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Since we were founded, our goal has been clear: to support companies and regions on their way to a circular economy, placing innovation and cooperation at the heart of business model transformation. Today we are taking a new step, with Legrand, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, taking a stake in the company.

With this backing, we will be able to amplify our impact and accelerate our clients' transition to business models built on more efficient, sustainable management of natural resources. Drawing on the industrial expertise, international reach and financial support of a major group, we are strengthening our ability to offer concrete solutions suited to today's challenges.

A decade of commitment to the circular economy

Since our founding by Jules Coignard and Raphaël Masvigner, we have come a long way. It all began with a round-the-world tour of the circular economy in 2015, which allowed us to identify best practice and design innovative solutions to help companies rethink the way they produce and consume.

Today we support more than 120 large companies and regions, including 70% of CAC 40 companies and a significant share of the SBF 120. From sustainable sourcing to eco-design, taking in new business models, reverse logistics and recycling, we work across every stage of the circular transition.

We have also launched major initiatives such as our thematic coalitions, which bring large companies together around shared challenges, and the Circul'R Club, a network of more than 100 committed organisations supported by the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition.

Our team has also grown considerably. Today, 37 experts – engineers, consultants and collective intelligence specialists – work every day to accelerate the circular transition.

Strong backing to scale up circular models

Legrand, with revenue of more than €8 billion, is a key player in European industry and has long embedded circular economy principles in its practices, notably through eco-design.

By taking a stake in Circul'R, Legrand brings us:

• The financial resources and industrial expertise of a major group,
• A lever to accelerate our growth in France and internationally,
• A unique opportunity to amplify our impact, by actively contributing to the circular transition and promoting business models that optimise resource use, reduce waste and encourage the reuse and recycling of materials.

"As we celebrate ten years since our round-the-world tour of the circular economy, this investment marks a key step in our development. With Legrand, we are opening a new chapter to strengthen our impact and accelerate the transition to circular business models, while remaining true to our DNA and our independence." – Raphaël Masvigner, co-founder of Circul'R

"Legrand's support allows us to embed circular economy solutions even more deeply in the strategies of large companies. Together, we want to prove that economic performance and the environmental transition can go hand in hand, by transforming business models for the long term." – Jules Coignard, co-founder of Circul'R

With this new momentum, we reaffirm our ambition: to accelerate the transition to a circular economy at scale and support organisations towards a more resilient, sustainable future.