CT-14 · CleanTech
Carbon credits for the circular economy
CleanTech · Certifies and monetises the positive environmental impact generated by a waste collection and processing network.
Open: 2026
The project
What it is about
Certifies and monetises the positive environmental impact generated by a waste collection and processing network. Market: Administrations, companies with sustainability targets. The project is in the validation phase (TRL2): technical concept formulated, documented, and with authorship protected by blockchain timestamping, awaiting capital to move to the next phase. The full technical detail, the indicative valuation and the exact status of the protection are shared after qualification.
Where it stands
On the path, and on the seven lines.
The strip is that of the path diagram: the orange dot marks the project's current phase and the shading the phases already passed. Below, what the diagram's seven lines say about this phase, with the figures of the house's median project: they are orders of magnitude, not this project's figures, which are shared after qualification.
The journey
The thirteen phases, in seven rounds: what is passed, what is now, what is to come.
Each phase closes a question; with a yes the gate is crossed. For each one: the question, the TRL and the CRL it closes with, and what proves it. The rounds group the phases by commercial maturity, with their size on the median curve and their typical instruments: all seven, in how each project is financed.
| Phase | The question that closes it | TRL at close | CRL at close | What proves it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 0 · Discovery · ≈ 0.22 M€ · Volcano and partners; visionary angels | ||||
| F1 · Capture of the problem Passed | Has a problem entered the network, brought by whoever suffers it? | TRL none | CRL 1 | Problem formulated by its bearer, and entry channel identified: whoever suffers it tells the network, through a client, the consultancy or an ally. |
| F2 · Analysis of the problem Passed | What is the process where the problem lives like, and is it worth solving? | TRL none | CRL 2 | The current process, broken down into its steps. If a solution already exists, it is checked piece by piece that it is ineffective or inefficient. The exact point of pain. Frequency, cost and willingness to pay. Reliability of the source. |
| Round 1 · Concept and proof · ≈ 0.53 M€ · Tax Lease; grants; FFF; angels | ||||
| F3 · Ideation Passed | Are there plausible routes, and which one deserves the concept? | TRL 1 | CRL 2 | Alternatives compared; reasoned choice. |
| F4 · Concept Here it is now | Has the idea stopped being a hypothesis? | TRL 2 | CRL 3 | An idea is a hypothesis; the concept is the idea turned into a verified mechanism, even if only theoretically. Theoretical verification is full science: physics has thought experiments, and with them Einstein changed our view of the world. Evidence: the mechanism described, the physical and economic limits checked on paper, the risks named. With the concept formulated (TRL 2) the memoria técnica is drafted, and with it the business plan: the dossier with which the project presents itself to funding. |
| F5 · Proof of concept Ahead | Does the central mechanism work? | TRL 4 | CRL 3 | The technological feasibility of the concept demonstrated with real instruments, mechanical, hardware and software, under controlled conditions and reproducibly. |
| Round 2 · Prototype and MVP · ≈ 0.70 M€ · Tax Lease; angels; convertible; pre-seed | ||||
| F6 · Prototype Ahead | Does the integrated system work in a relevant environment? | TRL 6 | CRL 4 | Prototype operating outside the laboratory. |
| F7 · MVP Ahead | Does the minimum viable product hold up in front of real users? | TRL 8 | CRL 4 | Real use, structured feedback, observed abandonment. |
| Round 3 · Traction · ≈ 0.40 M€ · Seed / Series A; revenue-based | ||||
| F8 · Traction Ahead | Does somebody pay, repeat, and across several customers with a recognisable channel? | TRL 9 | CRL 5 | Initial recurring revenue on the minimum sellable version; channel identified; acquisition cost measured. |
| Round 4 · Fit and revenue · ≈ 0.35 M€ · Series A | ||||
| F9 · Product-market fit Ahead | Do retention and unit economics work at small scale? | TRL 9 | CRL 7 | Cohorts that stay; positive unit margin; observable organic growth. |
| Round 5 · Replication and profitability · ≈ 0.70 M€ · Series A/B; venture debt | ||||
| F10 · Profitable growth Ahead | As it grows, does the unit margin hold? | TRL 9 | CRL 8 | Growth does not buy revenue at a loss: the unit metrics hold as the customers multiply, and the product is by now the minimum marketable product (MMP), ready for the broad market. |
| F11 · Profitability Ahead | Do the solution's flows cover the structure? | TRL 9 | CRL 8 | Operating break-even reached: the profit on the solution. |
| Round 6 · Scale · ≈ 0.30 M€ · Growth equity; project finance | ||||
| F12 · Scale Ahead | Does the model hold up under multiplication: operations, channels, geographies? | TRL 9 | CRL 9 | Expansion without breaking margins or organisation. Internationalisation is a case of this phase, not a separate phase. |
| F13 · Liquidity Ahead | Can whoever invested get out? | TRL 9 | CRL 9 | Sale, secondary or flotation, which is only the rarest case. The profit belongs to the company; the liquidity, to the investor: they can be years apart. |
How to come in
I am interested in this project
If you are a private investor, how your capital comes in and what it receives is in the convertible note; the order of magnitude of the stretch, in the simulation of the cost of the services.
The button takes you to the qualification with this project already noted: you do not have to explain which one it is.
John F. Kennedy, 1962