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MAECONOMY, a Dutch startup that transforms building materials into verifiable and tradable circular assets, has raised €1.5 million. With this investment, the company is accelerating the development of a marketplace for circular materials in the built environment. The investment is led by LUMO Labs and LIOF.
The European construction and demolition sector accounts for more than a third of all waste in the European Union. At the same time, many materials retain significant residual value when demolished or renovated. Today, however, that value is hardly visible, tradable or reliably recorded. MAECONOMY responds to this with a platform that digitises building and material data and translates them into concrete, commercial insights. In this way, it lays the foundation for a truly circular construction sector.
MAECONOMY is creating a new model for circular building materials. We are building the financial infrastructure needed to enable a market for these materials.
"Our platform introduces a new principle whereby materials in buildings can be standardised, verified and traded, even before they are harvested. Thanks to the support of LUMO Labs and LIOF, we can accelerate scaling up this vision in Europe." - Vince Meens, Founder/ CEO MAECONOMY -
By making materials visible, verifiable and tradable, MAECONOMY enables property owners, municipalities and investors to realise both economic and environmental value. In addition, the platform provides a basis for measurable carbon reductions and supports compliance with emerging EU sustainability frameworks, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU taxonomy.
"MAECONOMY addresses the structural inefficiencies in construction and demolition work streams, where valuable materials such as steel, concrete, wood and copper often go unused or are treated as waste. By building the missing financial layer, the platform enables materials, even before demolition, to be standardised, verified and traded," noted Dagmar van Ravenswaay Claasen, Senior Partner at LUMO Labs. With technology such as AI-driven material analysis, digital material passports and asset-backed financing, MAECONOMY redefines how we get value out of buildings."
Ralf Hendriks, Investment Manager LIOF, added: "MAECONOMY makes the circular value of buildings visible and usable by digitally capturing materials and making them suitable for reuse."
"Waste turns into a valuable raw material, with demonstrable CO₂ reduction. For LIOF, this is an investment that directly links sustainable innovation to economic impact in Limburg." - Ralf Hendriks, Investment Manager LIOF -