Circular economy
Circular economy
Our current linear ‘take-make-waste’ system use 60% more resources than the earth can generate every year. We invest in solutions that enable reuse, upcycling and recycling of waste streams to enable a circular economy.
We invest in solutions that enable reuse, upcycling and recycling of waste streams
Our linear “take-make-waste” economy is exhausting the planet’s resources. Circularity is essential to decoupling growth from extraction.
Our investment thesis
We invest in technologies that close material loops in the most resource-intensive value chains, focusing on advanced recycling, recovery of high-value materials, and circular resource inputs.
What we are looking for
- Advanced recycling of hard-to-handle waste streams
- Circular materials that replace virgin resources
- Scalable technologies with strong unit economics and feedstock security
Our investment within circular economy
We have backed founders building solutions within reusable products, upcycling and converting non-recyclable plastic fractions to a liquid chemical.
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SemperCycle
Enabling a circular, low-carbon economy for unrecyclable plastics
- Circular economyabout /verticals/circular-economyCircular economy
“Circularity only works if it scales – we invest where circular solutions can truly replace linear ones.”
Explore all our investment verticals
- Circular economy
- Built environment
- Biosolutions
- Climate tech
- Energy
- Food & agriculture
Explore all our investment verticals
Our current linear ‘take-make-waste’ system use 60% more resources than the earth can generate every year. We invest in solutions that enable reuse, upcycling and recycling of waste streams to enable a circular economy.
- Circular economyabout /verticals/circular-economyCircular economy
Come venture with us
Pitch us
Have a venture where impact and growth scale together? We invest early and work side-by-side powered by the whole Footprint Firm team.
SemperCycle
Enabling a circular, low-carbon economy for unrecyclable plastics
Investment vertical
- Circular economyabout /verticals/circular-economyCircular economy
Stage
- First ticket
Website
sempercycle.com about https://sempercycle.com/The challenge
As of 2018, globally over 260 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year, yet only around 12% is recycled into new products. The majority of plastic that cannot be recycled economically or technically often ends up incinerated, contributing to additional carbon dioxide emissions. Current recycling solutions fail to capture these hard-to-recycle plastics, leaving a significant gap in the circular economy.
The solution
SemperCycle transforms non-recyclable plastic waste fractions into a liquid chemical feedstock that can be used to produce new plastics. By converting plastic that would otherwise be incinerated, their technology diverts waste, closes the loop, and reduces carbon dioxide emissions, enabling a truly low-carbon, circular economy for plastics.
