Uplift360 Raises €7.4M to Scale Composite Regeneration and Strengthen European Advanced Materials Supply Chains
BY Composights
Published: 12 Feb 2026
European advanced materials innovator Uplift360 has closed a
7.4 million seed financing round
led by Extantia, with major participation from the NATO Innovation Fund, Promus
Ventures and Fund F, accelerating deployment of its proprietary chemical
regeneration platform that restores high-value composite materials, such as
carbon fibre, aramid fibres and hybrid laminates, to near-virgin performance
quality.
The funding will underwrite commissioning of a pilot-scale
processing line in the UK in 2026 and expand partnerships with OEMs in
aerospace, defence, energy and automotive sectors, addressing critical
supply-chain bottlenecks in strategic composite materials and underpinning
Europe s drive toward circularity and material sovereignty.
Uplift360 already works with major industrial partners such
as Babcock on Eurofighter Typhoon end-of-life materials recovery, Leonardo on
turning Merlin helicopter blades into UxV components, and a project with
Rolls-Royce. As part of Europe s growing ecosystem of dual-use and
strategic-materials innovators with a strong presence in both the UK and
Luxembourg, Uplift360 is incredibly well-positioned to secure and strengthen
supply chains across Europe.
The round was led by Extantia,
one of Europe s leading deep tech venture funds, with significant contributions
from the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF),
Promus Ventures and Fund F. This constitutes a significant
milestone for deep-tech dual-use investments in advanced material resilience.
Advanced materials like carbon
fibre and aramids underpin defence, aerospace and manufacturing and are
critical to Europe s ability to revitalise industrial capabilities more
broadly.
However, these materials currently face severe supply-chain bottlenecks due to geopolitical pressure and limited virgin fibre availability and, as they are built to last, contribute to a fast-growing global waste stream.
This seed funding will scale Uplift360 s proprietary technologies, enabling the regeneration of hard-to-treat advanced composite materials such as carbon fibre, aramid (e.g., Kevlar ) and hybrid laminates from aerospace, defence, wind energy and high-performance automotive sectors.
Sam Staincliffe, CEO & Co-Founder of Uplift360, said: This investment is a clear signal that Europe intends to lead in sustainable advanced-materials manufacturing. Our technology turns what is currently burned, buried or exported into a reliable, high-quality feedstock stream, strengthening supply-chains for primes, OEMs and government customers. With Extantia and the NATO Innovation Fund behind us, we re now positioned to scale with urgency.
Joern-Carlos Kuntze, Partner at Extantia, said: High-performance composites underpin strategic sectors critical to Europe's reindustrialisation, yet remain notoriously difficult to recycle. Uplift360 is changing that: transforming end-of-life materials into high-quality feedstock while building resilient circular supply chains in the process. We're proud to back Sam, Jamie, and the team as they build the circular backbone of the composites industry.
Sander Verbrugge, Partner at the NATO Innovation Fund, said: Durable, high-quality advanced materials are of strategic importance to securing the future of NATO nations. Uplift360 s platform is exactly the kind of dual-use innovation Europe needs, tackling a real supply-chain vulnerability, reducing carbon emissions and bolstering the resilience of the sectors that underpin European industrialisation and competitiveness.
Carina Roth, Investment Manager at Fund F, said: Uplift360 stands out due to Sam and Jamie s exceptional synergy, deep industry expertise and drive to create an impact. Their team perfectly bridges deep-tech innovation with the operational maturity needed to scale, positioning them uniquely to turn composite waste into a sovereign industrial strength.
