Who won Circular Cities and Regions Initiative’s circular systemic solutions 2023? 63 companies funded
- 6funded projects
- €58.6MEU contribution
- 63companies, 35 SMEs
- 19countries
Grant topic: Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)’s circular systemic solutions
The European Commission funded 6 projects under the Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-1-two-stage, with €58.6M in total EU contribution. 63 private companies from 19 countries took part, and 35 of them are SMEs. Below is who they are, what they are building, and how much each received.
At a glance
- Funded projects: 6
- Total EU contribution: €58.6M
- Of which to companies: €19.5M (33%)
- Companies / of which SMEs: 63 / 35
- Average consortium size: 28.8 organisations
- Projects coordinated by a company: 1 of 6
- Top countries (company participations): Spain (22), Italy (6), Germany (6), Greece (6)
Most company participations came from Spain, Italy and Germany. Here is where every winning company is based:
Where the winning companies are based
Companies that received funding
These are the 12 companies that received the most EU funding under this topic, largest first. The chart compares the top amounts; blue bars are SMEs.
Where the money went
Magtel Operaciones SL
Cordoba, Spain
Received €1.9M as a participant in FIC-FIGHTERS: To a Fair, Inclusive, Circular and Healthy cities: Valorisation of phosphogypsum wastes into commercial products through sustainable and circular processes (2024-06 to 2028-05).
WME Gesellschaft Fur Windkraftgetriebene Meerwasserentsalzungs mbH
Dranske, Germany · SME
Received €1.4M as a participant in CisWEFE-NEX: Circular Systemic Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus CCRI Demonstrator for Regions facing Severe Water Stress. (2024-06 to 2029-05).
CAS Software AG
Karlsruhe, Germany · SME · website
Received €698K as a participant in CSSBoost: Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces (2024-06 to 2027-11).
Tharsis Mining SL
La Rinconada, Spain · SME
Received €695K as a participant in FIC-FIGHTERS: To a Fair, Inclusive, Circular and Healthy cities: Valorisation of phosphogypsum wastes into commercial products through sustainable and circular processes (2024-06 to 2028-05).
Recyc Elit SAS
Venissieux, France · SME
Received €640K as a participant in SOLSTICE: Innovative 5R SOLutionS for Textile Integrated Circular Economy (2024-05 to 2027-10).
Maggioli SpA
Santarcangelo Di Romagna, Italy
Received €606K as a participant in CSSBoost: Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces (2024-06 to 2027-11).
Mesogeiako Kentro Ikanotiton Agrodiatrofis Idiotiki Kefalaiouchiki Etaireia
Heraklion, Greece · SME
Received €506K as a participant in CSSBoost: Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces (2024-06 to 2027-11).
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Lisbon, Portugal · SME
Received €505K as a participant in CSSBoost: Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces (2024-06 to 2027-11).
Hidraqua Gestion de Aguas de Levante SA
Alicante, Spain
Received €502K as a participant in CircSyst: Circular Systemic Solutions for Plastic, Packaging, Bio-Waste, and Water (2024-06 to 2027-05).
L PERNIA SA
Madrid, Spain · SME
Received €438K as a participant in CircSyst: Circular Systemic Solutions for Plastic, Packaging, Bio-Waste, and Water (2024-06 to 2027-05).
Ultrawaves - Wasser - und Umwelttechnologien GmbH
Karlsbad, Germany · SME
Received €429K as a participant in CisWEFE-NEX: Circular Systemic Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus CCRI Demonstrator for Regions facing Severe Water Stress. (2024-06 to 2029-05).
Botta SRL
Brusasco, Italy
Received €429K as a participant in SMILE CITY: Sustainable Materials for Innovative, Low Emissions applications in the CIrcular ciTY (2025-01 to 2028-12).
Also funded: Acceligence Ltd (CY), Adrestia Erevnitiki Idiotiki Kefalaiouxiki Etaireia (EL), Comsa Corporacion de Infraestructuras SL (ES), UAB Modernios E-Technologijos (LT), Cristoforos Kairidis Techniki Kai Emboriki Anonimi Etairia (EL), Pellenc Selective Technologies (FR), Prehnit d.o.o. (HR), Ugrinpack-Erdosi Kereskedelmi Es Szolgaltato Kft. (HU), Motonious IKE (EL), Krumedia GmbH (DE), PLURES SpA (IT), Capturaco2 SL (ES), Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, E.m., SA (PT), Technologiezentrum Horb GmbH & Co. KG (DE), Stratagem Energy Ltd (CY), Solum Photovoltaic Innovation SL (ES), Paul Rye Kledal (DK), Landlng Aquaculture BV (NL), INOVA+ - Innovation Services, SA (PT), Bioazul, SL (ES), Cromogenia Units SA (ES), Perifereiaki Anaptyxiaki Etairia Kritis AE (EL), Cicli Integrati Impianti Primari SpA (IT), Flexofibers Europa SL (ES), Gradezen Institut Makedonija AD Skopje (MK), Spin-Pet SRL (IT), Cabka Spain SL (ES), Recykl Organizacja Odzysku SA (PL), Asistencias Tecnicas Clave SL (ES), Ecofilae (FR), Cementos la Cruz, SL (ES), Diamantis Masoutis AE Super Market (EL), Acteco Productos y Servicios SL (ES), Christeyns NV (BE), Komunalno Podjetje Ptuj D.d. (SI), Little Electric Energy S.L (ES), Indresmat SL (ES), Officinae Verdi Group SRL (IT), Persan SA (ES), Aquafin NV (BE), and 11 more.
The funded projects
The 6 projects started between May 2024 and January 2025, and the last is due to finish in May 2029.
When the funded projects run
CircSyst: Circular Systemic Solutions for Plastic, Packaging, Bio-Waste, and Water
€10.2M EU contribution · 32 partners · 2024-06 to 2027-05 · coordinated by Asociacion de Investigacion de la Industria del Juguete Conexas y Afines (ES)
To contribute to catalyzing the transition towards a sustainable, circular economCircSyst, presents a series of shared Demonstration Experiences of new technological and societal adaptations to a Circular Economy involving 8 European regions: Valencia (SP), Maribor (SI), Flanders (BE), Gotland (SW), Paijat-Hame-Lahti (FI), Castila la Mancha (SP), Central Macedonia (EL), and Central and East Hungary (HU).The project…
SOLSTICE: Innovative 5R SOLutionS for Textile Integrated Circular Economy
€10.2M EU contribution · 26 partners · 2024-05 to 2027-10 · coordinated by Axel'one (FR)
SOLSTICE aims at demonstrating 4 replicable systemic solutions for the territorial deployment of the circular economy (CEC) for the major industrial sector of textiles (62Mt produced/year). All steps of waste prevention and management will be included in a 5R strategy: Refuse/Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose, Recycle. The solutions developed can be replicated and cross-linked with the plastics value chain.
FIC-FIGHTERS: To a Fair, Inclusive, Circular and Healthy cities: Valorisation of phosphogypsum wastes into commercial products through sustainable and circular processes
€10M EU contribution · 29 partners · 2024-06 to 2028-05 · coordinated by Idener Research & Development Aie (ES)
FIC-FIGHTERS is a local democracy project. It is the search for new economic models deliberately agreed to manage of waste that harms the natural and cultural heritage. It is a space for discussion on the adoption of alternatives for wastes that has been accumulating near our cities for decades.
CisWEFE-NEX: Circular Systemic Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus CCRI Demonstrator for Regions facing Severe Water Stress.
€9.7M EU contribution · 27 partners · 2024-06 to 2029-05 · coordinated by Bioazul, SL (ES)
Contributing to the CCRI project portfolio, CisWEFE-NEX will demonstrate the implementation of a circular systemic WEFE Nexus, an innovative, fully integrated, & sustainable approach applying the principles of circular economy for closing loops in the key value chains of food, water & nutrients in severely water stressed regions:1.
SMILE CITY: Sustainable Materials for Innovative, Low Emissions applications in the CIrcular ciTY
€9.4M EU contribution · 38 partners · 2025-01 to 2028-12 · coordinated by Association Europeenne Recyclage Pneus Etra (FR)
SMILE CITY provides realistic circular systemic solutions to support the evolution towards a carbon-neutral, environmentally sustainable, toxic-free, circular economy by 2050. The contribution to C02 reduction works on two levels:- an intensive use of recycled materials in replacement of virgin ones, without decreasing the performance of final products;- the use of such products and applications to increase…
CSSBoost: Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces
€9.2M EU contribution · 21 partners · 2024-06 to 2027-11 · coordinated by Polytechneio Kritis (EL)
CSSBoost aims to overcome technological and non-technological CE barriers, minimise CSS application and operational risks and decisively stimulate and maximise the Circular Economy and Bioeconomy Transition in any EU city/region or group of regions.
What the winning consortia had in common
- Consortia averaged 28.8 organisations, and companies held 63 of 173 seats (36%).
- 56% of company seats went to SMEs, so smaller firms clearly had room in these consortia.
- 1 of 6 projects were coordinated by a company; the rest were led by universities, research organisations or public bodies.
Here is how all 173 organisations in these consortia break down by type:
Who sits at the table
See the original call on Grantalist.
Source: CORDIS Horizon Europe open data, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Figures are the EU contribution recorded at grant signature; data as of 2026-08-28.