Closed Loop Partners

Founded in 2014, Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm focused on driving sustainable profitability through early-stage investments. It operates across three key businesses: an investment group (Closed Loop Capital Management), an innovation center (Center for the Circular Economy), and an operating group (Closed Loop Builders). The firm aims to scale businesses that advance the transition to a circular economy, generating net-positive environmental and social outcomes.

Martin Aares

Managing Director

Lynn Bernabei

Senior Associate

Bennett Cohen

Managing Director

Bridget Croke

Managing Director

Michael Gajewski

Managing Director

Past deals in CleanTech

LAIIER

Seed Round in 2025
LAIIER is an innovative B2B technology company specializing in smart, connected solutions for early leak detection in commercial buildings and industrial facilities. With a foundation in advanced printed sensor technology, LAIIER's products, such as the Severn WLD™ smart tape, combine precision sensing, easy installation, and wireless communication to deliver real-time monitoring of water and hydrocarbon leaks. These solutions mitigate damage, reduce operational downtime, and enhance sustainability. Leveraging a subscription-based business model, LAIIER serves industries including commercial real estate, industrial machinery, and roofing, providing actionable insights through its proprietary cloud platform. Backed by a portfolio of patents and collaborations with leading industry partners, LAIIER is driving innovation at the intersection of IoT and sustainability, empowering businesses to prevent costly leaks while reducing their environmental footprint​​​.

Earthodic

Seed Round in 2024
Earthodic is an Australian company specializing in biobased coatings. It develops functional coatings designed to reduce reliance on non-renewable resources, focusing on water-resistant coatings for paper products.

MOLG

Seed Round in 2024
MOLG specializes in developing digital tools and automation solutions for businesses in the manufacturing sector. The company employs artificial intelligence and robotics to create autonomous micro-factories, promoting a circular economy by enhancing product sustainability and cost-effectiveness.

Neutreeno

Seed Round in 2024
Neutreeno is a deep tech spinout from the University of Cambridge that specializes in developing an intelligent decarbonization system aimed at helping businesses achieve net zero emissions. The company's system is scientifically designed to prevent emissions at their source while providing clarity and transparency throughout the complex value chain. Neutreeno's technology offers efficiency insights that empower clients to analyze resource efficiency, minimize waste, and enhance circularity, ultimately guiding them towards achieving absolute zero emissions.

Frate

Seed Round in 2024
Frate specializes in peer-to-peer e-commerce returns automation. Its platform facilitates direct customer-to-customer return shipments, aiming to enhance retailer profitability while promoting sustainability.

Eureka Recycling

Debt Financing in 2024
Eureka Recycling is an organization that offers products and services that concentrate on reducing waste through reuse, recycling, and composting. Its goal is to show that waste is avoidable, not inevitable. The group provides answers to the social, environmental, and health issues brought on by garbage through its services, projects, and policy work. It includes a number of programs that include waste reduction, producer responsibility, reuse, recycling, and composting to stop the wasteful loss of economic garbage.

Mycocycle

Seed Round in 2024
Mycocycle is an environmental remediation company that specializes in decarbonizing waste streams through the innovative use of fungi in a process known as mycoremediation. By employing engineered ecosystems, Mycocycle treats waste materials to produce a non-toxic biomass that can be repurposed for the manufacture of new products. The company's services are particularly beneficial to waste management companies, landfill operators, material recycling facilities, and manufacturers seeking to implement closed-loop processes. Mycocycle's technology diverts toxic materials from landfills and enables businesses to reuse feedstock in manufacturing or recycle it for various applications, thereby promoting sustainable waste management practices.

Found Energy

Seed Round in 2024
Found Energy develops aluminum-based fuel that converts aluminum scrap and waste into a carbon-free energy carrier. It recovers aluminum waste from landfills and, through a carbon-free process, produces hydrogen on demand at under $0.50 per kilogram, with hydrogen having five times the volumetric energy density of liquid hydrogen. The aluminum fuel is designed to supply carbon-free thermal power to heavy industries, offering competitiveness with fossil fuels in price and energy density and enabling a faster transition to renewable energy.

Earthodic

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Earthodic is an Australian company specializing in biobased coatings. It develops functional coatings designed to reduce reliance on non-renewable resources, focusing on water-resistant coatings for paper products.

EcoSpirits

Venture Round in 2023
EcoSpirits is a company focused on creating a closed-loop distribution system aimed at minimizing packaging waste within the premium spirits supply chain. It has developed innovative technology that includes a fully reusable, tamper-proof, and shock-proof glass vessel, alongside a semi-automated facility for sanitizing, refilling, and sealing spirits. This approach not only significantly reduces packaging and transport costs for businesses but also leads to a substantial reduction in carbon footprints. By streamlining the distribution process, EcoSpirits offers a sustainable alternative that benefits both the environment and the bottom line.

Solarcycle

Series A in 2023
Solarcycle is a solar technology company focused on creating a circular economy for solar and renewable energy sectors. It specializes in recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, providing an affordable and eco-friendly service to solar asset owners. Utilizing its patented technology, Solarcycle can recover up to 95% of valuable metals such as silver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels. Additionally, the company repurposes or recycles panels that are still in use, contributing to the sustainability of clean energy by making it completely renewable.

Greyparrot

Venture Round in 2023
Greyparrot applies artificial intelligence to enhance global recycling efficiency. Its platform, Greyparrot Analyzer and Sync API, provides real-time insights on waste composition across multiple locations, enabling stakeholders to increase recycling rates, optimize resource recovery, and reduce environmental impact.

Solarcycle

Seed Round in 2022
Solarcycle is a solar technology company focused on creating a circular economy for solar and renewable energy sectors. It specializes in recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, providing an affordable and eco-friendly service to solar asset owners. Utilizing its patented technology, Solarcycle can recover up to 95% of valuable metals such as silver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels. Additionally, the company repurposes or recycles panels that are still in use, contributing to the sustainability of clean energy by making it completely renewable.

Greyparrot

Series A in 2022
Greyparrot applies artificial intelligence to enhance global recycling efficiency. Its platform, Greyparrot Analyzer and Sync API, provides real-time insights on waste composition across multiple locations, enabling stakeholders to increase recycling rates, optimize resource recovery, and reduce environmental impact.

Evergreen

Funding Round in 2021
Evergreen is a plastic recycling and polyester resin production company that operates as a division of Greenbridge. Established in 1998, Evergreen was created to ensure a sustainable and reliable supply of high-quality polyester resin, specifically for the company’s range of PET strapping products. The firm focuses on recycling plastics to contribute to environmental sustainability while meeting the demands of its customers in the polyester resin market.

Thrive Lot

Seed Round in 2021
Thrive Lot designs, installs, and maintains sustainable outdoor spaces using agroecological landscaping and systems design. It creates habitats for pollinators, wildlife, and resilient soils by mimicking natural patterns and promoting self-sufficiency. The company offers end-to-end project oversight from initial concept through installation and ongoing maintenance, guided by master growers who apply ecological principles to craft durable landscapes that balance beauty with sustainability.

Reterra

Venture Round in 2020
Reterra Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, specializes in recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste materials such as bottles, films, and thermoforms. The company's core business involves transforming these waste products into valuable intermediary products like RetroSeed, a polyol used for resin production. By offering innovative recycling solutions, Reterra enables businesses to incorporate more recycled content into their supply chains while reducing the cost of PET recycling.

Rebound Technologies

Series A in 2020
Rebound Technologies manufactures innovative thermal energy storage systems for commercial freezer environments and off-grid cooling. Its flagship products include IcePoint, a low-temperature refrigeration solution for supermarkets, and SunChill, an off-grid refrigeration system designed to improve agricultural productivity by removing field heat from crops post-harvest. The company's solutions are used by retail stores and farmers in the United States.

The Home Recycle of 906

Debt Financing in 2019
The Home Recycle of 906 is a  waste disposal solution company. They offer services for residents, including the disposal of hazardous waste.  Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.

CLUBZERØ

Grant in 2019
CLUBZERØ is an innovative AI-powered packaging system that addresses global packaging waste challenges. It offers a scalable, cost-effective alternative to single-use packaging for cities, brands, and businesses. CLUBZERØ provides full-service packaging solutions, including drop points and logistics, with up to 30% savings compared to single-use options. Unlike compostable alternatives, it achieves true zero waste through a circular model, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 93%. CLUBZERØ uses AI for interoperability, accommodating diverse packaging types.

Algaeing

Venture Round in 2019
Algaeing is a manufacturer of algae-based dyes and inks for fabrics and textiles, focusing on sustainable production that uses significantly less water and energy than traditional methods and is free of hazardous toxins. Its environmentally friendly dyes enable textile manufacturers and brands to color fabrics while reducing environmental impact and appealing to eco-conscious consumers.

Homebiogas

Corporate Round in 2018
Homebiogas Ltd is an Israeli company established in 2012, specializing in the development and manufacture of compact anaerobic digestion systems for residential use. The company’s innovative technology transforms household food scraps and animal manure into clean cooking gas and liquid fertilizer, addressing both waste management and energy needs in an environmentally friendly manner. Homebiogas markets its products through a network of distributors, ensuring accessibility to its advanced and cost-effective solutions. By maintaining high safety and health standards, Homebiogas aims to promote sustainable living and reduce reliance on traditional energy sources.

TemperPack Technologies

Venture Round in 2018
TemperPack Technologies designs and manufactures thermal packaging for insulated and temperature-sensitive goods, including shipping containers, one-piece boxes, two-piece liners, and temper sleeves for perishable foods, medicines, specimens, prepared meals, seafood, meats, and desserts. It serves e-commerce food companies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Founded in 2015 and based in Richmond, Virginia, it operates facilities in Richmond and Las Vegas. The company focuses on sustainable design and custom solutions for the perishable food and life sciences industries, and has developed a curbside recyclable insulated shipping solution using food-safe, recyclable materials designed to support large-scale supply chains while reducing single-use plastics.

PureCycle Technologies

Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2015, PureCycle Technologies specializes in recycling polypropylene plastic waste into virgin-like plastic using its proprietary process. This process separates color, odor, and contaminants from the waste feedstock, creating recycled polypropylene with properties equal to virgin polymer.

GreenMantra Technologies

Series D in 2017
GreenMantra Technologies Ltd. is a Canadian company based in Brantford that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of synthetic waxes, polymer additives, and other chemicals derived from recycled plastics. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system that employs catalytic depolymerization technology to convert waste plastics, including challenging materials like grocery bags and films, into high-value waxes and specialty chemicals. These products find diverse applications across various industries, including coatings, plastic processing, adhesives, roofing, and paving. By focusing on the up-cycling of hard-to-recycle plastics, GreenMantra aims to contribute to sustainable manufacturing practices and promote the use of recyclable materials in industrial processes.

Rebound Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Rebound Technologies manufactures innovative thermal energy storage systems for commercial freezer environments and off-grid cooling. Its flagship products include IcePoint, a low-temperature refrigeration solution for supermarkets, and SunChill, an off-grid refrigeration system designed to improve agricultural productivity by removing field heat from crops post-harvest. The company's solutions are used by retail stores and farmers in the United States.

Loliware

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Loliware is a materials technology company dedicated to replacing single-use plastics with biodegradable alternatives derived from seaweed. Its mission is to advance the planet towards a plastic-free, decarbonized future by developing products designed to disappear. The company's first product is a home-compostable, ocean-safe drinking straw, but its focus extends to six new products across various single-use plastic categories by 2023.

AeroAggregates

Seed Round in 2017
AeroAggregates, LLC is a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight aggregates made from postconsumer recycled glass. The company specializes in foamed glass aggregates, offering both open and closed cell varieties. These products are utilized in a wide range of applications, including lightweight embankments, bridge abutments, retaining walls, and insulating backfill for buildings and utilities. AeroAggregates' aggregates also serve in green roofs, artificial sports fields, and various stormwater and wastewater management systems. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, the company emphasizes sustainable construction solutions that meet the growing demand for lightweight materials in the construction and geotechnical engineering sectors.

Eureka Recycling

Funding Round in 2016
Eureka Recycling is an organization that offers products and services that concentrate on reducing waste through reuse, recycling, and composting. Its goal is to show that waste is avoidable, not inevitable. The group provides answers to the social, environmental, and health issues brought on by garbage through its services, projects, and policy work. It includes a number of programs that include waste reduction, producer responsibility, reuse, recycling, and composting to stop the wasteful loss of economic garbage.

Evergreen

Venture Round in 2016
Evergreen is a plastic recycling and polyester resin production company that operates as a division of Greenbridge. Established in 1998, Evergreen was created to ensure a sustainable and reliable supply of high-quality polyester resin, specifically for the company’s range of PET strapping products. The firm focuses on recycling plastics to contribute to environmental sustainability while meeting the demands of its customers in the polyester resin market.
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