
Cyclothe is a Stockholm-based clean-tech company addressing the global textile waste crisis through AI-driven sorting and collection systems. Their solution aims to prolong garment lifespans, promote circularity in the textile industry, and reduce environmental impact by reintegrating used textiles into a new lifecycle for reuse, repurposing, or recycling. The company's technology identifies material composition with 95% accuracy, enabling optimal value determination for discarded garments. Cyclothe's mission is to create a sustainable future by reducing negative environmental impacts associated with textile waste and aims to repurpose 50 million tons of textile waste within the first 10 years.

Cyclothe is a Stockholm-based clean-tech company addressing the global textile waste crisis through AI-driven sorting and collection systems. Their solution aims to prolong garment lifespans, promote circularity in the textile industry, and reduce environmental impact by reintegrating used textiles into a new lifecycle for reuse, repurposing, or recycling. The company's technology identifies material composition with 95% accuracy, enabling optimal value determination for discarded garments. Cyclothe's mission is to create a sustainable future by reducing negative environmental impacts associated with textile waste and aims to repurpose 50 million tons of textile waste within the first 10 years.
Founded: 2023 — Stockholm
Product: Digitally traceable textile collection: QR/RFID Smart Bags, mobile app, smart collection boxes, and AI-sorting robotics R&D
Customers / Use cases: Individuals, municipalities/NGOs, and brands/producers — traceable collection, pre-sorting, delivery tracking, and impact metrics
Founders: Halit Kosmaz (Founder / CEO / CTO) and Efe Ezer (Co‑Founder / CFO)
Funding signal: Recorded non-equity assistance from Chromia Innovation Lab; no disclosed equity funding amounts in public profiles
Textile waste management, lack of traceable collection and scalable sorting that supports reuse and regulatory reporting.
2023
Clean technology; Textile recycling / Circular economy
“Chromia Innovation Lab (non-equity assistance)”