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A new vision for funding circular innovations

Solving the funding gap for innovative circular production companies

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We help realise sustainable projects and deliver impact at scale

by offering solution-oriented financing against a managed risk profile.

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To protect our planet,
we must act now

In our linear economy we are depleting our natural resources fast. We are currently consuming 1,7 times as much resources as the earth can annually provide. If the whole world population would consume the same as in the Netherlands, the footprint would be even more, 2,7 earths. As we only have one planet, we need to use the earth’s resources smarter than the current take-make-waste approach if we want to preserve our welfare and maintain a liveable planet.

Help us shape a better future

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Our visionary investors: Pensioenfonds Detailhandel, Invest-NL, Onderlinge ‘s-Gravenhage, De Hoop Leven, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, Limburg Energy Fund, Oost-NL, Perspectief Fonds Gelderland, Realdania and the European Investment Fund, have joined our mission to create a more rewarding and sustainable future. We are currently not fundraising for this investment strategy. Interested in co-investments or joining our fund at a later stage? Please get in touch.

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We invest in game changers

who are making the circular economy a reality.

We finance a broad range of different technologies that will impact value chains worldwide. By financing innovation, we help drive the transition to a circular economy.

We bridge the funding gap for circular innovators

Innovations need sufficient funding. But all too often, we see innovation compromised because of a lack of financial support to realise commercial-scale production facilities. So, when technology is too innovative for banks, but too capital intensive for venture capital, that’s when we step in.

We provide financing solutions to bridge the funding gap in circular innovation. By supporting innovative circular companies, we enable them to prove their technology and business model on a commercial scale, leading to further investment, large-scale application and global impact.

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Our three pillars

Our fund offers a unique return-risk-impact profile for investors, based on our three fundamental pillars:

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Meaningful return

We target entrepreneurs at a stage where they are not (yet) financed by other investors, giving us a unique market positioning for competitive returns.

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Managed risk

Our comprehensive de-risking strategy and market expertise mean we always make sound investments.

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Measurable impact

By providing the funding businesses need to fully realise their technology, we help them to disrupt their value chain.

News

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PCDF Circtec

The Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund (PCDF) announces its €20 million debt financing of Circtec, a pioneering developer of recovered carbon black, circular naphtha and circular marine fuel from end-of-life tyres. With the financing of PCDF, Circtec complements the funding for the construction of the first phase of its commercial-scale pyrolysis recycling facility in the port area of Delfzijl (the Netherlands). In total, Circtec has now secured €150 million in equity, subsidies and debt financing for the Delfzijl project.

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Circular firms to gain from €43 million additional funds for Polestar Capital fund

Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund receives €30 million commitment from EIF to support SMEs in circular economy, with a further €13 million provided by Realdania Oost NL and Polestar Capital. The EIF’s stake is backed under the InvestEU initiative of the European Commission and by Invest-NL’s Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument. The fund aims to support up to 30 companies in the demonstration phase of their product or technology.

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The Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund finances BioBTX, a pioneering developer of renewable aromatics technology in the Netherlands

The Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund announces its €15 million debt financing of BioBTX, a pioneering developer of renewable aromatics technology in the Netherlands. In total, BioBTX has secured over €80 million to launch the world's first commercial-scale renewable chemicals plant, utilising BioBTX's innovative technology to produce sustainable aromatics (BTX) from plastic waste and biomass.

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Societe Generale takes a participation in Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund to accelerate its support to the circular economy

Hilversum 29 June 2023 - Polestar Capital announces the acquisition of a stake by Societe Generale Amsterdam in Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund, the sole private debt fund in Europe dedicated to the circular economy. This participation and related commercial partnership will support innovation and help scale up circular economy projects and solutions.

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The Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund welcomes Invest-NL, Onderlinge s‘Gravenhage, De Hoop and the province of Limburg as investors

PCDF grows to EUR 187 mln with the participation of four new investors. The Dutch state impact investor Invest-NL and the insurers Onderlinge s‘Gravenhage and De Hoop have already invested, the Province of Limburg has made its investment decision but is still in the process of formalizing its participation.

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Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund (PCDF) zet in op aanjagen circulaire economie – Milieu magazine juni 2022

Met een bedrag van maar liefst 100 miljoen euro opende Polestar Capital recent het grootste circulaire economie investeringsfonds in Europa. Het fonds gaat leningen verstrekken aan innovatieve circulaire projecten.

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Polestar Capital opens €100 million circular economy fund, the largest of its kind in Europe

Today Polestar Capital announced the launch of the biggest circular economy fund in Europe. The fund, called the Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund (PCDF), has opened at €100 million, and expects to grow to €400 million within a year.

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The circular transition calls for patient private capital

While commitments are being made at COP26 Glasgow. Rens Van Tilburg, Willem Schramade, Jacqueline Duiker and Philip Tan are calling attention to the funding gap to transition to a circular economy.

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