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Zerocircle

Zerocircle Alternatives Pvt. Ltd. ● Pune, Maharashtra ● Founded 2020 ● zerocircle.in ↗

Zerocircle creates seaweed-based packaging designed to replace harmful petrochemical-based materials, including coated packaging for hamburger boxes, fried food containers, bakery packaging, and food trays. Founded by ex-Google employee Neha Jain, it is described by industry press as the only company in India to have commercialised a seaweed-based packaging solution. HQ city is recorded here as Pune, per its two most…

Neha Jain · Founder & CEO
$2.85 MnTotal funding (tracked)
2Funding rounds
22 Jan 2026Last round

Zerocircle: Funding Rounds

Date Round Amount Investors Source
22 Jan 2026 Pre-Series A ₹5 Cr (~$0.55 Mn) 3one4 Capital Rainmatter Capital source
16 Jan 2025 Seed ₹20 Cr ($2.3 Mn) Rainmatter Capital 1Crowd 7th Gen Ventures Trudie Styler VC Grid source

Recent Signals

  • 24 Mar 2023 · financial
    Won $250,000 as runner-up in Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize source
  • 19 Jan 2023 · financial
    Selected for Sequoia Spark Fellowship's second cohort, $100K equity-free grant source
  • 1 Sep 2021 · financial
    Raised $300K pre-seed from Rainmatter Foundation (~Q3 2021) source

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FAQs on Zerocircle

Who founded Zerocircle?

Zerocircle was founded by Neha Jain in 2020.

How much funding has Zerocircle raised?

Zerocircle has raised $2.85 Mn across 2 tracked funding round(s), most recently on 2026-01-22. Figures are compiled from cited public sources.

Who are the investors in Zerocircle?

Investors in Zerocircle include 3one4 Capital, Rainmatter Capital, 1Crowd, 7th Gen Ventures, Trudie Styler, VC Grid.

What does Zerocircle do?

Zerocircle creates seaweed-based packaging designed to replace harmful petrochemical-based materials, including coated packaging for hamburger boxes, fried food containers, bakery packaging, and food trays. Founded by ex-Google employee Neha Jain, it is described by industry press as the only company in India to have commercialised…

Where is Zerocircle headquartered?

Zerocircle is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

What is Zerocircle's business model?

Zerocircle's core value proposition centers on Seaweed-based alternative to petrochemical plastic packaging, Coated packaging across food formats, Eliminates toxic plastics and microplastic leakage, Drop-in fit for existing production lines.

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