Suspol

suspol.info ↗ ·Madrid ·Pre-seed

Suspol (Suspol Polímeros Sostenibles SL) is a deeptech spin-off of the Universidad de Alcalá, born from the SOSCATCOM research group, that develops proprietary organometallic catalysts and scalable reversible-polymerization processes to produce and chemically recycle bioplastics such as PLA and PHAs. Its FlowPLA and FLEXsus technologies claim to synthesise and depolymerise PLA in about a minute at ambient temperature, closing the material's life cycle and regenerating raw materials from polyesters and polycarbonates. Founded in 2022 and based in the Madrid region, it is an early/seed-stage company that won Grow Venture Partners' getIMPULSE accelerator (2022, followed by a ~€100k investment), signed an exclusive patent licence with UAH, and secured CDTI NEOTEC public funding in 2024 to scale up at the Factoría Industrial de Villaverde in Madrid; it is a very small team (roughly 2-6 people).

Founded

2022

Founders

Total funds raised

€100K

SectorsBioplastics, Chemical recycling, Advanced materials, Circular economy, Deeptech, Sustainability Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Waste valorisation & biomaterials

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Founders

Miguel Palenzuela Cebrián

Founder & CEO

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Grow Venture Partners

growventurepartners.com

Led Pre-seed 2024 Spain

BioEconomy Ventures

bioeconomyventures.eu ↗

Investor Ireland

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2024-06-06	Pre-seed (estimated)	€100K	Grow Venture Partners (estimated lead)

News 3

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Published	Article
2024-06-06	Grow Venture Partners apuesta por SUSPOL en la aceleración de la producción de bioplásticos ↗ Webcapitalriesgo 2024-06-06
2024-05-20	La UAH y la empresa SUSPOL Polímeros Sostenibles firman un contrato de licencia exclusiva para el uso de una patente de bioplásticos ↗ Universidad de Alcalá (Portal de Comunicación) 2024-05-20
2024-03-06	10 New Plastic Companies Enhancing Material Science & Sustainability ↗ StartUs Insights 2024-03-06