Company

A leaf-paper company built around a resource most cities still treat as waste.

Releaf develops technologies and products from fallen urban leaves — fibers, fillers, paper, packaging and material routes. Not to replace the paper industry, but to add a route to it.

Releaf material facility — leaf biomass converted into industrial inputs.
Releaf · Material facility · 2024

What drives the company

Mission

To industrialize the conversion of fallen urban leaves into controlled material inputs for paper, packaging and future applications.

Vision

To build a leaf-paper and materials company where seasonal urban biomass can become part of regional manufacturing, not only a disposal stream.

Approach

We build through proof: samples, data, partners, pilots, use cases and careful claim boundaries.

From research to industrial applications

Built through research. Tested through applications. Structured for scale.

  1. 01

    Research

    Scientific exploration into the use of fallen leaves as a material.

  2. 02

    First samples

    Public, tangible material samples — people could see it and remember it.

  3. 03

    Industrial tests

    First mill and converter trials of leaf-derived components.

  4. 04

    France

    Move into the French innovation ecosystem — Bpifrance, Station F.

  5. 05

    EIC / EU support

    European innovation pathways and funded development.

  6. 06

    EPO recognition

    Young Inventors Prize ecosystem for the fallen-leaf paper innovation.

  7. 07

    Partners

    LGP2, Cellwood-Bellmer, Emblema, GPESO, SUEZ.

  8. 08

    Production & commercial

    Production and commercial applications across paper and packaging.

  9. 09

    Now

    A complementary material route — not a replacement.

From research to production

A material company, built step by step.

Seasonal leaf stream
Seasonal leaf stream

Industry posture · a complementary material route

What we are

A leaf-paper and materials technology company.

Converting fallen urban leaves into fibers, fillers, paper and material applications.

How we build

Through proof — not promises.

Samples, data, partners, pilots and use cases — with careful claim boundaries at every step.

Trusted within the ecosystem

EIC / EU
EPO YIP
Bpifrance
Station F
LVMH
EIB-linked
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Work with Releaf

A material route from city cycles to product systems.