'Tinder for textiles' startup seeks capital for large-scale upcycling plant

Stockholm-based startup Beskow Von Post is scaling up its textile upcycling operations with a new patented technology designed to make fabric reuse profitable.

The company, founded by Caroline von Post and Susanne Beskow, has developed a system called Revtex, which automatically cuts and reworks discarded textiles into new, usable fabric. The planned facility will process up to 250 tonnes of textile waste per year, saving an estimated 115,500 kilograms of CO2 and 666 million litres of water compared to producing virgin materials.

“Our goal is to become a fabric supplier,” says von Post. “Our Revtex textiles will come with digital product passports showing how much water and carbon each fabric saves. Even luxury houses like Chanel are asking: ‘Where will we get textiles from in the future?’”

'We need a few million'

So far, the Stockholm-based startup has worked on a smaller scale – transforming batches of discarded workwear into new garments for clients such as Sweden’s Nationalmuseum. “We match waste with new needs,” von Post says. “That’s why we call ourselves a Tinder for textiles.”

Beskow Von Post, founded in 2021, now wants to raise external funding to build a demo facility and commercialise Revtex.

“We’ve cracked the code for how to make upcycling profitable,” von Post says. “We’re looking for impact investors to help us scale. It’s not billions we need – just a few million.”

Every year, Swedes discard around 90,000 tonnes of textiles, most of which end up incinerated, according to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Across the EU, textile consumption accounts for around 160 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, making fashion one of the world’s biggest climate culprits.

With new EU rules putting more responsibility on producers for textile waste, von Post believes the timing is right: “Recycling alone won’t solve the problem. Upcycling can be part of the answer — and now we have the tools to do it at scale.”