Enkei raises a pre-seed round to scale a material made from construction waste that replaces marble and concrete

ReCeramix™, made from over 90% recovered ceramic and construction waste, is already in use at Stockholm boutique hotel Ett Hem, members’ club Angel House, and Fotografiska. The round was valued at €3M; the raise amount was not disclosed.

Stockholm startup Enkei has closed a pre-seed round at a €3 million valuation to commercialise ReCeramix™, its architectural surface material made from over 90% recovered construction and ceramic waste.

The amount raised was not disclosed. The round brings in a group of investors notable for their depth of industry credibility: Danish architect Anders Lendager, whose Lendager Group won the competition to design UN17 Village, the first building project in the world designed to meet all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, has joined as both investor and active collaborator on material development.

He is joined by RadCap, a Swedish investment company owned by 81 women that backs female-founded early-stage startups; Christina Åqvist, co-founder ...