Seed10 April 2025

Matoha raises £1.5m seed investment from Archipelago Ventures and Circular Plastics Accelerator to advance textile sorting technology

The seed round was co-led by Archipelago Ventures and Circular Plastics Accelerator to support the development of material identification scanners.

£1.5MSeed

Matoha manufactures AI-powered material identification scanners that enable fast and efficient textile sorting for recycling and circularity supply chains. The British startup designs and builds intuitive hardware devices to help businesses process waste materials.

Matoha has secured £1.5m in a seed funding round to advance its textile sorting technology and tackle waste within supply chains. The investment was co-led by Archipelago Ventures and Circular Plastics Accelerator, with participation from Conduit Connect, British Design Fund, and Fashion for Good. The capital will be directed towards further developing the company's handheld scanning devices and scaling operations.

The British startup has developed rapid material identification tools designed to help businesses sort end-of-life textiles efficiently without requiring extensive laboratory analysis or major infrastructure investments. This fresh injection of capital supports the business as it moves towards automated robotic solutions expected in the second half of the year.

From the founder

"This investment will enable Matoha to take our technology to the next level."

Hans Chan

CTO and Co-founder at Matoha

Investor perspective

"Solutions like Matoha's are critical to unlocking barriers and enabling a circular textiles economy. Identification of material types and the ability to sort textiles is key to valorisation of end-of-life textiles and fabrics. We have invested in Matoha because of their ability to generate significant traction, with customers attracted by their low-cost, fast and accurate identification devices. The investment Matoha has secured will see evolution of this core technology to a robotics solution that will unlock textiles sorting at scale."

Justin Guest

Founding Partner, Archipelago Ventures