{"id":170179,"date":"2025-11-12T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=170179"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:16:04","slug":"patented-technology-against-plastic-waste-aevoloop-secures-e8-25-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/patented-technology-against-plastic-waste-aevoloop-secures-e8-25-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Patented technology against plastic waste: aevoloop secures \u20ac8.25 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-06-um-12.24.28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-06-um-12.24.28.png 600w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-06-um-12.24.28-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-06-um-12.24.28-150x116.png 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-06-um-12.24.28-350x270.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Timo Witt (CTO), Philipp Ke\u00dfler (CEO &amp; Co-Founder), Dr. Manuel H\u00e4u\u00dfler (Co-Founder) \u00a9 aevoloop<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Seed financing of around \u20ac3.25 million and just under \u20ac5 million in grants from the EU and the Free State of Saxony pave the way to market launch<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Patented technology delivers plastics designed for circularity, recyclable without loss of quality \u2014 biodegradability offers a solution to the microplastics problem<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Redesign of plastics with \u201cpredetermined breaking point\u201d technology enables targeted and energy-efficient opening of polymer chains<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Leipzig-based chemistry start-up aevoloop has raised around \u20ac3.25 million in a seed investment round. Together with just under \u20ac5 million in funding from the EU and the Free State of Saxony, the company can now take the next major steps toward the market launch of its circular technology. This enables high-performance, chemically recyclable and biodegradable plastics and, for the first time, combines the advantages of conventional polymer materials \u2014 performance, versatility and price \u2014 with true circularity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Packaging, textiles and injection-moulded parts are one-way products \u2014 conventional plastics were never designed for recycling. While mechanical recycling has become established, it comes with inherent limitations. To make a decisive leap in circularity, fundamentally new materials are needed, not just new recycling processes. aevoloop makes this possible: upcycling instead of downcycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The start-up replaces individual links in conventional polyethylene or polypropylene chains with bonds that can be selectively opened \u2014 through a kind of \u201cpredetermined breaking point.\u201d They retain all properties in use, but at the end of their life cycle they can be chemically broken down into their basic components and processed into new plastic. This can be used like conventional polyolefins and, unlike other sustainable plastics, is not limited to niche applications. The biodegradability of these novel plastics also offers, in the long term, a solution to the microplastics problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Financing round speeds up market entry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To accelerate market entry, renowned impact and technology funds participated in the seed financing round: alongside lead investor Circulate Capital, Positron Ventures and bmp Ventures via the IBG Innovationsfonds (Innovation Fund) are also investing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public funding is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of an R&amp;D collaborative project grant from the S\u00e4chsische Aufbaubank (SAB). It is provided under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipfdd.de\/en\/research\/division-polymer-materials-engineering\/projects\/saxy-plastics\/\">\u201cSaxy Plastics\u201d project<\/a>, in which aevoloop is cooperating with the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Leipzig University and the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Capital for further development, team and pilot projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the capital raised \u2014 \u20ac3.25 million in seed investment and just under \u20ac5 million in public funding \u2014 the start-up is pursuing a clear roadmap: further development of its solution, expansion of its team and implementation of additional pilot projects with industrial partners, for example to develop new products such as films, injection-moulded parts and fibres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPlastic is not fundamentally bad \u2014 only the way we handle it,\u201d says <strong>Dr. Manuel H\u00e4u\u00dfler, co-founder and scientific lead at aevoloop<\/strong>. \u201cWith our technology, we make plastics fully recyclable. In doing so, we combine the performance of conventional plastics with true circularity. Our goal is a world in which sustainable plastic can be used endlessly \u2014 without waste and without squandering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wolfgang Hafenmayer, founding partner of lead investor Circulate Capital<\/strong>, adds: \u201caevoloop\u2019s technology is a significant advance for the circular economy in polyolefins. For the first time, we have a true material alternative \u2014 without the compromises that other solutions entail. It\u2019s precisely this kind of scalable innovation that can drive a systemic shift across the entire plastic value chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Initial pilot projects have started<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The underlying technology can be used immediately on existing extruders and injection-moulding machines. In addition, production is comparatively cost-effective \u2014 purely bio-based alternatives are often significantly more expensive.Initial pilot lines and projects have been launched, supported by strong partners such as the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND), which has contributed initial funding of just under one million euros, and the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC), with which aevoloop collaborates closely in research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leipzig-based chemistry start-up aevoloop has raised around \u20ac3.25 million in a seed investment round. Together with just under \u20ac5 million in funding from the EU and the Free State of Saxony, the company can now take the next major steps toward the market launch of its circular technology. 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