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New portfolio company: heading the net-zero revolution! We are excited to welcome Cyclize to the UVC Partners family🎉. We lead the company’s seed funding round of EUR 5 million with complementary investments from HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Aurum Impact, UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators, and renowned business angels including Dr. Klaus Schäfer, former CTO of Covestro also being Chairman of Cyclize's Advisory Board. How is Cyclize transforming the chemical industry?🌎♻️🌱 ✔️Cyclize uses an advanced plasma-based method that turns different kinds of plastic waste into synthetic gas, which competes economically with gas made from fossil fuels and can substitute it. ✔️The transition to net zero production unlocks opportunities for new markets in Europe. By preserving the majority of the value chain, current processing facilities can remain operational, ensuring cost-effectiveness in production. ✔️Cyclize has already sparked interest from both industry and politics. Our principal Amanda Birkenholz leading the investment at UVC Partners knows: “Cyclize's technology solves two problems of our civilization. Currently, only nine percent of globally produced plastic is recycled. The remainder is not further utilized and ends up in continuously growing landfills. However, the energy contained therein can be significantly used by Cyclize for the reforming process, simultaneously reducing electricity demand and operational costs significantly. Especially considering the current energy price policy, companies can secure a decisive advantage with Cyclize, utilizing a resource that has been scarcely used so far.” ✔️Jana Petry, our associate on the investment, adds: “We believe that the upside potential is massive and Cyclize could revolutionize the chemical industry. Having looked at many startups in the chemicals segment has convinced me of the high need for disruption in this sector. I’m more than happy to support the team in solving these current pain points for a more sustainable future!” Great to have you with us Dominik Novakovic, Jan Stein, Maike Lambarth, Stephan Renninger, and the whole team!🤩 👉Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/dNya59jm 💐We thank all of the participants in this journey and congratulate everybody: Dr. Klaus Schäfer, Andreas Gocke, Dr. Ludwig Weiß, Benjamin Erhart, Johannes Weber, Mauricio Fleischer Acuña, Miki Yokoyama, Jan Hendrik Heihoff, Inga vom Holtz, Maria Poursaiadi, Tobias Jacob #portfolionews #newinvestment #investors #VC #startups #founders #cyclize #climatetech #netzero #defossilization #co2

Every Day is Earth Day: Embracing the Circular Economy for a Sustainable Future.   🌎 At Altilium, our circular economy approach for recycling old EV batteries not only prevents them from ending up in toxic landfill, but also seamlessly recovers materials for use in new batteries. By doing so, we significantly reduce the need for extensive mining, thus conserving our precious natural resources. 🌎 Our propriatary EcoCathode™ battery recycling process boasts a 60% carbon reduction compared to using virgin materials, making EVs even cleaner. 🌎 Altilium is a UK-based clean technology group supporting the transformation of the global energy sector from fossil-based to zero-carbon. Our vision is for a domestic, sustainable EV battery supply chain, where the critical minerals powering the energy transition are recovered from recycling existing waste streams.

Sustainable Transport: Altilium Showcases the Crucial Role of EV Battery Recycling in the UK for our Net-Zero Future. 🎥  Altilium recently hosted the renowned motoring broadcaster and transport campaigner Quentin Willson at its state-of-the-art Devon EV Battery Recycling Centre (ACT1). In our latest video Quentin explores Altilium’s “EcoCathode” process that could reduce the carbon in battery cathode active material (CAM) by more than 50% and cost by 20% compared to virgin materials, making EVs even cleaner. ♻️ The film takes an in-depth look at the process of transforming battery waste into new battery materials for reuse in the next generation of high-performance batteries. Old EV batteries aren't just recycled; they're reengineered and upcycled to modern high nickel CAM, such as NMC 811 and beyond. 🇬🇧 Altilium is the first company in the UK with a full “Circular Battery Model”, a unique customer offering with zero-carbon EV battery collection, black mass recycling and chemical refining to Cathode Active Material (CAM) for direct reuse in an EV supply chain. 👇 Watch the video and discover how Altilium is reshaping the future of sustainable EV battery materials for the long-term future of the UK automotive sector. https://lnkd.in/ekJVaDDa   #innovation #technology #batteryrecycling #batterytechnology #sustainability #startup #circularity #startups #altiliumcleantechnology #circularity #cleantech #ev #lithiumionbatteries #quentinwillson

CORE IS TAKEN OVER! Boom! Back from vacation, and the first post is big news straight away! Butter Bridge BV has taken over CORE CHANGEMAKERS, specifically everything we do with high temperature systems like #MAGMA and #FOURNOS! And with the other technologies like #TEMNOS being sold as we speak, we had to make a tough decision. Do you continue with new projects from scratch, or is it time to end it on a high note? After careful consideration we chose the latter. We don't wanna let down students halfway the semester if the projects don't work out, or lose good people in the process by having too few challenges for the more experience members. CORE CHANGEMAKERS stops. Our last dance will be hosting three mini symposiums during the Vakbeurs Recycling focused on solarpanel #reuse & #recycling, #batteryrecycling and circularity in infra. In the coming weeks we will share posts looking back at our biggest achievements in the past 5/6 years, as well as posts about the speakers for the event! For now, read the article from Innovation Origins, remember the good times and talk to you again soon! And join us in thanking all the partners, customers and students that were part of our journey! https://lnkd.in/eWB_vW3J

🔔Sorted Raises £1.65M Seed Funding🔔 'The Future of AI-Powered Recycling' 🇬🇧The London-based recycling tech startup, raised £1.65m in Seed funding. The round was led by Pi Labs with participation from Archipelago Ventures, Circular Plastics Accelerator, Conduit Connect, Antler, and other angel investors. ♻ Globally, the environmental impact of waste dumping is staggering, with 2.12 billion tonnes of waste posing threats to air quality, ocean health, and soil fertility. Sorted is stepping up to tackle this challenge by addressing the increasing pressure from governments to reduce reliance on single-use materials and boost recycled content. 💡 Arthur Goujon, co-founder and CTO at Sorted, highlights the urgency for compliance with upcoming regulations like the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. Sorted's solution aims to empower the waste management sector to reduce its carbon footprint, increase recycled material output, and navigate industry challenges effectively. The Solution: Innovative Technology for Sustainable Sorting 🗑 Sorted's technology leverages computer vision, spectroscopy, and AI-driven coloured lasers to enhance human pickers' sorting efficiency. By identifying, distinguishing, and pinpointing valuable items on recycling lines, Sorted's solution optimizes waste recovery, leading to over a 50% improvement in residual waste recovery in its initial deployment. 💸 Sorted has already forged partnerships with major waste management and recycling companies in the UK and France, including SUEZ UK and Cawleys Waste & Resource Management. With this new funding, the startup plans to expand its business development and technical teams, accelerating its go-to-market strategy and contributing to a more sustainable future. Sorted's innovative approach not only drives environmental sustainability but also presents lucrative revenue opportunities for its clients while mitigating carbon emissions. We look forward to witnessing Sorted's continued success in revolutionising waste management and contributing to a greener, more sustainable world. #SeedFunding #SustainableTech #WasteManagement #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalImpact #StartupFunding #InvestmentInsights 🌍♻️💡

Tackling the escalating climate crisis will be near-impossible without advances in climate tech, which means fostering, supporting and broadcasting from the mountain tops the amazing startups that are attacking this existential problem, hammer and tong. UMass-Lowell through iHub, is doing just that. As part of the critical cleantech startup ecosystem, our sustainability-focused incubator/accelerator is dedicated to nurturing startups committed to clean energy, sustainable chemistry and environmental innovations. The upcoming Be Investor Ready November 7th forum includes investors, founders, and industry SMEs focused on a vibrant pitch event, a conversation on how to maximize the chance of success for this well-curated array of materials-based, cleantech startups and a discussion forum for sustainability-focused innovation.

Interview with Serge Kimbel CEO of WEEECycling Group: Revolutionizing Recycling From Humble Beginnings to Global Reach Serge Kimbel started WEEECycling Group from scratch, working from his home. Over 12 years, it has grown into a company with 100 employees and a $30 million turnover, expanding operations across Europe, Africa, the US, South America, and the Middle East. ♻️ The Recycling Process Shredding: Electronic waste is shredded into small pieces (3-5 mm). Thermic Phase: Metals are agglomerated through a reduction phase. Smelting and Digestion: Metals are melted and dissolved for extraction. Purification: Metals are refined to 85-95% purity, then electrorefined to 99.9-99.99% depending on the industry use. 🌍 Global Operations and Impact Europe:Works with eco-organisms for waste collection and processing. Africa: Establishing organized collection points and treatment sites. Other Regions:Adapting to local collection and recycling needs. 💡 Vision for the Future Kimbel emphasizes the necessity of recycling to manage shrinking resources and reduce industrial carbon footprints. He believes that using recycled metals is not just an option but a necessity for sustainable production. Watch the full interview to learn more about Serge's journey and WEEECycling's innovative processes! 🔗 [Watch the interview]

🔋 Cylib, a battery recycling startup backed by Porsche and Bosch, is building Europe's largest end-to-end lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Dormagen, Germany. 🌍 The €180M ($200M) facility will recycle 30,000 metric tons of end-of-life batteries annually, outscaling Hydrovolt’s 12,000 tons. ♻️ Cylib aims to boost sustainable EV production, pioneering the circular economy and proving that reduced environmental impact can go hand-in-hand with economic success. 🚗 Currently only 5% of batteries are recycled, hopefully this is the start of an upward trend of investment into recycling and the circular economy #batterynews #recycling

With manufacturing at the root of significant carbon emissions, greener manufacturing has drawn mounting investments, netting more than $10 billion globally last year, despite slower funding overall. Crunchbase examined where investment is going, from batteries to sustainable steelmaking. https://lnkd.in/evcc5bdT #greenmanufacturing #carbonneutrality #carbonfootprint #sustainability #sustainablemanufacturing