CDTI Innovation invests, together with BeAble Innvierte Kets Fund, F.C.R., in Captoplastic

The SICC Innvierte of CDTI Innovación invests, together with BeAble Innvierte Kets Fund, F.C.R., in Captoplastic for the development of advanced solutions for the detection and removal of microplastics in wastewater.

Captoplastic is an innovative technology company dedicated to leading the fight against microplastics through cutting-edge solutions. Founded in 2020, it is recognized as a Knowledge-Based Company (EBC) and has prestigious partners such as the Autonomous University of Madrid. Its innovative technology is designed to control and capture microplastics and combat their polluting effects in aqueous environments, promoting sustainability and environmental protection.

With this solution, based on resource reuse to minimize waste, Captoplastic not only directly contributes to the conservation of oceans, seas and marine resources, but also promotes public health and well-being by improving water quality, ensuring universal access to drinking water and adequate sanitation. In addition, it has indirect impacts on the protection of biodiversity and the reduction of environmental degradation by preventing the contamination of terrestrial ecosystems through water and sludge from treatment plants.

The technology developed by Captoplastic has applications in multiple sectors including, among others, water bottling plants, the plastics industry, textile dyeing, recycling plants, removal of textile fibers in water, and the personal care industry.

This company has a multidisciplinary team made up of PhDs, engineers, technicians and financial experts. It has received several awards and recognitions, and its activity is backed by ten patents.

CDTI Innovación, through Innvierte, has just closed an investment deal in this company with BEABLE INNVIERTE KETS FUND, F.C.R., with a contribution of €994,000.

BeAble Capital / BeAble Innvierte Kets Fund, F.C.R.:

BeAble Capital is the benchmark management company in Science Equity: investing in Deep Science technologies from early stage to Series A. Headquartered in Madrid but with a global outlook, it invests in strategic and fundamental sectors such as new materials, nanotechnology, photonics and biotechnology. BeAble Capital selects the best technologies emerging from research centers and universities, supporting them from very early stages so they can make the leap from the lab to industry. Health, well-being and the environment are priority areas when selecting these disruptive technologies that address unmet needs in our society. These are technologies aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, focused on the major challenges facing humanity.

BeAble Capital was founded in 2008 by Almudena Trigo and David López, later joined by Alberto Díaz and Roberto Ranera. The goal of the BeAble Capital team is to apply all their knowledge and experience in technology transfer to create science-based companies capable of generating a competitive industry at both national and international levels.

BeAble Capital manages €82.5 million in assets (distributed between BeAble Innvierte Kets Fund, F.C.R. and BeAble Innvierte Science Equity Fund, F.C.R.E.) and has a portfolio of over 20 companies.

Innvierte

Innvierte is an initiative aimed at promoting business innovation by supporting venture capital investment in technology-based or innovative companies. This program operates through the closed-end collective investment company Innvierte Economía Sostenible SICC S.M.E., S.A., which is self-managed and supervised by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) and of which CDTI Innovación is the sole shareholder.

To date, CDTI Innovación has committed €2.183 billion in 57 investment vehicles that have invested in more than 602 companies, and through its co-investment line has directly committed €632 million in 188 companies.

Innvierte is part of the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2021–2027, approved by the Council of Ministers in September 2020. This strategy includes the objectives, reforms and measures to be adopted across the entire R&D&I field in order to boost its growth and impact, and is one of the pillars underpinning the Government's R&D&I policy for the coming years.

CDTI Innovación

The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI E.P.E.) is a public organization under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, whose goal is to promote technological innovation in the business sector. CDTI’s mission is to ensure that Spanish companies generate and transform scientific and technical knowledge into globally competitive, sustainable and inclusive growth. In 2024, under a new strategic plan, CDTI provided more than €2.3 billion in support to Spanish companies and startups.

More information:

Website: www.cdti.es
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/29815
X: https://twitter.com/CDTI_innovacion
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CDTIoficial

Captoplastic:
Website: https://captoplastic.com/es/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/captoplastic-s-l/

BeAble Capital:
Website: https://beablecapital.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beablecapital/
X: https://x.com/beablecapital