# Circular Economy Market Map 2026: 380 Startups in 7 Segments > Market map of 380 circular economy startups worldwide in 7 segments, from textiles and fashion resale, waste collection and software and plastics on. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/circular-economy-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Textiles and fashion resale 117 - [Zhuanzhuan](https://millionrounds.com/company/zhuanzhuan) - [Optoro](https://millionrounds.com/company/optoro) - [RenRenChe](https://millionrounds.com/company/renrenche) - [Vinted](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted) - [Tradesy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tradesy) - [thredUP](https://millionrounds.com/company/thredup) - [StockX](https://millionrounds.com/company/stockx) - [Syre](https://millionrounds.com/company/syre) - [Circ](https://millionrounds.com/company/circ) - [Croissant](https://millionrounds.com/company/croissant) - [Viagogo](https://millionrounds.com/company/viagogo) - [*X* Xiangwushuo](https://millionrounds.com/company/xiangwushuo) - [Caihuoxia](https://millionrounds.com/company/caihuoxia) - [Rebag](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebag) - [Wethenew](https://millionrounds.com/company/wethenew) - [eeden](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeden) - [HasUsed](https://millionrounds.com/company/hasused) - [Volanty](https://millionrounds.com/company/volanty) - [GoTrendier](https://millionrounds.com/company/gotrendier) - [HouseEazy](https://millionrounds.com/company/houseeazy) - [Certideal](https://millionrounds.com/company/certideal) - [The Luxury Closet](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-luxury-closet) - [Mundimoto](https://millionrounds.com/company/mundimoto) - [Videdressing](https://millionrounds.com/company/videdressing) +93 more ## Waste collection and software 102 - [Sedron Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sedron-technologies) - [WISErg](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiserg) - [Noble Environmental](https://millionrounds.com/company/noble-environmental) - [RE&UP Recycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-and-up-recycling-technologies) - [Vaulted Deep](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaulted-deep) - [Rino Recycling](https://millionrounds.com/company/rino-recycling) - [Pennsylvania American Water](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennsylvania-american-water) - [Recycle Track Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/recycle-track-systems) - [Loopt](https://millionrounds.com/company/loopt) - [CurbWaste](https://millionrounds.com/company/curbwaste) - [matterr](https://millionrounds.com/company/matterr) - [HAMR Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/hamr-energy) - [Oakleaf Waste Management](https://millionrounds.com/company/oakleaf-waste-management) - [Greyparrot](https://millionrounds.com/company/greyparrot) - [Gringgo](https://millionrounds.com/company/gringgo) - [Recycleye](https://millionrounds.com/company/recycleye) - [Andium](https://millionrounds.com/company/andium) - [Thousand Fell](https://millionrounds.com/company/thousand-fell) - [Hauler Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/hauler-hero) - [Resourcify](https://millionrounds.com/company/resourcify) - [*BY* Beike Yunhong](https://millionrounds.com/company/beike-yunhong) - [BINGO](https://millionrounds.com/company/bingo) - [Circular Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/circular-materials) - [*R* RISORCE](https://millionrounds.com/company/risorce) +78 more ## Plastics 46 - [Samsara Eco](https://millionrounds.com/company/samsara-eco) - [Encina](https://millionrounds.com/company/encina) - [Epoch Biodesign](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-biodesign) - [Clariter](https://millionrounds.com/company/clariter) - [Novoloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/novoloop) - [UpSolv](https://millionrounds.com/company/upsolv) - [CASTALIE](https://millionrounds.com/company/castalie) - [Nilo](https://millionrounds.com/company/nilo) - [FAIRMAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/fairmat) - [Terracle](https://millionrounds.com/company/terracle) - [Greenback Recycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenback-recycling-technologies) - [Repla](https://millionrounds.com/company/repla) - [Esa](https://millionrounds.com/company/esa) - [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) - [MCatalysis](https://millionrounds.com/company/mcatalysis) - [Impact Recycling](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-recycling) - [Polycarbin](https://millionrounds.com/company/polycarbin) - [Evoralis](https://millionrounds.com/company/evoralis) - [Monomeris Chemicals](https://millionrounds.com/company/monomeris-chemicals) - [Poseidon Plastics](https://millionrounds.com/company/poseidon-plastics) - [MacroCycle Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrocycle-technologies) +22 more ## Battery and metal recycling 45 - [Redwood Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials) - [Hybar](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybar) - [American Battery Technology Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-battery-technology-company) - [Project Omega](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-omega) - [Cylib](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib) - [Li Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/li-industries) - [Lohum](https://millionrounds.com/company/lohum) - [Princeton NuEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/princeton-nuenergy) - [Attero](https://millionrounds.com/company/attero) - [MagREEsource](https://millionrounds.com/company/magreesource) - [*A* Altilium](https://millionrounds.com/company/altilium) - [ROSI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosi) - [Green Li-ion](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-li-ion) - [RECUPYL](https://millionrounds.com/company/recupyl) - [Metaloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaloop) - [BatX Energies](https://millionrounds.com/company/batx-energies) - [Seloxium](https://millionrounds.com/company/seloxium) - [R3 Lithium](https://millionrounds.com/company/r3-lithium) - [Ridwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/ridwell) - [Renewable Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/renewable-metals) - [Tozero](https://millionrounds.com/company/tozero) - [Amermin](https://millionrounds.com/company/amermin) - [NEU Battery Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/neu-battery-materials) - [ACELERON](https://millionrounds.com/company/aceleron) +21 more ## Electronics refurbishment 33 - [Back Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/back-market) - [Octane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/octane-capital) - [EasyCep](https://millionrounds.com/company/easycep) - [Pivot Finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-finance) - [Refurbed](https://millionrounds.com/company/refurbed) - [Raylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/raylo) - [GreenDust](https://millionrounds.com/company/greendust) - [Subbyx](https://millionrounds.com/company/subbyx) - [MOLG](https://millionrounds.com/company/molg) - [*MK* Maha Karta](https://millionrounds.com/company/maha-karta) - [Solarcycle](https://millionrounds.com/company/solarcycle) - [Reuse](https://millionrounds.com/company/reuse) - [Getmobil](https://millionrounds.com/company/getmobil) - [Servify](https://millionrounds.com/company/servify) - [Pixmania](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixmania) - [Fixably](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixably) - [AB Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/ab-group) - [Aquis](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquis) - [Refurbi](https://millionrounds.com/company/refurbi) - [Blackmore](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackmore) - [Grest](https://millionrounds.com/company/grest) - [Prenew](https://millionrounds.com/company/prenew) - [Liquidated iPhones](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquidated-iphones) - [Loopia](https://millionrounds.com/company/loopia) +9 more ## Food waste and side streams 28 - [Mill](https://millionrounds.com/company/mill) - [Kern Tec](https://millionrounds.com/company/kern-tec) - [*CU* Carbon Upcycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-upcycling-technologies) - [microTERRA](https://millionrounds.com/company/microterra) - [Black Bear Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-bear-carbon) - [Blue Stripes](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-stripes) - [Kaffe Bueno](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaffe-bueno) - [Goterra](https://millionrounds.com/company/goterra) - [Planetarians](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetarians) - [Embion Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/embion-technologies) - [Dyrt](https://millionrounds.com/company/dyrt) - [Paragon Pure](https://millionrounds.com/company/paragon-pure) - [AmphiStar](https://millionrounds.com/company/amphistar) - [Greencovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/greencovery) - [Climate Candy](https://millionrounds.com/company/climate-candy) - [Carbiotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbiotix) - [Bright Feeds](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-feeds) - [Nutrient Recovery & Upcycling](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutrient-recovery-and-upcycling) - [*T* Toonimotion](https://millionrounds.com/company/toonimotion) - [Still good](https://millionrounds.com/company/still-good) - [*M* Mined](https://millionrounds.com/company/mined) - [Ecotone Renewables](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecotone-renewables) - [Carbonwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonwave) - [Yenir](https://millionrounds.com/company/yenir) +4 more ## Packaging 9 - [Agricool](https://millionrounds.com/company/agricool) - [Recyda GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyda-gmbh) - [Reusables.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/reusables-com) - [Circulate](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate) - [Carton Vert](https://millionrounds.com/company/carton-vert) - [MatchLog](https://millionrounds.com/company/matchlog) - [Aeropowder](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeropowder) - [Sirsak](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirsak) - [R-CREATE](https://millionrounds.com/company/r-create) ## Segment by segment ### Textiles and fashion resale 117 startups · $2.2B raised - [**Zhuanzhuan**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zhuanzhuan) 转转 (Zhuanzhuan) is a second-hand trading platform developed by Beijing Zhuanzhuan Spiritual Technology Co., Ltd. China $300M - [**Optoro**](https://millionrounds.com/company/optoro) A SaaS returns management system (RMS) that optimizes the returns lifecycle, from return initiation, return methods, restock, & resale. United States $253M - [**RenRenChe**](https://millionrounds.com/company/renrenche) Renrenche.com is a chinese peer-to-peer second-hand car trading platform. China $200M - [**Vinted**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted) Vinted is a Lithuanian technology company founded in 2008, headquartered in Vilnius. Lithuania $174M - [**Tradesy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tradesy) Tradesy is the peer-to-peer luxury fashion resale platform in the US. United States $142M - [**thredUP**](https://millionrounds.com/company/thredup) ThredUp is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first. United States $130M - [**StockX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/stockx) StockX is a Detroit-based online marketplace and resale platform founded in 2015. United States $116M - [**Syre**](https://millionrounds.com/company/syre) Syre is a textile impact company based in Stockholm, Sweden, launched in 2023. Sweden $100M ### Waste collection and software 102 startups · $1.7B raised - [**Sedron Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sedron-technologies) Sedron Technologies is a private environmental services company based in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, founded in 2014 as a spinoff f United States $500M - [**WISErg**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiserg) WISErg is a hybrid technology company specializing in technology, waste management, and resource conservation. United States $224M - [**Noble Environmental**](https://millionrounds.com/company/noble-environmental) Noble Environmental is an environmental service provider offering solid waste management for renewable natural gas. United States $100M - [**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 - [**Vaulted Deep**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaulted-deep) Vaulted Deep is a Houston-based company specializing in carbon removal and waste management. United States $67M - [**Rino Recycling**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rino-recycling) Rino is a waste management company that offers construction and demolition waste, mixed solid waste, and concrete recycling services. Australia $50M - [**Pennsylvania American Water**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennsylvania-american-water) Pennsylvania American Water provides high-quality and reliable water and wastewater services. United States $43M - [**Recycle Track Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recycle-track-systems) Recycle Track Systems (RTS) is a technology-enabled waste management and sustainability provider based in New York City. United States $40M ### Plastics 46 startups · $411M raised - [**Samsara Eco**](https://millionrounds.com/company/samsara-eco) Samsara Eco is an Australian biotechnology and environmental-tech company based in Sydney, specializing in enzymatic recycling technology. Australia $67M - [**Encina**](https://millionrounds.com/company/encina) ENCINA, formally known as Encina Development Group, LLC, is a circular economy company founded in 2016 and based in The Woodlands, Texas. United States $60M - [**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 - [**Novoloop**](https://millionrounds.com/company/novoloop) Novoloop is a circular economy technology company founded in 2015, focused on transforming hard-to-recycle plastic waste into high United States $21M - [**UpSolv**](https://millionrounds.com/company/upsolv) UpSolv is a Montreal-based cleantech company specializing in recycling hard-to-recycle thermoplastics, particularly polystyrene (PS) and ABS. Canada $16M - [**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 - [**Nilo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nilo) Nilo is a plastic recycling startup. New Zealand $12M ### Battery and metal recycling 45 startups · $3.1B raised - [**Redwood Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-materials) Redwood Materials is an American company based in Carson City, Nevada, focused on creating a sustainable supply chain for lithium- United States $1.2B - [**Hybar**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybar) Hybar builds and operates a scrap metal recycling steel rebar production facility. United States $1.1B - [**American Battery Technology Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-battery-technology-company) ABTC provides battery metals through lithium-ion battery recycling, extraction technologies & primary resource development. United States $115M - [**Project Omega**](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-omega) Project Omega is a nuclear technology startup founded in 2026 and headquartered in Rhode Island. United States $92M - [**Cylib**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib) Cylib is a start-up for holistic battery recycling Germany $75M - [**Li Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/li-industries) Li Industries is a climate tech company based in Pineville, North Carolina, founded in 2017. United States $55M - [**Lohum**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lohum) LOHUM is India's largest producer of sustainable energy transition and battery raw materials. India $54M - [**Princeton NuEnergy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/princeton-nuenergy) Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup focused on direct recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries. United States $50M ### Electronics refurbishment 33 startups · $1.2B 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 - [**EasyCep**](https://millionrounds.com/company/easycep) EasyCep, officially known as Easycep Bilisim Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, is Turkey's largest marketplace for refurbished consumer electronics. Türkiye $90M - [**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 - [**GreenDust**](https://millionrounds.com/company/greendust) GreenDust is an India-based reverse-logistics and re-commerce company founded in 2008 and headquartered in New Delhi. India $40M - [**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 ### Food waste and side streams 28 startups · $163M raised - [**Mill**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mill) Mill Industries Inc., founded in 2020 by Matt Rogers and Harry Tannenbaum, is an environmental technology company based in San Bru United States $70M - [**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 - [*CU* **Carbon Upcycling Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-upcycling-technologies) Canada $10M - [**microTERRA**](https://millionrounds.com/company/microterra) microTERRA is a Mexican Foodtech, Climate Tech, and Biotech company founded in 2019. Mexico $9.7M - [**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 - [**Blue Stripes**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-stripes) Blue Stripes is a US-based food and beverage company focused on upcycling the entire cacao fruit to create nutritious and sustaina United States $7.3M - [**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 - [**Goterra**](https://millionrounds.com/company/goterra) Goterra is an Australian company specializing in food-waste management through the innovative use of insects and industrial robotics. Australia $6.6M ### Packaging 9 startups · $44M 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 - [**Reusables.com**](https://millionrounds.com/company/reusables-com) Reusables.com is a Canadian technology platform focused on the circular economy. Canada $2.6M - [**Circulate**](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate) Circulate is an ai-powered procurement tool and marketplace for sustainable packaging. Sweden $1.5M - [**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 - [**MatchLog**](https://millionrounds.com/company/matchlog) MatchLog is India's largest and a leading global platform for container reuse, established in 2019. India $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 - [**Sirsak**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirsak) Sirsak, also known as PT Sirkular Saka Indonesia, is a B2B green-tech startup based in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2023. Indonesia $600K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. 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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