Demo data · simulatedTRL 6Funding
Lithium Recovery Enhancement
Process · +20% recovery rate
$350,000 / $500,00070%
Circular innovation finance
Today's Capital.Tomorrow's Breakthroughs.
Connecting commercial battery recycling with the next generation of circular innovation.
- Circular capital
- Industrial impact
- Innovation funding
- Real-world solutions
$2.4M
Verified commercial assets
6
Research projects
$38K
Innovation capital allocated
The gap
Recyclers wait90 days to get paid.
Commercial battery recyclers already run at TRL 7–9 and earn revenue - but their buyers pay on 90-day terms, so working capital is tied up in invoices.
Invoice · INV-0142
$100,000
Recovered lithium carbonate · Net 90
Day 90 of 900 days of working capital locked
Upcycling researchstalls at TRL 4–6.
Battery upcycling technologies - direct cathode regeneration, LFP recovery - are proven in the lab but too early for banks and too late for most grants.
Technology readiness level
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LabThe gapCommercial
UPLO uses the first to fund the second.
Figures on this page: illustrative example, not market rates.
The capital flow
Illustrative example, not market rates
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Commercial Assets
A recycler sells $100,000 of recovered material. The buyer pays in 90 days.
02
Financing
Verified invoices become working capital today. A financing provider in Pool A advances $95,000 to the recycler now, instead of in 90 days.
Invoice INV-0142 · $100,000Pending
Pool A$95,000Recycler, today
03
Platform Revenue
At settlement the buyer pays $100,000: $98,000 returns to the financing provider and $2,000 is the platform fee.
To the financing provider $98,000Platform fee $2,000
04
Innovation Funding
After $800 of direct costs, the $1,200 gross contribution sends 20% - $240 - to the Innovation Treasury. Pool B.
- Platform revenue
- $2,000
- Direct costs
- −$800
- Gross contribution
- $1,200
- 20% → Innovation Treasury (Pool B)
- $240
- Remains with the business
- $960
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Research Development
Milestone-gated R&D in battery upcycling: no progress, no money. Funding moves a technology from TRL 4 toward TRL 6.
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Each milestone is paid only after evidence is approved. Miss a deadline and backers are refunded.
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The loop closes.
Licensed technology returns to the recyclers that funded it - lower cost, higher recovery, new materials.
Today's capital. Tomorrow's breakthroughs.
Two pools, never mixed
Commercial capital andresearch capital stay apart.
Pool A
Commercial Financing Pool
Working capital for recyclers with verifiable transactions.
- Investor principal
- Returns per the investor agreement
- Backed by verified, buyer-confirmed invoices
Pool B
Innovation Treasury
Funds TRL 4–6 battery upcycling research.
- A set share of platform revenue
- Corporate R&D partners
- Backers who accept research risk directly
Investor principal in commercial financing is never used for research.
Four kinds of money are tracked separately: investment capital, investment returns, platform revenue and the innovation treasury. On-chain tokens represent rights only where enforceable legal agreements back them - nothing here is a securities offering.
Three revenue streams
Earn now. Build next. Share later.
Short term
Financing & transaction fees
Paid by: Recyclers · financing providers
Invoice and receivables financing on verified commercial transactions. Revenue does not wait for research to succeed.
Mid term
Corporate Innovation Membership
Paid by: Recyclers · battery manufacturers · corporate R&D
Access to screened research matched to industrial problems, plus validation sprints.
- Research Intelligence$5,000 / yr
- Innovation Partner$12,000 / yr
- Strategic R&D Partner$30,000+ / yr
Pricing under market test
Long term
Licensing success fee / royalty share
Paid by: Parties that commercialize the technology
A success fee when a supported technology is licensed - or a negotiated royalty share where UPLO materially funds development.
Research pipeline
TRL 4–6 opportunities, funded milestone by milestone.
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Milestone escrow
Funds release only after an attestor approves the evidence. A missed deadline refunds backers, pro-rata, on-chain.
On-chain transparency
Raises, milestones, approvals and refunds are public records on Avalanche (Fuji testnet) that anyone can verify.
Private by design
Matching uses non-confidential categories only. Confidential details are encrypted in your browser - only a hash goes on-chain.
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