What Circuloos does

Circuloos is an EU-funded Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action operating under grant agreement 101092295. Coordinated by European Dynamics, the project convenes an 18-partner consortium that includes SUPSI, FIWARE Foundation, Alastria, Mobile World Capital Barcelona, F6S, Innomine, and a mix of manufacturing SMEs, research institutions, and technology providers. The project serves European manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps, with explicit focus on three pilot sectors: wood, leather, and plastic. The Fundació Barcelona Mobile World Capital Foundation acts as dissemination lead, extending the project's reach into a global industry network.

The project delivers a digital platform suite comprising RAMP, GRETA, SCOPT, SCDT, the CIRCULOOS Data Platform, a Digital Product Passport (DPP), and a Supply Chain Orchestrator. These tools are designed to help manufacturers track material flows, improve resource efficiency, and meet emerging EU regulatory requirements around product traceability and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. The project operates 18 experiments (EDXs) plus three core pilots, and integrates AI capabilities including computer vision for plastic sorting, predictive analytics via AIRSTRAT, knowledge retrieval through the DPP, and process automation for laptop refurbishment. The toolchain is being built with FAIR-by-design data principles to maximize reuse.

Circuloos is not a commercial venture. Its revenue model is entirely grant-based, with €3.6 million explicitly allocated to open calls for third-party experiments; Open Call 3.2 offers up to €60,000 per entity at a 60% funding rate, while earlier open calls offered up to €240,000 per consortium. The project's lifecycle is bounded by the Horizon Europe funding period (launched November 2023), and there is no disclosed commercial revenue stream, pricing model, or equity-financed growth trajectory.

Name

Circuloos

Legal name

Fundació Barcelona Mobile World Capital Foundation

Website

https://circuloos.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Circuloos is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project delivering a digital platform suite (RAMP, GRETA, CIRCULOOS Data Platform, Digital Product Passport, Supply Chain Orchestrator) to help European manufacturing SMEs adopt circular-economy practices across wood, leather, and plastic sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Circular Economy Manufacturing Software

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable & Responsible Supply Chain (ESG, Scope 3) (BPAHAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainability Testing, Certification & Compliance (LCA, Recyclability/Compostability Testing, FSC/PEFC) (IMALAMAK)

Keywords

• Circular economy manufacturing
• Sustainability assessment tools
• Supply chain orchestration
• Digital product passport
• Robotics automation marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EU Grant Funding (Horizon Europe): CIRCULOOS is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement 101092295. The project does not generate commercial revenue. It distributes funding to third parties through open calls, providing lump-sum grants to SMEs, mid-caps, and other entities for developing circular economy solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Circuloos provides an integrated ecosystem of digital tools and a platform for circular economy manufacturing, enabling micro, small and medium-sized production companies to transition to circular supply chains. The core offering includes the RAMP marketplace for partner discovery, the CIRCULOOS Data Platform for secure data sharing, and specialized tools (GRETA, SCOPT, SCDT) for sustainability assessment, supply chain optimization, and digital twin simulation. The project funds European manufacturing SMEs through open calls and validates solutions through three core pilots in wood, leather, and plastic sectors.

Product overview

CIRCULOOS is a European Commission-funded circular economy manufacturing platform comprising the CIRCULOOS Platform as its core offering, supplemented by specialized tools including RAMP (Robotics and Automation Marketplace) for partner discovery and collaboration, the CIRCULOOS Data Platform for secure data exchange, and the Supply Chain Orchestrator for dynamic supply chain coordination. The platform integrates dedicated assessment and optimization modules including GRETA for sustainability and LCA assessment, SCOPT for supply chain optimization, and SCDT for digital twin simulation. Additionally, the ecosystem includes a Digital Product Passport platform powered by blockchain technology for traceability. These interconnected tools work together to enable manufacturing SMEs to adopt circular economy practices across plastics, leather, and wood sectors through open calls and pilot programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RAMP (Robotics and Automation Marketplace): A digital platform connecting manufacturing SMEs with circular value chain partners, offering 100+ digital tools and collaboration capabilities.
• GRETA
• SCOPT
• SCDT
• CIRCULOOS Data Platform

Products and services

• CIRCULOOS Platform A Horizon Europe-funded platform enabling micro, small and medium-sized production companies to transition toward circular economy by providing digital tools for supply chain orchestration, sustainability assessment, and secure data sharing across circular value chains. Targets European manufacturing MSMEs and is coordinated by European Dynamics with 18 consortium partners.
• RAMP (Robotics and Automation Marketplace) A marketplace platform connecting manufacturing SMEs with service providers, robotics integrators, and Digital Innovation Hubs across Europe, featuring catalogues, service requests, and IoT data visualization capabilities. Offers access to 100+ digital tools for manufacturing SMEs to optimize operations and adopt sustainable circular practices.
• GRETA (Green Targets) A web-based sustainability assessment tool developed by SUPSI for measuring environmental impacts across product lifecycles, including carbon footprint and LCA indicators. Provides actionable sustainability insights for circular manufacturing decision-making.
• SCOPT (Supply Chain Optimization Tool) A tool for identifying effective intra-factory and supply chain configurations, analyzing operations based on life cycle assessment (LCA) and cost indicators to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and support circular manufacturing strategies.
• SCDT (Supply Chain Digital Twin) A simulation and visualization tool for factory workflows and supply chain interactions, providing visibility into inputs, outputs, and internal processes both within factories and across the entire supply chain to support data-driven decisions in circular manufacturing.
• CIRCULOOS Data Platform A secure data sharing platform enabling connected value chains with trusted data exchange for monitoring supply chains and driving sustainable decision-making across circular manufacturing ecosystems. Supports real-time data exchange and supply chain monitoring.
• Digital Product Passport Platform A blockchain-powered digital platform tracking materials and products throughout their lifecycle, enabling full traceability, transparency, and compliance with EU regulatory requirements. Records each transformation from production to reuse, repair, or recycling in a secure and verifiable way.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to €3.6 million allocated to open calls supporting circular manufacturing innovation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European DynamicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Dynamics is the project coordinator of CIRCULOOS, responsible for expanding RAMP and MPMS capabilities for advanced circular economy concepts, developing the cyber-secure data-sharing framework, and driving exploitation and DIH network establishment. Anastasia Garbi and Themis Kolyvas serve as CIRCULOOS Project Coordinators.
• SuPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuPSI is an RTO/DIH partner providing expertise in circular economy evaluation, sustainability assessment, and LCA methodology. They developed GRETA and contribute to the circular manufacturing reference architecture (CMRA) and data management plan.
• FIWARE FoundationcoreTechnology or IntegrationFIWARE Foundation provides the open-source FIWARE 3.0 platform with enriched APIs and components that enable the adoption of cyber-physical IoT technology within the CIRCULOOS ecosystem.
• AlastriacoreTechnology or IntegrationAlastria is one of the largest public-permissioned, multi-sector blockchain platforms globally with over 500 member entities. It provides blockchain expertise for CIRCULOOS by integrating the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) to create a cybersecure, cross-border data-sharing framework.
• Mobile World Capital BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobile World Capital Barcelona (MWCapital) serves as the dissemination and communication manager for CIRCULOOS, organizing events including Mobile World Congress participation. MWCapital is registered at Pl. Pau Vila 1, Sector 2C, 08039 Barcelona (VAT: G65760431).
• Innomine Digital Innovation Hub Nonprofit KftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnomine is an industrial cluster and DIH focusing on manufacturing SMEs in the automotive and machinery sectors. They focus on cooperation opportunities, open call promotion, and representing CIRCULOOS at industry events.
• F6S (6S Network Ireland Limited)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerF6S handles open call management and submission platform for CIRCULOOS. It also showcases CIRCULOOS and other EU-funded sustainability projects at innovation events like Webit.
• Canonical Robots S.L.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanonical Robots provides collaborative robotics technology and automation for CIRCULOOS Pilot 1 (plastic recycling), using computer vision and machine learning for plastic sorting. They are part of the demonstrator with Thermolympic and Contenedores Lolo.
• Thermolympic S.L.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThermolympic is a family-owned plastic injection molding company (founded 1991, Zaragoza, Spain) serving as Pilot 1 lead, demonstrating CIRCULOOS circular solutions for automotive plastic manufacturing. They work with Canonical Robots and Contenedores Lolo.
• Contenedores Lolo S.L.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContenedores Lolo is a recycler that purchases and collects plastics from wholesalers and retailers, participating in Pilot 1 for CIRCULOOS to enable circular plastic supply chain closure.
• Cyprus University of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated in Limassol, Cyprus University of Technology is a public university contributing applied research expertise to CIRCULOOS as an RTO partner.
• KHOANI (Blázek és Anni / Kft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHOANI is a leather product manufacturer established in 1989 in Hungary, participating in the leather pilot (Pilot 2) for CIRCULOOS, contributing to leather waste remanufacturing solutions.
• B&A (Bordiszmu és Kereskedelmi Kft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerB&A is a leather product manufacturer focused on sustainable goods in Hungary, participating in Pilot 2 (leather waste remanufacturing) to minimize production waste and adopt circular practices.
• ITI Magyarország KftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerITI Magyarország Kft is a consulting firm in Hungary providing urban development, renewable energy, and green technology expertise for the leather pilot and broader CIRCULOOS initiatives.
• Circu LerencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCircu Leren is a wood crafting company in the Netherlands producing end-products for interior designers and builders using sustainable wood. They lead Pilot 3 for CIRCULOOS in the wood sector.
• PlennidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlennid is a wood supply company in the Netherlands engaged in Pilot 3, coordinating sustainable wood availability across suppliers for CIRCULOOS.
• HersocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHerso is a Dutch company using sustainable wood in half-fabricated products and upscaling supply for companies like Circu Leren, participating in Pilot 3 wood remanufacturing.
• I4MS2 InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIRCULOOS is part of the I4MS2 initiatives along with WASABI, AI REDGIO 5.0, and AIRISE, a Horizon Europe-funded program supporting digital transformation in manufacturing SMEs across Europe.
• SoTecIn FactoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoTecIn Factory is a Horizon Europe-funded project focused on Social and Technological Innovation for Low-Carbon manufacturing. CIRCULOOS has started a collaboration with SoTecIn Factory to expand opportunities for sustainable manufacturing across Europe.
• Reincarnate ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReincarnate is a European project focused on the reincarnation of construction products and materials by slowing down and extending cycles. CIRCULOOS has started a new collaboration with Reincarnate.
• Better FactoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBetter Factory is an initiative CIRCULOOS collaborates with, participating together at events like the European Robotics Forum 2024 in Rimini.
• KITT4SMEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKITT4SME is another I4MS2-related project with which CIRCULOOS co-participated at the European Robotics Forum 2024, sharing insights on AI for circularity.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• iPoint: iPoint delivers product compliance, substance-of-concern, and circular economy software used by manufacturers to track materials and regulatory obligations—closely aligned with CIRCULOOS's DPP and sustainability assessment capabilities.
• Sphera: Sphera provides enterprise software for ESG, sustainability, and supply chain risk management, including Life Cycle Assessment and product stewardship tools that overlap directly with CIRCULOOS's GRETA LCA and circular supply chain offerings for manufacturers.
• Watershed: Watershed offers a climate and sustainability platform for enterprises including supply chain emissions and product footprint analytics, comparable in functional scope to CIRCULOOS's data platform and sustainability tooling.
• EcoVadis: EcoVadis operates a sustainability ratings platform used by enterprises to assess supply chain partners on ESG criteria, addressing the same circular and sustainable supply chain transparency use cases that CIRCULOOS targets for European MSMEs.
• Circularise: Circularise provides blockchain-based digital product passport and supply chain traceability software for circular materials, overlapping closely with CIRCULOOS's blockchain-backed DPP and EBSI integration for material traceability across manufacturers.
• Makersite: Makersite offers a supply chain product intelligence platform combining LCA, bill-of-materials, and supplier data to drive circular product design, directly comparable to CIRCULOOS's GRETA, SCOPT, and SCDT tools for circular manufacturing decisions.

Broad incumbents

• SAP (Sustainability / Responsible Business): SAP's enterprise sustainability and supply chain modules (e.g., Responsible Business, Product Footprint) provide circular economy and LCA functionality at scale to large manufacturers, competing as a broad incumbent in the same buyer category as CIRCULOOS's pilot SMEs.
• Siemens (Xcelerator / MindSphere): Siemens provides broad industrial digital and IoT platforms (Xcelerator, MindSphere) used by manufacturers for digital transformation and supply chain visibility, overlapping with CIRCULOOS's manufacturing digitalization and digital twin ambitions as an established incumbent.

Others

• Material Economics: Material Economics is a circular-economy research and strategy consultancy advising manufacturers and policymakers on circular transitions, paralleling CIRCULOOS's RTO-led sustainability and supply chain advisory mission.
• Quantis: Quantis is a sustainability consulting firm specializing in LCA and footprinting strategies for manufacturers, representing the consulting/services analogue that complements or competes with CIRCULOOS's tool-based sustainability offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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