Reclinker, a UK company developing low-carbon cement recycling technology, has raised £10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Clean Growth Fund and AP Ventures. The round also included participation from the Development Bank of Wales, Kibo Invest, Zero Carbon Capital and Cambridge Enterprise.
The funding will support Reclinker’s move from industrial trials to commercial production in Cardiff. The company has conducted multiple trials at 7 Steel UK’s Cardiff facility, where its process uses electric arc furnaces already deployed for steel recycling. Reclinker said it has also secured its first commercial sales.
Reclinker recovers cement paste from construction and demolition waste and converts it back into clinker during the steel recycling process. This allows recycled steel and new cement material to be produced through the same electric arc furnace infrastructure, reducing reliance on conventional cement kilns and newly quarried limestone. The company says its process can reduce cement-related emissions by more than 50% compared with traditional production while reaching cost parity with conventional cement.
The business was incorporated in 2022 as Cambridge Electric Cement and adopted the Reclinker name in June 2026. Its technology originated from University of Cambridge research into recycling recovered cement through electric arc furnaces. Cambridge researchers Professor Julian Allwood, Dr Cyrille Dunant and Dr Pippa Horton were among the academics behind the underlying process.
In 2024, Cambridge Electric Cement raised £2.25 million in an earlier funding round led by Zero Carbon Capital to support the industrialisation of its cement recycling technology.
