Ever Dye raises €15 million to decarbonize the textile industry on a large scale
Ever Dye revolutionizes textile dyeing with a biosourced technology that is fast, energy-efficient and compatible with existing machines. Thanks to a €15 million round of financing, the startup is now ready for industrial-scale production in response to a major environmental emergency.
A breakthrough technology, a validated product market fit, a top-notch team. And now, the means to scale up. It's official: Ever Dye closes a €15 million Series A financing round (led by Daphni and CMI). The aim? Industrialize a textile dyeing technology that could well tip an entire sector towards radically more sustainable practices.
Textile dyeing: a blind spot in the transition?
While the textile industry is regularly singled out for its environmental impact, dyeing remains its Achilles heel: 20% of global water pollution, up to 52% of the sector's CO₂ emissions, energy-intensive processes, and a persistent reliance on petrochemical-based chemicals and pigments.
Ever Dye is tackling this impasse with a powerful promise: to make dyeing both cleaner... and more competitive.
Technology that ticks all the boxes
The heart of Ever Dye's proposal is a biosourced dyeing technology, compatible with existing dyers' infrastructures, which cuts energy consumption by a factor of eight, processing time by a factor of three, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 61% to 89%, depending on the method used.
The impact is massive:
- 90% water pollution,
- 30% reduction in water consumption,
- zero green premium for brands from 2026, with a pigment price competitive with traditional solutions.
Above all, the technology is ready: after three years of R&D, Ever Dye pigments have been tested and validated by leading manufacturers. Lacoste, Adore Me, Kiabi, Petit Bateau and a major French luxury brand have all entered into concrete collaborations with the startup.
From proof-of-concept to full-scale production
The ambition of this A series is clear: to go from the laboratory to the factory.
Thanks to a CAPEX-free model (based on subcontracting to industrial partners) Ever Dye plans to deploy its production capacities on a large scale, without adding to its structure. Discussions with processors are already well advanced, and the first industrial volumes are ready for launch.
At the same time, the company continues to expand its range (with a growing palette of pigments), develop formulations compatible with 90% of dyeing processes, and extend its impact to synthetic fibers like polyester.
One team, one execution, one vision
As for the team, Ever Dye ticks all the right boxes. Headed by Philippe Berlan, former CEO of Petit Bateau and La Redoute, he is intimately familiar with the challenges of industrial transformation in the textile sector.
At his side is Amira Erokh, co-founder and CTO, an expert in organic chemistry and coloring processes. Together, they form a deeply complementary duo, strengthened by a high-level R&D team (5 PhDs) and Victor Durand, COO with a solid operational profile.
Their roadmap is clear. Their execution, already impressive: in three years, Ever Dye has gone from a research project to a validated industrial model, with capsule collections marketed in the United States, LOIs signed with several brands and an ambitious technological roadmap to address 85% of the global market by 2030.
A growing conviction
At Asterion, we have supported Ever Dye from the outset, convinced that the decarbonization of the textile industry would require an in-depth overhaul of its processes, and that the solution would come from within. With technology compatible with current production lines, undeniable environmental performance, ultra-short time-to-impact and a scalable model with no CAPEX, Everdye is the perfect embodiment of what we're looking to support.
This Series A is not a promise: it's a validation. Of a market, a technology, a team. And above all, of a potential for large-scale transformation.
What's next?
The objective is clear: to make Ever Dye the global benchmark for sustainable textile dyeing. A player capable of reconciling industrial performance and environmental requirements, in a sector that is both polluting and under pressure.
To find out more :
- Ever Dye : website
- Les Echos : read the article
- CFNEWS : read the article
