Circular Economy Startups

Navusoft provides an all-in-one operational management platform built specifically for the waste industry, enabling businesses to customize workflows and automate processes. The platform is designed to improve efficiency and scalability for waste management companies across North America.

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Nendo is a multidisciplinary engineering studio that designs and handcrafts one-of-a-kind and limited-run works of art and high-end design objects, working in materials such as clay, ceramics, cement, and steel. It sells its pieces through an online shop and selected galleries, and also offers artwork restyling and a subscription service delivering rotating artworks to customers' homes.

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NeoSort develops an AI and optical nanotechnology system that identifies and sorts waste materials at the nanoscale, handling plastics, metals, organic waste, e-waste, and complex co-polymers to improve recycling purity and rates. It targets businesses and municipalities managing waste processing and recycling operations.

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Neowa develops custom deconstruction concepts for building or infrastructure dismantling, managing complete project oversight from initial assessment to final documentation. The company serves clients seeking efficient, safe, and sustainable demolition or decommissioning processes.

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New Climate Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on backing emerging technologies in materials, energy, and circular economy sectors that can achieve cost parity with incumbent solutions while supporting resilient, efficient, and secure supply chains.

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Atlantic Packaging operates a Packaging Solution Center that uses scientific testing and data-driven design to optimize packaging for product protection, cost reduction, and sustainability. The facility provides ISTA-certified testing, custom design services, environmental testing, packaging automation, and recycling solutions for e-commerce and other industries.

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New Hope Ecotech provides technology to track and manage recycling projects, helping companies and institutions comply with Brazil's PNRS waste policy through online, real-time indicators. It also compensates recyclers for their services via its platform, operating in the recycling supply chain in Brazil.

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New Leaf Community Markets operates a chain of 6 grocery stores across the Central Coast focused on locally-sourced, organic, and sustainably-produced food from California farmers, ranchers, and fishers. The company emphasizes farm-to-table sourcing with much of its inventory sourced within 100 miles of its stores.

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New Era develops sustainable colour solutions using biotechnology. The company serves industries requiring clean and clear colour products.

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NewLisi offers a technology for reducing sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants while recovering renewable energy, targeting operators of existing depuration facilities. The system works at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure, integrates in a plug-and-play manner, and supports circular-economy goals by cutting sludge disposal and valorizing produced biogas.

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NEXE Innovations manufactures compostable coffee pods and related platform technology for the coffee industry. The company operates in the sustainable packaging and circular economy sector.

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Nextil Group is a textile manufacturing company whose divisions handle projects end-to-end, from fabric production to finished garments, with a focus on sustainability and innovation. It develops advanced fabrics and garments and supports clients in product development.

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Nexus Circular recycles hard-to-recycle plastics such as flexibles, films, foams and mixed, colored materials that mechanical recycling cannot process, using a patented conversion process to produce circular oil. This circular oil is reused to manufacture new plastic products, keeping plastics in use and reducing landfill waste.

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Nexus W2V designs and builds integrated waste-to-value infrastructure systems that convert organic and industrial feedstocks into renewable energy and byproducts through technologies like anaerobic digestion, renewable natural gas production, and advanced recycling. The company serves municipalities, food and agricultural producers, and regional energy stakeholders seeking sustainable waste diversion and clean energy solutions.

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Nfinite makes an ultra-high barrier paper that is sealable, printable, and curbside recyclable, intended as a drop-in replacement for flexible plastic packaging on high-speed form-fill-seal packing lines. It sells semi-finished coated paper in rolls for downstream converting, applying a non-metallic ceramic oxide barrier via a Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition process.

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NG Nordic is a Nordic circular economy and waste management company that transforms waste into valuable resources and removes hazardous substances from circulation. The company operates across urban reuse, waste services, recycling, and sustainable materials for organizations of all sizes.

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Next Generation Elements develops and manufactures pyrolysis systems (T:CRACKER, PyroDry, PyroPower) that thermally decompose organic waste such as sewage sludge, manure, and wood residues into biochar while generating heat and electricity. The biochar is supplied to agriculture, construction, and energy sectors as a carbon sink, and the systems are certified for biochar production under EBC/WBC criteria.

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Nimble makes consumer electronics accessories, including the SharePower portable charger, a 10,000 mAh battery built from two stackable 5,000 mAh modules with USB-C PD output. Its products ship in plastic-free, recyclable packaging and work with iPhone, Android phones, tablets, wearables, and Bluetooth audio devices.

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Nina Woof produces vegan, eco-friendly dog toys made from cotton with built-in squeakers, marketed to pet owners seeking sustainable and safe chew toys for dogs of all sizes.

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Ninyes is an e-commerce company offering summer sale products with a newsletter subscription service that provides discounts and information about campaigns, drops, and recycling initiatives.

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Nolk acquires and operates direct-to-consumer brands with a focus on sustainability, emphasizing recycled or renewable materials and long-lasting, repairable products. It positions itself around social and environmental performance standards.

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NOMU operates cafes and a patent-pending reusable cup system (TASO) paired with an app for ordering custom drinks from concentrated bases and flavors, aimed at reducing single-use cup waste. The company runs physical cafe locations in Tokyo (Shibuya and Kichijoji) and focuses on sustainable, circular beverage consumption in Japan.

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A minimalist steel side table designed for flexible placement in living rooms, crafted from durable powder-coated steel with a low weight capacity of 5 kg.

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Noocity installs and operates community vegetable gardens for organizations in public or private spaces, focusing on eco-transition and employee/community wellness. The company provides gardens using proprietary low-water-consumption growbeds, maintenance support, and facilitation of team engagement around shared gardening projects.

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