Strategies

Circular Plastics Accelerator

Designed to deliver targeted impact outcomes in the UK, the Circular Plastics Accelerator is an investment vehicle established in 2023 by Archipelago and Accelerated Growth Fund, the investment division of WRAP, to invest in early stage startups developing the most advanced technologies that can increase polymer circularity in the UK and Europe.

Archipelago Circular Economy "ACE" Fund

Established in 2024, the Archipelago Circular Economy Fund (ACE) is a UK registered impact fund investing in early-stage technologies and solutions that can increase circularity of materials already in supply chains, decrease demand for new natural resources, and avoid the environmental and social impacts of materials within our economy. It invests from pre-seed to Series A in the UK, Europe and US.

ACE + Strategic Commitment

We take a flexible approach to drawing strategic investors into the investments we make through the fund, and work with our corporate clients on an individual basis, to develop aligned investor strategies within our Pledge Fund model.

Investment
Focus

Archipelago invests in innovative early-stage technology companies developing solutions to material circularity, across three verticals which span the economy. We look for IP rich, scalable, proprietary approaches to barriers in material circularity, across plastics, metals, and fibres.

Investment Focus

Material Design & Production

Alternative bio and waste-based materials and fibres. Mono materials. Material reduction Design for re-use and recycling.

Investment Focus

Circular Systems

Re-use, pre-fill and re-fill. Tracking, efficiency and logistics. Platforms & software.

Investment Focus

Recovery &
Transformation

Collection, identification, sorting & separation. Dematerialisation and recovery of composite materials. End-of-life recycling of hard-to-recycle materials.

Materials &
Production

Alternative bio and waste-based materials and fibres. Mono materials. Material reduction Design for re-use and recycling.

Circular
Systems

Re-use, pre-fill and re-fill. Tracking, efficiency and logistics. Platforms & software.

Recovery & Transformation

Collection, identification, sorting & separation. Dematerialisation and recovery of composite materials. End-of-life recycling of hard-to-recycle materials.

Investment Focus

Material Design & Production

Alternative bio and waste-based materials and fibres. Mono materials. Material reduction Design for re-use and recycling.

Investment Focus

Circular Systems

Re-use, pre-fill and re-fill. Tracking, efficiency and logistics. Platforms & software.

Investment Focus

Recovery &
Transformation

Collection, identification, sorting & separation. Dematerialisation and recovery of composite materials. End-of-life recycling of hard-to-recycle materials.

Strategies

Investment Focus

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Investment
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