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Circular Batteries: Closing the loop on EV batteries and conserving critical raw materials

How do we create value through building a circular economy ecosystem? Jointly with trailblazing innovation leaders, we piloted how circular battery value chains can work and configured a value chain that can recover all critical raw materials at minimal cost.

Watch the movie to delve into more detail and understand the role of each partner.

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CIRCULAR REPUBLIC

Circular Economy is the basis for a prosperous, resilient, and sustainable economy. As part of UnternehmerTUM, Europe's largest center for innovation and start-ups, CIRCULAR REPUBLIC empowers companies and start-ups to realize circular economy innovations and develop new business models. As a platform, the initiative connects relevant actors and aims to set system-changing impulses along the entire value chain.

UnternehmerTUM

At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value. Our teams empower innovative people to take entrepreneurial action. Together with start-ups and established companies, we drive tech ventures forward - from first idea to market leadership.

Our more than 300 employees include entrepreneurs, scientists, and investors. We support start-ups in founding their business, entering the market, and securing funding – including venture capital. For established companies, a team of experienced consultants offers access to our strong network. UnternehmerTUM draws from many years of expertise: We help to develop and implement innovation strategies and to spin off tech-oriented business ideas.

Founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Susanne Klatten, the non-profit oriented UnternehmerTUM gGmbH is the leading center for innovation and business creation in Europe with more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups every year - including Celonis, Konux, inveox, and Isar Aerospace.

At the Entrepreneurship Center on the Garching science campus, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM offer their services under one roof. The Munich Urban Colab, a center for innovation and business creation focusing on Smart City solutions, is our second location. Built together with the City of Munich, it opened its doors in 2021.

Save the date for the CIRCULAR REPUBLIC FESTIVAL 2025
May 22 - 23, 2025