Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

Theker develops AI-native generalist robots designed to operate autonomously and adapt in real time to changing industrial environments. Its technology targets industries such as logistics, retail, food and beverage, and waste management and is being deployed to address labour shortages in manufacturing and retail. The company positions its robots as a new category compared with traditional rigid, task-specific industrial robots. Founded in 2022 and based in Barcelona, Theker has raised €18 million in seed funding and an $85 million Series A. The firm plans to use the new capital to accelerate deployments with industrial operators, deepen its proprietary AI and robotics stack, and expand engineering and deployment teams.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2025

Epoch Biodesign develops enzymatic processes that depolymerize pre- and post-consumer plastic and textile waste into monomers, recovering more than 90% of desired monomers through a cascade of enzyme treatments. The company sources industrial enzymes rather than using live microbes and captures dyes as a separate byproduct to be treated independently. Its current commercial focus is nylon 6,6, a high-strength synthetic fiber used in apparel, airbags, carpets and other applications, with plans to adapt the platform to other plastics over time. Epoch is building a demonstration-scale facility near Imperial College London and plans a commercial-scale plant expected online in 2028 with capacity targeted at 20,000 metric tons per year of monomer. The company was founded and is led by CEO Jacob Nathan and has secured strategic investor support including Lululemon through its recent $12 million funding round.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2024

Galy, led by CEO and Founder Luciano Bueno, develops cellular agriculture products beginning with GALY Cotton. Its core product, GALY Cotton, is a lab-grown cotton that the company says fully replicates traditional cotton in quality because it originates from an actual plant. Galy has developed a minimum-viable product and is working to enhance quality parameters and scale production from lab to pre-industrial scale. The company plans to expand its platform beyond cotton to other plant-cell products, targeting a global agricultural market valued in the article at $1.7 trillion annually. Galy highlights ESG benefits, customizable quality, and a roadmap to reach cost parity with conventional cotton. The company completed a $33M Series B to fund scaling and product development.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

Infinited Fiber Company produces Infinna, a recycled cellulosic fiber made from the cellulose portion of post-consumer textile waste and ready-to-spin in fiber form. Its process accepts blends with a minimum of 88% cellulose and can separate polyester and elastane, though it is currently optimized for Infinna production. IFC sources feedstock from Europe-based garment collectors and mechanical-recycling dust from Turkey and North Africa, and claims pre-agreed volumes, prices and compositions with partners to secure supply. The company operates two pilot facilities in Finland and plans a commercial-scale factory to be built in a decommissioned pulp and paper plant in Finland. IFC closed a two-part financing round totalling €40m, with funds earmarked to cover operational costs for the preparation phase of the commercial factory build. Management expects to spend the next 18–24 months developing and fulfilling the first supply agreements and will begin raising an additional €400m to fund the full factory build. IFC targets an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of Infinna by 2030. Infinited Fiber Company converts cellulose-rich materials (like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, and wheat straw) into Infinna™, a premium regenerated textile fiber with the natural look and feel of cotton. Infinna™ is biodegradable, contains no microplastics, and garments made with it can be recycled in the same process together with other textile waste. The company intends to use recent investment proceeds to prepare for building a flagship factory in Finland and to boost pilot-plant output to meet growing demand from global fashion and textile brands. Zalando invested as part of a funding round recently led by H&M Group that also included adidas and BESTSELLER's investment arm Invest FWD A/S. Zalando and Infinited Fiber Company signed a letter of intent for Zalando to provide raw materials and to use Infinna™ in its private-label production. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and positions its technology as a solution to rising textile waste and increasing fiber demand.

Participated · Series B · Jul 2022

Circ is a Danville, Virginia-based textile recycler that has developed patented technology to recycle global fashion waste back into textiles. The company says its process reduces the need for petroleum, trees, and other materials used to manufacture clothes. Its technology is currently used by Patagonia, Marubeni, and Fashion For Good. Circ aims to recycle 10 billion garments, representing 10% of the global apparel market, which it says will save more than 100 million trees. The company will use new funding to expand its manufacturing efforts and packaging partnerships. Circ is led by CEO Peter Majeranowski. Circ develops a proprietary chemical recycling process that extracts raw materials from discarded cotton and polyester, including cotton‑polyester blends. Its process uses subcritical water heated to 105–190°C at elevated pressure (40–300 psi) with a chemical catalyst such as sodium hydroxide to break polymer bonds and produce cellulose or terephthalic acid (TPA). Circ's patents state the method can use fewer chemical catalysts, making it cheaper and less environmentally taxing than some alternatives. The company began as a biofuels business processing tobacco waste but pivoted to textiles after industry demand. Circ says the new funding will help secure suppliers and purchasers as it scales, with the aim of making recycled garments accessible to everyday shoppers. Financially, the company previously raised $8 million in a round led by Tin Shed Ventures and has announced a $30 million Series B led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Circ has developed a chemical/hydrothermal process that can separate and recover both polyester and cotton from polyester–cotton blends while keeping fiber integrity intact. Founders Peter Majeranowski and Conor Hartman adapted the approach from earlier biofuels work (the company traces roots to Tyton BioScience) and have spent roughly a decade refining the technology. The process can handle small amounts of spandex (typically under 5 percent) and yields high-quality cotton cellulose that the team says can replace tree pulp for cellulosic fibers. Circ plans to introduce textiles made with its recycled fibers later this year, working with contract manufacturers and a facility in Danville, VA. The company raised $8 million from Patagonia, Marubeni, Alante Capital and Card Sound Capital to put the technology to work. Circ aims to scale impact—targeting recycling 10 billion garments by 2030—and positions its solution as one of several chemical-recycling approaches needed to address global textile waste and microplastics challenges.