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Circulate Capital and Aavishkaar Capital invest US$18 million in Nepra Resource management, India’s largest dry waste management company

November 15, 2020

Nepra to expand capacity and geographic expansion to manage dry waste across the country, supporting local communities, cleaning up cities and protecting the environment

Aavishkaar Capital, the Impact Investing arm of the Aavishkaar Group, and Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to financing companies that prevent ocean plastic and advance the circular economy, have announced investments totaling US$ 18 Million in Series C Funding into Nepra Resource Management Private Limited (Nepra), India’s leading dry waste management company. Existing investor Aavishkaar Capital undertook a partial exit from its earlier fund, which had first invested in 2013 in the company, as a part of this round. Operating under the brand ‘Let’s Recycle’, Nepra has a unique model that focuses on dry waste recovery and recycling.

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Investing in a Circular Economy on the NothingWasted! Podcast

October 19, 2020

In our latest episode of NothingWasted!, we chat with Rob Kaplan, founder & CEO of Circulate Capital.Circulate Capital is an investment management firm dedicated to financing innovation, companies, and infrastructure that prevent the flow of plastic waste into the world’s ocean while advancing the circular economy.

We spoke with Kaplan about the impact of COVID-19 on ocean plastics, catalyzing capital, how to leverage partnerships, entrepreneurship in the industry and more.

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Safeguarding the Plastic Recycling Value Chain: Insights from COVID-19 Impact in South and Southeast Asia, a GA Circular study commissioned by Circulate Capital 

August 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges faced by the plastics recycling industry in South and Southeast Asia. Now is the time to act to build a stronger, better industry for the long term and prevent an increase in plastic waste pollution.

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The time is now to invest in the recycling value chain in South and Southeast Asia to build a stronger, better industry for the long term

August 2, 2020

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The impacts of COVID-19 on the plastic recycling value chain

August 1, 2020

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Circulate Capital Investment Portfolio Spotlight: Tridi Oasis

April 27, 2020

On April 28, 2020, we proudly announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund invested in Tridi Oasis, an Indonesian, female-led company specialising in recycling PET bottles into rPET flakes, which are used in the production of packaging and textiles

Circulate Capital announces inaugural investments that will help South and Southeast Asian SMEs to combat ocean plastic and weather the COVID-19 crisis

April 15, 2020

Invests US$6 million in two companies in India and Indonesia that recycle local plastic waste into useful products Investments in waste management value chains as essential services are critical to protecting local communities’ health and livelihoods

Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company focused on advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF), the world’s first investment fund dedicated to the ocean plastic crisis in South and Southeast Asia, has made its inaugural investments in two plastic recycling companies located in India and Indonesia for a total investment of US$6 million.

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Circulate Capital launches US$106M Ocean Fund

February 12, 2020

Circulate Capital has established the world’s first investment fund dedicated to funding start-ups and SMEs developing waste management and recycling solutions that prevent ocean plastic and advance the circular economy in South and Southeast Asia.