Our Roadmap
Our strategic plan for developing innovative hydrogen solutions and driving market adoption.
Project Roadmap
Multimodal Ammonia
Unlocking the First Mile: Port to Place enables the seamless transit of green molecules from global ports to local power.
Dairy Waste to X
The Halide Weaver utilises nano-filtration and salt concentration of dairy waste to create new product streams including hydrogen gas, cleaning chemicals, and hydroponic crops.
Ammonia to Hydrogen
Rune Breaker is a new industrial reactor design aiming to process liquid ammonia into gaseous hydrogen and ammonia, offering unmatched power efficiency.
Market Expansion
Market Penetration
Our primary focus is the strategic rollout of the Port to Place supply chain. By optimizing logistics from high-volume hubs directly to end-user operations, we are establishing a resilient and scalable distribution network. Concurrently, we are identifying key partners for the first-of-kind (FOAK) deployment of HyLo, our modular hydrogen storage solution, to validate its efficiency and impact in real-world industrial environments.
Market Expansion
Our European strategy is centered on scaling our operational footprint through targeted country-level identification. We are evaluating EU member states for Port to Place synergy, focusing on regions with the highest potential for supply chain integration. Concurrently, we are securing prime locations for serial HyLo deployments, transitioning from isolated projects to a standardized, modular infrastructure model across the continent.
Key Non-EU Markets
Building on our core strengths, we are entering high-growth markets in the US and ASEAN. Our expansion is laser-focused on regions with sophisticated logistics networks and significant rail-to-road integration, where the demand for rapid, modular deployment is peaking. We are actively identifying prime sites in these developed economies to establish our first international Port to Place networks, creating a scalable blueprint for global decarbonization.
Team Development Roadmap
Assemble the core technical and business development teams. Finalise key leadership roles.
Establish a strategic advisory board with experts in hydrogen, technology, and finance.
Begin scaling the team across engineering, sales, and operations to support market expansion.
Funding Roadmap
Friends & Family Round
£33,300
With remarkable capital efficiency, Circular Refining achieved significant early traction on a bootstrapped budget. We established a broad stakeholder footprint, with our Managing Director championing the company across the UK—in England, Scotland, and Wales—and on the international stage in Singapore and Germany. This global outreach was endorsed by Innovate UK and the British High Commission, who facilitated our Singapore visit to explore high-impact collaborations in Net Zero 2050 infrastructure and low-carbon fuel development.
This round consisted of £27,300 from a co-founding investor's contribution of £1,300 per month between July 2022 and April 2024, approximately £3,000 in additional expense support from the same investor, and a £3,000 direct investment from a former advisory board member. This combined funding provided a 21-month runway from July 2022 before founder and Managing Director Mark Shaw assumed full financial responsibility for Circular Refining.
£200,000
Our pre-seed funding is dedicated to core operational growth, setting the foundation for our flagship Port to Place supply chain and the commercial launch of HyLo. We are adopting a strategic 30/70 split for seed feasibility funding, prioritizing 70% of our capital toward the practical execution and scaling of the Port to Place model. By focusing on tangible deployments and proven supply chain integration, we are de-risking our technology and securing a clear, revenue-backed path to profitability. This disciplined allocation ensures we maximize the impact of every pound, creating a sustainable financial engine as we move toward larger institutional funding rounds.
As of January 2026, this round is attracting Angels, VCs, and PEs. The round is eligible for SEIS (Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme) shares, which offer high-net-worth investors 50% tax relief on up to £200,000 invested per year.
£2,000,000
Having successfully leveraged our pre-seed data to validate industrial corridors, we will enter our £2M seed round to scale operational traction. We will convert our initial insights into live Port to Place supply chain networks and HyLo feasibility deployments. Our ongoing engagement with regional stakeholders in North Wales and Greater Manchester will evolve from site validation into active project implementation. By de-risking these first-of-kind deployments, we will solidify our partnerships with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Development Bank of Wales, and the UK Infrastructure Bank, transforming regional potential into large-scale, revenue-generating energy infrastructure.
This round is structured under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). While our target is £2m, EIS allows for up to £5m in a year. Should there be appetite for a larger round (£2-5m), we will assess our business needs and capital availability to accelerate our growth.
£10,000,000
Our £10M Series A round will mark our transition to a full-scale owner-operator model. We will move beyond site-specific deployment to establish regional Port to Place import and distribution hubs. This capital, bolstered by match funding from regional development authorities, will fund the infrastructure and operational architecture required to control the supply chain from bulk arrival to end-user delivery. This will position Circular Refining as the primary regional energy utility. By owning these hubs, we will leverage our HyLo modular storage technology to provide localized, resilient energy supply at scale. This strategic infrastructure play will allow us to secure long-term public-private partnerships, outpace traditional competitors, and serve as the cornerstone for regional net-zero industrial zones in North Wales and Greater Manchester.
Circular Refining can raise up to £12m over three years under the EIS. We de-risk this by blending with grant funding, making investments go three times further. Outcomes are reinvested with regional and national funds, creating a powerful growth engine for large-scale infrastructure.
Funding Progress
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