69 Best Circular Economy Startups to Watch in 2024

Operator of a clothing brand intended to offer premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle.

Total Raised: $825.00M

Last Funding: $825.00M (Unknown)

The Rounds is a zero-waste refill and delivery service for your household essentials and local favorites.

Total Raised: $24.00M

Last Funding: $24.00M (Series B)

Recyda is a packing management platform founded in 2020 by Vivian Loftin, Christian Knobloch and Anna Zießow.

Total Raised: $8.80M

Last Funding: $1.90M (Seed)

AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.

Total Raised: $32.00M

Last Funding: $27.00M (Series C)

MOLG enables circular manufacturing, ensuring one products end is another's beginning.

Total Raised: $5.50M

Last Funding: $5.50M (Seed)

Yulex is a company founded in 2017 by Jeffrey A. Martin.

Total Raised: $15.00M

Last Funding: $15.00M (Unknown)

The Company produces natural degradable biopolymers from non-food sources.

Total Raised: $2.70M

Last Funding: $2.70M (Seed)

Spiber, Inc is a private biomaterials company using industrial biotechnology to develop silk.

Total Raised: $0.09M

Spintex artificially spins the highest performance silk fibers available, through a spider-inspired process.

A biotechnology company developing and commercializing spider silk for textiles and performance polymers. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories uses genetic engineering to produce recombinant spider silk based fibers on an industrial scale.

A for-profit blockchain-as-a-service software company aiming to help solve extreme poverty.

Thredup is a San Francisco-based company.

Pact is a Boulder, Colorado-based organic cotton apparel company offering environmental and responsible clothing.

Allbirds is a startup company manufacturing wool footwear.

Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.

Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.

Everlane is a San Francisco-based clothing company designing, manufacturing, and retailing ethical clothing sourced from sustainable materials and manufactured at ethical factories.

Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.