The Investment Case

Why capital compounds here.

Life Circle isn't asking capital to fund a single harvest. It's asking capital to fund a system that gets more productive, more stable and more valuable with every cycle it runs.

The Thesis

Sustainable return requires stability.

Soil, water and local value creation aren't externalities here — they're the mechanism that secures production and growth.

Renaturation

Soil · Water · Climate

Every hub restores hectares of degraded land, rebuilding water retention and carbon stock that reduce production risk over time — the opposite of assets that depreciate.

Social participation

Knowledge · Work · Responsibility

Local jobs, training and ownership stakes keep the hub staffed and defended by the community around it — the strongest form of operational continuity.

Stable production

Biochar · Aquaponics · Harvests

Diversified outputs — carbon product, fish, poultry, produce — mean revenue isn't dependent on a single crop, market or season.

Fish

Protein production with continuous revenue from aquaponics.

Biochar

Turns biomass into a valuable soil and carbon product.

CO₂ Certificates

Additional revenue from measurable carbon storage and regeneration.

Cost Reduction through Closed Cycles

Water, nutrients, energy and side streams are reused in the system.

Scaling through Regeneration

Better soils, more biomass and higher system stability create growth.

Financial Security through Community Ownership

Local ownership strengthens bonds, operations and long-term stability.

Returns come from production, regeneration, climate impact and a stable circular system.

The Structure

Capital requirement, return model, scaling.

Capital requirement

Funding a hub

Capital is deployed per hub — land, pyrolysis and aquaponics infrastructure, housing and working capital through to first stable harvest.

Return model

How value returns

Revenue compounds from carbon product, food production and processing margin at H1 — diversified across outputs rather than a single line.

Scaling path

K1 to network

Each funded hub de-risks and reduces the cost of the next — infrastructure, microbiome stock and operating knowledge all carry forward.

First Funding Round

First funding round: Life-Circle PoC.

€2 million in private PoC capital lay the foundation for operational proof and further financing steps.

€2 million

private PoC capital

€2 million

targeted OeEB financing (1)

up to €3 million

potential Horizon Europe funding

up to €7 million

total financing volume

The PoC connects technology, agriculture, water, energy and local value creation into one measurable and scalable system.

Investors in the first funding round will be given priority consideration in subsequent rounds.

OeEB financing and EU funding subject to review, application and approval.

Partnership Terms

Partnership with a clear perspective.

Address risks openly. Finance development together. Define perspectives contractually.

Assess risk realistically.

The Life-Circle PoC is an early-stage and project-based investment. Technical, operational, economic and regulatory risks exist and are not downplayed.

Deploy capital in a controlled way.

The capital is deployed step by step and for defined purposes: for the PoC, project development, and the prerequisites for OeEB financing. Progress and use of funds are documented transparently.

Define perspectives contractually.

Interest, term, repayment, extension and possible conversion are contractually defined before payment. No open-ended outcome without clear rules.

Trust is built not through promises, but through transparency, measurable development and clear agreements.

The Life-Circle team across steering, technology and local implementation

Constanze Stockhammer

CEO & Finance

constanze.stockhammer@life-circle.eu

Diana Resch

Organizational Development

Alex Dornbusch

Development

alex.dornbusch@life-circle.eu

Maria Shindaadhi

Local Implementation and Partnerships

A project needs not just an idea, but a team with responsibility.

Get in touch

Request the full investor deck.

We share detailed unit economics, site plans and the K1 rollout schedule directly — reach out and we'll send the deck and set up a call.

LifeCircle International GmbHSchottenring 281010 ViennaAustria+43 699 122 33 222 alex.dornbusch@life-circle.eu