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Closed Loop Ventures Grant

In context

This call is open to startups and small and medium-sized businesses, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is an equity investment. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.

Summary

Closed Loop Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies building circular economy solutions across plastics & packaging, textiles, food & organics, and enabling technologies. The fund targets startups and entrepreneurs developing business models and technologies that reduce waste and extend product lifecycles.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 4 Aug 2026Accurate?

About this grant

This venture fund invests in early-stage companies developing circular-economy solutions across four focus areas: plastics and packaging, textiles and apparel, food and organics, and enabling technologies. The fund seeks startups and small enterprises with scalable business models that reduce waste and extend product lifecycles, closing material loops across these sectors. Equity investment is available to companies at idea, research and development, prototype, pilot, pre-seed, seed and Series A stages. Applicants must be building technologies or business models specifically designed to address circular-economy challenges within the named sectors. The fund considers applications from entrepreneurs and ventures globally.

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Key requirements

  • ✓Company must be building solutions in circular economy (plastics & packaging, textiles & apparel, food & organics, or circular technology)
  • ✓Early-stage venture with scalable business model
  • ✓Focus on closing material loops and reducing waste

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for Closed Loop Ventures?
Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme.

About this sector

Circular economy funding supports reuse, repair, remanufacturing, product redesign and secondary materials markets. Grants tend to back pilots with businesses and local authorities, while tenders buy collection, sorting and recovery services. Applicants are usually asked to show the material flows involved and who will buy the recovered output.