CCompany · Consumer
Cartonlab
Cartonlab is a Spanish design and manufacturing studio that creates sustainable, fully recyclable cardboard furniture, retail/exhibition displays, and event structures ("design to amaze, build to disappear"). Founded in 2009 in Murcia as a spin-off of Moho Arquitectos, it has delivered 300+ projects for clients like CaixaForum, Repsol, International Paper and Munich Re, and opened a US subsidiary in Florida in 2015-16. It is a bootstrapped/self-funded design-manufacturing business rather than a venture-backed startup.
Founded
2009
Founders
3
News
2
Rounds
0
SectorsSustainable Design, Cardboard Furniture, Exhibition & Events, Retail Display, Eco-friendly Manufacturing
Start-up MapConsumer › Consumer hardware & home goods
Profile updated 28 Jul 2026
Founders
C
Carlos Abadía Suanzes-Carpegna
Co-founder & Design Director
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Ignacio (Nacho) Bautista Ruiz
Co-founder, President/CEO & Head of Marketing
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Pablo García Mora
Co-founder, Sales/Production Director & USA Manager
Global models 5
MMade.com
United Kingdom · www.made.com ↗
VC-backed DTC furniture and design brand that scaled furniture manufacturing/retail with a design-led sustainability angle, similar to Cartonlab's design-to-product model.
$170MComparable
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Feather
United States · www.livefeather.com ↗
Furniture-as-a-service company built around circular-economy, reusable and low-waste furniture, echoing Cartonlab's ephemeral/recyclable design philosophy.
$130MComparable
AArticle
Canada · www.article.com ↗
VC-funded direct-to-consumer furniture design and manufacturing company, comparable to Cartonlab's in-house design-to-product furniture line.
$97MComparable
BBurrow
United States · www.burrow.com ↗
VC-backed modular, design-forward furniture brand that manufactures and sells its own furniture line, similar in model to Cartonlab's product shop.
$91MComparable
FFloyd
United States · www.floydhome.com ↗
Venture-backed sustainable, modular furniture manufacturer and DTC brand, a smaller-scale analog to Cartonlab's eco-conscious furniture design business.
$27MComparable
Investors
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Funding rounds
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News & media 2
| Published | Article |
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| 2024-05-27 |
Una ciudad de cartón 'murciana' en el Teatro Real: Cartonlab realiza la escenografía para una obra de Wagner ↗
Murcia Plaza
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| 2023-11-08 |
La murciana Cartonlab busca nuevos inversores para potenciar su crecimiento internacional ↗
Murcia Plaza
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