Manufy

What Manufy does

Manufy (legally Circular Innovations B.V.) is an Amsterdam-headquartered, privately held dual-platform company that connects fashion brands with vetted sustainable and circular manufacturers, primarily across Europe. It operates the Manufy Sourcing Platform — a subscription-based two-sided marketplace with a 3-day free trial — for matching brands posting production projects with European manufacturers that submit bids, supported by an integrated messaging system with automatic translation for cross-border coordination. Alongside it, the Circular Innovations Circularity Platform offers a free tier plus paid strategic services (circularity workshops, roadmap development, implementation support) and a Circularity Dashboard that tracks goals, milestones, and an ROI/Impact Quantification tool computing financial and environmental outcomes (cost savings, margin improvement, CO2 reductions). Customer segments are primarily fashion brands (startups through established labels) seeking European nearshoring, sustainable manufacturers seeking lead flow, and organizations pursuing circular transformation.

Underlying technology centers on a web-based unified dashboard with toggle switching between Sourcing and Circularity functions, plus a partnership with The Fabric Connector that synchronizes a catalog of 1,300+ reclaimed premium deadstock fabrics into the Manufy environment. Manufy monetizes through three streams: recurring subscriptions for the Sourcing Platform, a freemium model on the Circularity Platform, and professional-services engagements (workshops, strategy, implementation) priced at varied tiers including multi-year contracts. The go-to-market is hybrid — product-led self-serve sign-up via app.manufy.com supplemented by content-led community building (blog, newsletters, webinars, platform walkthroughs) and inside-sales support via Partnership Managers for enterprise brands and solution providers.

The company is founder-led (co-founders Michiel Dicker, Renee Van Doren, Rob ten Hoove), self-funded with no disclosed external funding rounds, operates at 11-50 employees from the Fashion for Good office at Rokin 102 in Amsterdam, and is actively operating as of mid-2025. After its 2024 relaunch the company covers at least nine European countries (Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Latvia), but it has not yet disclosed revenue, ARR, GMV, or institutional backing in the available record.

Name

Manufy

Legal name

Circular Innovations B.V.

Website

https://manufy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Manufy is an Amsterdam-based dual-platform marketplace connecting fashion brands with vetted sustainable European manufacturers via a paid Sourcing Platform, and supporting organizations transitioning to circular business models via a free-plus-paid Circularity Platform with ROI and CO2 quantification tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Fashion Sourcing Marketplace

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers (424350)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable / Ethical Apparel & Accessories Wholesale (CRAOADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rental-to-Resale / Circular Fashion Platforms (CRAFAGAK)

Keywords

• Sustainable fashion sourcing
• Nearshoring textile manufacturing
• Circular economy platform
• Deadstock fabric marketplace
• Fashion supply chain platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Sourcing Platform Subscription: The Manufy Sourcing Platform operates on a subscription model. Brands select subscription plans to access the manufacturer network, post projects, and communicate with manufacturers. A 3-day free trial is included. Subscription can be managed and cancelled via the dashboard (My Company > My Subscription).
2. Circularity Platform Services: The Circularity Platform is free to join for connecting with circular solution providers. Paid services include strategic guidance, impact quantification, and implementation support — all at different price points depending on the depth of service required.
3. Strategic & Implementation Services: Circular Innovations offers paid services including circularity workshops, strategic roadmaps, and hands-on implementation support for organizations transitioning to circular business models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Manufy operates an online B2B marketplace that connects conscious fashion brands with vetted sustainable manufacturers across Europe for nearshoring apparel production, complemented by the Circular Innovations Circularity Platform that matches organizations with circular solution providers (repair, resale, returns reduction) and offers paid circularity workshops, strategy development, and implementation support. Brands subscribe to post projects, receive bids, and communicate via auto-translated chat; manufacturers list capabilities, certificates, and bid on quotation requests.

Product overview

Manufy operates as a dual-platform ecosystem under Circular Innovations. The Manufy Sourcing Platform serves as a sustainable marketplace connecting fashion brands with vetted European manufacturers for production needs. The Circular Innovations Circularity Platform provides strategic services including circularity workshops, strategy development, and impact measurement tools to help businesses transition to circular business models. Both platforms are interconnected, allowing users to toggle between sourcing and circularity functions. The platform offers a free tier for circularity exploration and subscription-based paid plans for sourcing and advanced circularity services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Manufy Sourcing Platform A sustainable sourcing marketplace that connects fashion brands with vetted responsible manufacturers and suppliers across Europe. Brands post projects, receive manufacturer responses/bids, and manage communications through the platform's integrated messaging.
• Circular Innovations Circularity Platform A gateway to a network of circular solution providers that helps businesses build circular strategies, connect with providers for resale, repair, and returns reduction, and measure impact and ROI of circular initiatives.
• Circularity Workshops Expert-led workshops to help businesses discover circularity opportunities and connect with circular solution providers on the platform.
• Circular Strategy Development Customized circular strategy development with road-to-circularity support and quantification of ROI for circularity initiatives.
• Circularity Implementation Support Hands-on support to help businesses integrate circularity into their operations and turn their circularity strategy into action.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5.3 tons of fabric upcycled by re.store in 2.5 years; €52,372.65 paid to social partners
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Fabric ConnectorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2024Partnership announced May 3, 2024, between Manufy and The Fabric Connector, a Dutch company that 'reclaims' leftover premium textiles from fabric suppliers and fashion brands. Through catalog synchronization, The Fabric Connector's deadstock inventory (over 1,300 fabrics) is made accessible to Manufy users, enabling fashion brands to create sustainable collections in Europe. Materials from distant suppliers are filtered out to align with Manufy's nearshoring philosophy. The collaboration supports circular production by preventing textile waste from landfills and incinerators.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• The Fabric Connector: The Fabric Connector is Manufy's existing strategic partner and a Dutch deadstock textile supplier. It is relevant as a supplier-side participant in the circular fabric ecosystem that overlaps with Manufy's sustainable sourcing value proposition, and represents both a partner and adjacent player.

Emerging players

• Carbonfact: Carbonfact is a product-level carbon footprint platform for fashion brands, automating LCA calculations across the supply chain. It competes with Manufy's impact quantification capabilities and addresses the same fashion-sustainability buyer persona.
• Circl: Circl is a Dutch marketplace for circular materials and products, helping brands source recycled and bio-based inputs. It overlaps with Manufy's circular sourcing mission and serves a similar European sustainability-focused buyer base.
• Reverse Resources: Reverse Resources is a data and matching platform for textile-to-textile recycling, connecting waste streams with recyclers and brands. It is comparable to Manufy's Circularity Platform in addressing circular textile flows and supplier matchmaking, though focused on recycling rather than nearshoring.
• Sourceful: Sourceful is a sourcing platform helping brands find and manage sustainable packaging and material suppliers with emissions tracking. It overlaps with Manufy on the sustainability-sourcing thesis and impact quantification tooling, though focused on packaging rather than apparel.
• Fairly Made: Fairly Made is a French transparency and traceability platform for fashion brands, quantifying environmental and social impact of garments. It overlaps with Manufy's ROI/Impact quantification tools and serves a similar audience of conscious fashion brands.

Broad incumbents

• Alibaba (Alibaba.com): Alibaba is the dominant global B2B marketplace, including a large apparel and textile manufacturer category. While not focused on sustainable/EU nearshoring, it sets the baseline for sourcing marketplace UX and competes for brand sourcing budgets.

Direct peers

• Foursource: Foursource is a B2B platform connecting fashion brands with apparel manufacturers globally. It is the most direct competitor to Manufy's Sourcing Platform, offering a marketplace for sourcing production with similar matchmaking functionality, though without Manufy's EU nearshoring and circularity emphasis.
• Recovo: Recovo operates a marketplace for deadstock and surplus fabrics, enabling fashion brands to source circular materials. It directly overlaps with Manufy's The Fabric Connector partnership and deadstock sourcing value proposition for sustainable fashion brands.
• Sewport: Sewport is an online marketplace connecting fashion designers and brands with garment manufacturers worldwide. It is comparable to Manufy's Sourcing Platform in core matchmaking function, though with broader (global) geographic scope rather than EU nearshoring focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/manufy
• Instagraminstagram.com/circular_innovations
• Facebookfacebook.com/manufyeu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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