Are you a circular startup or scaleup working on the built environment?

Amsterdam Circular is a circular chain accelerator (circulator) that provides chain financing support for circular ventures. We help visionary founders to form and fund chain projects through circular revenue models and chain financing.

The circulator is equity-free and cost-free thanks to contributions from the City of Amsterdam, AMS Institute, and Invest-NL. Our jury will select 10 ventures on 21 March 2025.

Find our more about Edition #3 (organic residual flows) in our Circulator Guide. This year's theme is the built environment. Your company does not need to be based in Amsterdam, however, are seeking circular impact in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region.

Applications close on 28 Feb 2025. We look forward to reviewing your application!

About You and Your Venture

1. What is your name?

2. What is your email address?

3. What is the name of the company?

4. Please provide a link to your website.

5. In which year was the company founded?

6. Where is your company located?

7. At what stage is your company?

Idea

Proof of concept (POC)

(Paid) Pilot project

8. Please upload a slide deck, a video, an online demo or any other document that can support your application

9. Please provide the title and LinkedIn URL of all founders.

10. In the founding team of your company, how would you describe the gender composition? Please select one of the following options:

All-male team

Gender-balanced team

Mostly female team

11. How many FTE’s (Full-Time Employees) do you have in your team?

12. Name of the main contact person for the program

13. Email of the main contact person for the program.

14. Phone number of your main contact person for the program.

15. Calendar link of your main contact person.

About Your Problem and Solution

16. Please describe the problem you are solving (max. 400 characters)

17. Please describe the solution you are providing. (max. 400 characters)

18. What is your monetization strategy/business model? (max. 400 characters)

Got Traction? Show It.

19. How many active users, clients or paying customers do you have?

20. Total revenues in the last 12 months.

Your Fundraising Needs

21. Have you raised funding? If not, are you actively fundraising or planning to fundraise in the next 12 months? (Max 200 words)

Fit with Amsterdam Circular

22. How do you envision Amsterdam Circular contributing to the growth and development of your venture?

23. Which companies would you be most interested in collaborating with?

24. How do you see your venture contributing to a circular Amsterdam?

Thank you for applying to join! You can expect a response from us by 12 March 2025. If you have any questions, please reach out to Navo Dastidar at navo.dastidar@ams-institute.org.