Ravel Raises $8.2 Million Seed Round to Scale Blended Textile Recycling

Textile-to-textile recycling technology company Ravel has raised $8.2 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to advance the commercialization of its Purification Recycling™ technology for blended textile waste.

The round was led by One Small Planet, with participation from AP Ventures, Overlay Capital and Lichen Ventures. Existing investors At One Ventures, which led Ravel’s pre-seed round, Collateral Good and Betterway Ventures also participated.

Ravel’s technology is designed to process blended textiles that are difficult to recycle through conventional systems. The company said its process can separate materials such as poly-elastane blends and purify textile waste into mono-material fiber using low-energy, non-destructive processes.

The company is developing the technology around feedstock flexibility and what it describes as “drop-in ready” recycled materials, allowing outputs to be incorporated into existing textile manufacturing processes without requiring major changes to downstream infrastructure.

According to Ravel, blended materials account for a significant share of modern clothing because combinations of fibers can provide properties such as durability, stretch and performance. The company cited Textile Exchange data showing that about 85% of textiles fall within four major material categories, which are frequently combined in blended products.

Ravel said accepting mixed and blended textile feedstock could reduce the need to isolate highly pure waste streams before processing, addressing a logistical challenge for textile recycling. Its process is also designed to produce high-purity output materials while targeting lower processing costs and environmental impacts.

The company is currently expanding from its pilot plant in Seattle toward commercial-scale operations. The new funding will support technology validation across the textile supply chain and further development of its commercial model.

Ravel is also seeking partnerships with brands and manufacturers to test blended textile waste as feedstock and incorporate its recycled materials into existing production systems. The company said growing textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements are increasing the need for scalable solutions to recover materials from post-consumer textile waste.

Source: Yahoo Finance

SUNSHINE Spotlight: Ravel has raised $8.2 million to scale a recycling process designed to recover high-purity materials from blended textiles, with commercial-scale development now underway.