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We scale circular textiles and consumer climate tech.

CAWA Ventures invests in, builds and advises companies across circular textiles and consumer climate tech. We work at the intersection of innovation, industry and capital, helping founders, investors and established companies turn promising solutions into commercially viable businesses and industrial-scale systems.

Our portfolio companies have raised more than $150 million and created over 300 jobs.

While at CAWA Ventures, we invest in and advise startups and scale-ups, The FOV (Fabric of Value), takes that knowledge, data and network and opens it up to everyone who moves this industry: founders, industry players, experts and investors.

How we work

BUILD

(Pre-Seed / Seed)

Our long-term comitment to zero waste solutions. We invest in and build companies by co-founding innovative solutions and taking on board and advisory seats.

GROWTH

(Seed - Pre-IPO)

Access to capital and industry are key for early stage solutions & mature scale ups. We provide both in short- and mid-term commitments and enter the collaboration with our own entrepreneurial commitment.

Invest

(Pre-Seed - Series A)

We invest in critical technology and scalable solutions in circular textiles. We have global lense and focus on Pre-Seed / Seed.

Advisory

Next to our work with McKinsey GBB, we offer fractional C-level work and interim management support as well as expert advisory on specific areas like team growth, offtake agreements, commercial strategy, fundraising strategy, business development and shareholder management as well as mediation.

Across the value chain. At the intersection of industry and capital.

Carl Warkentin is a builder, investor, and advisor working across the full textile and consumer-products value chain - from material science and production technology to supply chains, retail systems, and recycling infrastructure.

Over more than a decade, he has built companies and industrial projects at the points where innovation, commercial reality, and capital meet. His experience spans the development of new materials, manufacturing and recycling facilities in Asia, North America and Europe, digital and on-demand production systems, consumer products, and the infrastructure required to bring materials back into circulation.

Today, Carl works with global brands to make their operations more profitable, resilient, and circular. He partners with funds and family offices on investment and portfolio strategy, invests directly in companies, and works alongside founders as they move from technical promise to commercial and industrial scale.

Carl co-initiated CIRCULAR REPUBLIC within UnternehmerTUM, Europe's largest entrepreneurship hub, where he built and led the textiles platform and contributed to the development of Germany’s textile EPR framework.

Learn more about Carl Warkentin (LinkedIn).

The Fabric of Value

The Fabric of Value is CAWA Ventures' intelligence and network platform. It turns our daily work with investors, established companies, organizations and startups into practical insights: shared through The FOV on Substack, reports, podcasts and curated databases of companies, investors and industry organizations.

The FOV Circle adds a private, high-trust layer through focused WhatsApp groups, events, peer exchange and a concierge service providing carefully matched, warm introductions. Companies seeking direct investment, advisory or company-building support work with CAWA Ventures.

Selected Work & Portfolio

Venture Partner

Co-Founder

Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor

Advisor

Advisor

Chairman of the Board

Senior Advisor

Venture Partner

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

Co-Founder

Founder & Host

Senior Advisor

Advisory Board Member

Member of the Beneficiary Board

Deal Partner

Member of the CPSC Textiles Stewardship

Member of the Textile Leadership Group

M&A Advisor

Founder

Board Advisor

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Advisor

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