Ever Dye
Entrepreneur First '21Paris, FR · Founded 2021 · 40 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
EverDye develops biobased dyeing pigments and a low-heat, low-energy dyeing process aimed at reducing the carbon emissions, energy use, and toxic chemicals of textile dyeing. It targets fashion brands seeking more sustainable supply chains, integrating with their existing machinery and suppliers.
Also known as Ever Dye · EverDye
Founders & leadership
Ever Dye was founded in 2021 by Ilan Palacci and Amira Erokh.
Investors · 6
Also in the syndicate · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ever Dye (also written EverDye) is a Paris-based company developing a chemical dyeing system intended to replace conventional, petrochemical-based textile dyeing. Its two-step approach applies a pretreatment that gives the fiber surface a negative charge and creates anchoring sites, then applies a positively charged bio-sourced pigment made from vegetal waste and minerals, which binds to the fiber in the manner of opposing magnets. The company describes the technology as patented and as resting on five years of academic and scientific research, and it began its color range with black, red and blue.
The stated performance profile is a bleaching step of roughly one hour at 50°C (versus about 90°C conventionally) and a dyeing step of about 30 minutes at ambient temperature (versus up to 10 hours at 90-130°C). Company materials claim about ten times lower energy use and roughly five times faster operation, no petrochemicals, reduced water use because fewer intermediate washes are needed, and no infrastructure change or CAPEX for adopters; 2025 coverage cited a 61-89% reduction in the carbon impact of dyeing. The company notes that it is still working with industrial partners to precisely quantify energy, time and temperature savings, and that current figures derive from validated lab results.
Ever Dye positions dyeing as a major environmental burden, citing figures that textile dyeing accounts for roughly 20% of ocean/industrial water pollution and about 52% of the fashion industry's carbon impact, with the textile industry as a whole responsible for 8-10% of global carbon emissions.
Founding story
Co-founder Ilan Palacci, an industrial engineer whose family has a textiles background, met co-founder Amira Erokh, a chemist who had developed anti-virus textiles for NATO, through the Entrepreneur First accelerator. Discussions with Palacci's family led them to conclude that any solution reducing textiles' energy, water and petrochemical use had to fit within existing manufacturing processes so manufacturers would not be left out of pocket.
Business model
Ever Dye supplies chemistry — a pretreatment and bio-based pigments — that dyeing mills and brands substitute into their existing equipment and processes, rather than selling new machinery. Sources describe it as supplying industry partners with natural ingredients and working with brands and dyeing mills; specific pricing or contract structures are not disclosed in the material available.
Traction
Twelve months of testing with Petit Bateau were reported in early 2023; by mid-2025 the company cited brand users including Lacoste and Adore Me and a partnership with an unnamed leading French luxury brand. Headcount was 11 at the seed round in early 2023, with plans to triple the team over two years; the website's team page later listed 16 people, and the Series A announcement referenced tripling the workforce by 2028. The company said it aimed to complete the world's first room-temperature textile dyeing process at industrial scale in 2023.
Latest developments
The €15 million Series A announced 25-27 June 2025 is intended to fund industrial roll-out and increased production capacity, with a stated goal of tripling headcount by 2028. The company's news feed lists third-party coverage of its dyeing technology in Chemical & Engineering News (November 2025) and further articles in January 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Ever Dye competes in the sustainable textile dyeing segment and states an ambition to become a standard dyeing method for the global textile industry. Third-party validation cited in sources includes the ANDAM Innovation Prize 2022, selection into Fashion for Good's innovation programme, and European Union funding acknowledged on the company website. Sources do not name direct competitors.
Compatibility with existing industrial dyeing infrastructure without capital expenditure, combined with room-temperature application, shorter cycle times, lower energy use, and pigments sourced from vegetal waste and minerals rather than petrochemicals.
Technology
A dye synthesis and attachment principle described as patented: an electrostatic system in which a negatively charged pretreatment creates anchoring sites on the fiber surface and a positively charged pigment, formulated from vegetal waste and minerals, attaches to those sites. The pretreatment is combined with bleaching. The system is designed as a drop-in chemical substitution — 'changing everything chemically, but not mechanically' — so mills need not modify equipment.
Go-to-market
The company sells through partnerships with fashion brands and dyeing mills, offering demos and 'fitting sessions' in which its process is adapted to a partner's machinery and materials. It has run extended pilots with brands (Petit Bateau tested the process for 12 months as of early 2023) and participates in industry innovation programmes such as Fashion for Good. Its website solicits inquiries from brands, dyeing mills and prospective partners.
Fashion and apparel brands seeking to reduce the environmental footprint of their supply chains, and the dyeing mills that serve them. Named brand relationships include Petit Bateau, Lacoste and Adore Me, plus an unnamed leading French luxury brand; Maki.vc has described industry partners spanning luxury to high-street fashion.
Geography
Headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Its team page lists staff of multiple nationalities (France, Tunisia, Honduras, Lebanon, Brazil, Algeria, Vietnam, Congo). Named brand relationships are primarily with French companies; no separate offices or production sites are identified in the sources.
History
Founded in 2021 in Paris out of Entrepreneur First, the company won the ANDAM Innovation Prize in 2022 and was selected for Fashion for Good's innovation programme. It raised a €3.4m seed round announced in early 2023 (led by Maki.vc and Asterion Ventures, including €1.4m of non-equity Bpifrance funding) to move to industrial scale. In June 2025 it announced a €15m Series A led by Daphni and Crédit Mutuel Innovation, with EIC Fund, Ring Capital, Asterion Ventures and others, to expand industrial production. By that point Philippe Berlan was CEO, with co-founder Amira Erokh as CTO.
Risks & controversies
Performance claims are partly unverified: the company states it is still working with industrial partners to precisely assess energy, time and temperature savings, and that current promises rest on lab results. Reported energy-savings figures are inconsistent across sources (15x less energy cited in 2023 coverage versus about 10x on the current website). Leadership has changed, with Philippe Berlan listed as CEO in 2025 while co-founder Ilan Palacci was CEO at the seed stage; the sources do not explain the transition. No revenue, customer volume or commercial-scale production data is disclosed.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsSeries A of €15 million led by Daphni and Crédit Mutuel Innovation, with EIC Fund, Ring Capital, Asterion Ventures and other investors, to accelerate industrial roll-out and expand production capacity; the company stated an aim to triple its workforce by 2028.
$15M source ↗
Coverage of the €15m round names Philippe Berlan as CEO; the company website lists him as CEO and Amira Erokh as CTO and co-founder.
At the time of the Series A, Ever Dye reported a portfolio of brands using its products including Lacoste and Adore Me, and a recent partnership with an unnamed leading French luxury brand.
French clothing company Petit Bateau had been testing Ever Dye's dyeing process for 12 months as of the seed round coverage.
Ever Dye raised a €3.4m seed round led by Maki.vc and Asterion Ventures with participation from Entrepreneur First. The total included €1.4m (about $1.5m) of non-equity funding from Bpifrance. Proceeds were earmarked for industrial scale-up and partnerships, and the company said it would triple its workforce over two years.
$3.7M source ↗
Ever Dye was awarded the 2022 Innovation Prize from ANDAM and was selected for the innovation programme of Fashion for Good.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Ever Dyeeverdye.fr · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Ever Dye do?
- Paris-based Ever Dye makes bio-sourced pigments and a room-temperature dyeing process for the textile industry.
- Who founded Ever Dye?
- Ever Dye was founded by Ilan Palacci, Amira Erokh in 2021.
- Who are Ever Dye's investors?
- Ever Dye's investors include Daphni, Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Ever Dye headquartered?
- Ever Dye is headquartered in Paris, FR.