https://millionrounds.com/company/videdressing) - [Renasens AB](https://millionrounds.com/company/renasens-ab) - [Sellpy](https://millionrounds.com/company/sellpy) - [Breezy](https://millionrounds.com/company/breezy) - [re:newcell](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-newcell) - [Faume](https://millionrounds.com/company/faume) - [LIZEE](https://millionrounds.com/company/lizee) - [Brandback](https://millionrounds.com/company/brandback) - [Resortecs](https://millionrounds.com/company/resortecs) - [Drenting](https://millionrounds.com/company/drenting) - [Cycle Exchange](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycle-exchange) - [Reekom](https://millionrounds.com/company/reekom) - [SaXcell](https://millionrounds.com/company/saxcell) - [*L* Lampoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/lampoo) - [The Next Closet](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-next-closet) - [Imparfaite](https://millionrounds.com/company/imparfaite) - [Reboxed](https://millionrounds.com/company/reboxed) - [Losanje](https://millionrounds.com/company/losanje) +30 more ## Waste collection and software 41 - [RE&UP Recycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-and-up-recycling-technologies) - [matterr](https://millionrounds.com/company/matterr) - [Greyparrot](https://millionrounds.com/company/greyparrot) - [Recycleye](https://millionrounds.com/company/recycleye) - [Resourcify](https://millionrounds.com/company/resourcify) - [Circular Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/circular-materials) - [*R* RISORCE](https://millionrounds.com/company/risorce) - [Vaayu](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaayu) - [Hesus](https://millionrounds.com/company/hesus) - [Seenons](https://millionrounds.com/company/seenons) - [Total Recycling Services](https://millionrounds.com/company/total-recycling-services) - [Sensoneo](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensoneo) - [Pin](https://millionrounds.com/company/pin) - [Tri’n’collect](https://millionrounds.com/company/tri-n-collect) - [Jaipur Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/jaipur-robotics) - [Excess Materials Exchange](https://millionrounds.com/company/excess-materials-exchange) - [Cycle Up](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycle-up) - [Briink](https://millionrounds.com/company/briink) - [Wilrose Environmental](https://millionrounds.com/company/wilrose-environmental) - [EPSE](https://millionrounds.com/company/epse) - [Angsa Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/angsa-robotics) - [Litta iOs app](https://millionrounds.com/company/litta-ios-app) - [Canibal](https://millionrounds.com/company/canibal) - [Waste Marketplace](https://millionrounds.com/company/waste-marketplace) +17 more ## Plastics 23 - [Epoch Biodesign](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-biodesign) - [Clariter](https://millionrounds.com/company/clariter) - [CASTALIE](https://millionrounds.com/company/castalie) - [FAIRMAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/fairmat) - [Greenback Recycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenback-recycling-technologies) - [CleanHub](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleanhub) - [Watson Brown](https://millionrounds.com/company/watson-brown) - [Itero](https://millionrounds.com/company/itero) - [saperatec](https://millionrounds.com/company/saperatec) - [Impact Recycling](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-recycling) - [Evoralis](https://millionrounds.com/company/evoralis) - [Monomeris Chemicals](https://millionrounds.com/company/monomeris-chemicals) - [Radical Dot](https://millionrounds.com/company/radical-dot) - [FibriTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/fibritech) - [B. For PET](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-for-pet) - [LabCycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/labcycle) - [Nova Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/nova-carbon) - [ReSolved Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/resolved-technologies) - [Wildplastic](https://millionrounds.com/company/wildplastic) - [BIG Atom](https://millionrounds.com/company/big-atom) - [Plastiks](https://millionrounds.com/company/plastiks) - [Toysreloved](https://millionrounds.com/company/toysreloved) - [Halocycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/halocycle) ## Battery and metal recycling 18 - [Cylib](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib) - [MagREEsource](https://millionrounds.com/company/magreesource) - [*A* Altilium](https://millionrounds.com/company/altilium) - [ROSI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosi) - [RECUPYL](https://millionrounds.com/company/recupyl) - [Metaloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaloop) - [Seloxium](https://millionrounds.com/company/seloxium) - [Tozero](https://millionrounds.com/company/tozero) - [ACELERON](https://millionrounds.com/company/aceleron) - [Metalshub](https://millionrounds.com/company/metalshub) - [NOWOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/nowos) - [Romco Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/romco-group) - [Librec](https://millionrounds.com/company/librec) - [Descycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/descycle) - [Microminer](https://millionrounds.com/company/microminer) - [Metal Morph](https://millionrounds.com/company/metal-morph) - [ARROE](https://millionrounds.com/company/arroe) - [Recyclus Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyclus-group) ## Electronics refurbishment 11 - [Back Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/back-market) - [Octane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/octane-capital) - [Pivot Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-finance) - [Refurbed](https://millionrounds.com/company/refurbed) - [Raylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/raylo) - [Subbyx](https://millionrounds.com/company/subbyx) - [Pixmania](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixmania) - [Fixably](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixably) - [Prenew](https://millionrounds.com/company/prenew) - [Intelligent Servers](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelligent-servers) - [Ringy](https://millionrounds.com/company/ringy) ## Food waste and side streams 7 - [Kern Tec](https://millionrounds.com/company/kern-tec) - [Black Bear Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-bear-carbon) - [Kaffe Bueno](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaffe-bueno) - [Embion Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/embion-technologies) - [AmphiStar](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphistar) - [Greencovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/greencovery) - [Carbiotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbiotix) ## Packaging 6 - [Agricool](https://millionrounds.com/company/agricool) - [Recyda GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyda-gmbh) - [Carton Vert](https://millionrounds.com/company/carton-vert) - [Circulate](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate) - [Aeropowder](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeropowder) - [R-CREATE](https://millionrounds.com/company/r-create) ## Segment by segment ### Textiles and fashion resale 54 startups · $504M raised - [**Vinted**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted) Vinted is a Lithuanian technology company founded in 2008, headquartered in Vilnius. Lithuania $174M - [**Syre**](https://millionrounds.com/company/syre) Syre is a textile impact company based in Stockholm, Sweden, launched in 2023. Sweden $100M - [**Wethenew**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wethenew) Wethenew is a French online marketplace and lifestyle platform founded in 2018 in Paris. France $22M - [**eeden**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeden) Eeden is a German textile-recycling technology company based in Münster, specializing in chemical recycling processes for textile waste. Germany $21M - [**Certideal**](https://millionrounds.com/company/certideal) CertiDeal is a French e-commerce platform focused on the circular economy, established in November 2015. France $17M - [**Mundimoto**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mundimoto) Mundimoto is a Barcelona-based startup founded in 2019, specializing in the largest online marketplace for buying, selling, and re Spain $14M - [**Videdressing**](https://millionrounds.com/company/videdressing) Videdressing is a collaborative platform dedicated to the purchase and resale of fashion and luxury items. France $13M - [**Renasens AB**](https://millionrounds.com/company/renasens-ab) Accelerating the world ́s transition to a circular economy, by transforming agricultural & textile wastes to resources. Sweden $12M ### Waste collection and software 41 startups · $312M raised - [**RE&UP Recycling Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-and-up-recycling-technologies) RE&UP expands the range of waste streams that can be processed using our unique patent-pending proprietary method. Netherlands $76M - [**matterr**](https://millionrounds.com/company/matterr) matterr GmbH is a German climate-tech company based in Braunschweig, founded in 2017. Germany $35M - [**Greyparrot**](https://millionrounds.com/company/greyparrot) Greyparrot is a London-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in AI-driven waste intelligence. United Kingdom $27M - [**Recycleye**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recycleye) Recycleye is a developer of digital tools designed to detect and provide analytics on waste management. United Kingdom $22M - [**Resourcify**](https://millionrounds.com/company/resourcify) Resourcify is a technology startup based in Hamburg, founded in 2015 by Gary Lewis and Felix Heinricy. Germany $15M - [**Circular Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/circular-materials) Circular Materials S.r.l. Italy $14M - [*R* **RISORCE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/risorce) RISORCE fills a need in Belgium for local tyre waste processing options. Belgium $13M - [**Vaayu**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaayu) Vaayu Biogas is a sustainable waste management system that generates green energy while also having a social and environmental impact. Germany $12M ### Plastics 23 startups · $183M raised - [**Epoch Biodesign**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-biodesign) Epoch Biodesign is a London-based synthetic biology company founded in 2019. United Kingdom $59M - [**Clariter**](https://millionrounds.com/company/clariter) Clariter is a global cleantech company based in Luxembourg, founded in 2003. Luxembourg $37M - [**CASTALIE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/castalie) Castalie is a French impact company that specializes in sustainable water solutions for the hospitality, restaurant, and corporate sectors. France $15M - [**FAIRMAT**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fairmat) FAIRMAT is a French deep-tech startup founded in 2020 and based in Paris. France $12M - [**Greenback Recycling Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenback-recycling-technologies) Greenback Recycling Technologies is a UK-based advanced recycling company founded in 2018. United Kingdom $7.8M - [**CleanHub**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleanhub) CleanHub is an environmental technology company based in Berlin, founded in 2019/2020. Germany $7.0M - [**Watson Brown**](https://millionrounds.com/company/watson-brown) Watson Brown HSM Limited develops and supplies polymer recycling technologies based on the principles of Mechanochemistry. United Kingdom $6.4M - [**Itero**](https://millionrounds.com/company/itero) Itero is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in chemical recycling. United Kingdom $6.1M ### Battery and metal recycling 18 startups · $257M raised - [**Cylib**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib) Cylib is a start-up for holistic battery recycling Germany $75M - [**MagREEsource**](https://millionrounds.com/company/magreesource) MagREEsource is to link the circular economy by providing a green metallurgical solution. France $27M - [*A* **Altilium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/altilium) United Kingdom $25M - [**ROSI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosi) ROSI is a company offering innovative solutions for recycling and revalorization of raw materials in the PV industry. France $23M - [**RECUPYL**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recupyl) RECUPYL is a French company specializing in battery recycling and metal recovery. France $19M - [**Metaloop**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaloop) Metaloop is an Austrian B2B company based in Graz, specializing in a managed online scrap metal marketplace. Austria $17M - [**Seloxium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/seloxium) Seloxium is a University of Oxford spin-out company revolutionising the mining, refining, and recycling sectors by selectively ext United Kingdom $16M - [**Tozero**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tozero) tozero GmbH, founded in 2022 in Munich, Germany, is a pioneering lithium-ion battery recycling startup. Germany $12M ### Electronics refurbishment 11 startups · $926M raised - [**Back Market**](https://millionrounds.com/company/back-market) Back Market is the world's largest premium refurbished tech marketplace, founded in 2014 in Paris, France. France $558M - [**Octane Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/company/octane-capital) Octane Capital offers bridging loans, developer exit loans, refurbishment, loans, and financial solutions for residential and commercial. United Kingdom $115M - [**Pivot Finance**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-finance) Pivot Finance is a financial services company that finances for commercial, land, renovation, development, residential, and refurbishment. United Kingdom $89M - [**Refurbed**](https://millionrounds.com/company/refurbed) refurbed is the fastest-growing online marketplace for refurbished products in Europe and one of the top companies in Austria, Ger Austria $63M - [**Raylo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/raylo) Raylo is a UK-based technology subscription and leasing platform that promotes a circular economy for consumer electronics. United Kingdom $42M - [**Subbyx**](https://millionrounds.com/company/subbyx) Subbyx is a tech company and B Corp operating in the subscription economy, promoting an alternative consumption model based on cir Italy $35M - [**Pixmania**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixmania) Pixmania is a French e-commerce retailer based in Paris, specializing in new and refurbished consumer electronics, mobile devices, France $12M - [**Fixably**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixably) Fixably is a SaaS platform based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2015. Finland $10M ### Food waste and side streams 7 startups · $39M raised - [**Kern Tec**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kern-tec) Kern Tec is an Austrian food tech and upcycling company founded in 2019, based in Herzogenburg, Lower Austria, with an additional Austria $13M - [**Black Bear Carbon**](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-bear-carbon) Black Bear Carbon is a Dutch technology company founded in 2010, focused on addressing the global waste tire issue through innovat Netherlands $9.1M - [**Kaffe Bueno**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaffe-bueno) Kaffe Bueno is a Danish bioscience company that specializes in upcycling spent coffee grounds into high-performance, all-natural i Denmark $6.7M - [**Embion Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/embion-technologies) Embion Technologies is a Swiss industrial biotechnology and green chemistry company based in Etoy, Vaud. Switzerland $4.9M - [**AmphiStar**](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphistar) AmphiStar is a Belgian biotechnology company founded in 2021 as a spin-off from Ghent University and the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant. Belgium $2.9M - [**Greencovery**](https://millionrounds.com/company/greencovery) Greencovery is a Dutch innovation startup based in Wageningen, Gelderland, focused on transforming the food industry towards a cir Netherlands $1.7M - [**Carbiotix**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbiotix) Carbiotix is a biotechnology company based in Lund, Sweden, focused on improving human gut health through the onsite upcycling of Sweden $1.4M ### Packaging 6 startups · $39M raised - [**Agricool**](https://millionrounds.com/company/agricool) Agricool grows local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables by recycling shipping containers into urban farms. France $28M - [**Recyda GmbH**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyda-gmbh) Recyda GmbH is a Climate-Tech enterprise based in Freiburg, Germany, founded in 2020. Germany $6.8M - [**Carton Vert**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carton-vert) Carton Vert is a French B2B circular-economy company based in La Rochelle, founded in 2020. France $1.5M - [**Circulate**](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate) Circulate is an ai-powered procurement tool and marketplace for sustainable packaging. Sweden $1.5M - [**Aeropowder**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeropowder) Aeropowder is a London-based startup founded in 2016 that specializes in creating sustainable materials from waste poultry feathers. United Kingdom $1.2M - [**R-CREATE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/r-create) R-CREATE is a Romanian company based in Bucharest that offers a B2B digital platform for packaging-as-a-service tailored for online stores. Romania $287K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in Europe. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in circular economy, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. 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