Uplift360 secures €7.4 million seed round for ChemR composite regeneration process

Source | Uplift360

Led by Extantia with significant contributions from the NATO Innovation Fund, Promus Ventures and Fund F, Uplift360’s (Luxembourg and Bristol, U.K.) latest €7.4 million oversubscribed seed round will enable it to foster additional partnerships with major industry players and expand scale of production for its composites regeneration activities.

The round was led by Extantia, one of Europe’s leading deep tech venture funds, with significant contributions from the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Promus Ventures and Fund F. This constitutes a significant milestone for deep-tech, dual-use investments in advanced material resilience.

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Uplift360’s goals are to use its chemical technology to support Europe’s virgin composite material supply chain bottleneck for industries like aerospace and defense. The company’s process recovers composite fibers with the same quality output as inputted. Unlike recycling, Uplift360 says its regeneration process “is non-degenerative, giving composites a true second life.”

This seed funding will scale Uplift360’s proprietary technologies, enabling the regeneration of hard-to-treat materials such as carbon fiber, aramid (e.g., Kevlar) and hybrid laminates from aerospace, defense wind energy and high-performance automotive sectors. These activities includes:

• Commission of Uplift360’s first pilot-scale processing line in the U.K. in 2026 to enable higher volumes, real-world validation and customer integration.
• Expanded partnerships with major aerospace, defense, automotive and energy OEMs.
• Increased R&D into regenerated fiber performance enhancement and new applications.
• The build of a distributed, scalable model for composite circularity across Europe.

“Our technology turns what is currently burned, buried or exported into a reliable, high-quality feedstock stream, strengthening supply chains for primes, OEMs and government customers,” says Sam Staincliffe, CEO and co-founder of Uplift360. “With Extantia and the NATO Innovation Fund behind us, we’re now positioned to scale with urgency.”

Uplift360 already works with industrial partners such as Babcock on Eurofighter Typhoon end-of-life materials recovery, Leonardo on turning Merlin helicopter blades into UxV components and a project with Rolls-Royce.