# European Union

> European Union is a VC fund backing Fashion, Textiles and CleanTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

European Union is a VC fund focused on Fashion and Textiles. The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 1 | 100% |
| Textiles | 1 | 100% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 100% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 100% |
| Recycling | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Resortecs | Resortecs leads the circular transition in fashion with Design for Disassembly. We empower brands, sorters, and recyclers with heat-dissolvable stitching threads and thermal disassembly systems that make recycling easy. Through targeted innovations in the way textile products are assembled and disassembled, we help fashion players rise totoday’s environmental challenges at the pace and scale Earth needs. All without compromising the creativity, design, and quality of clothing.Resortecs' thermal disassembly solution is five times faster than traditional disassembly methods and makes it possible to recycle up to 90% of the original fabric material: • Smart Stitch™, our heat-dissolvable stitching thread with different melting points (150 °C, 170 °C and 190 °C), enables brands to transform their products into recyclable, circular pieces from the manufacturing stage. • Smart Disassembly™, our thermal disassembly system, enables recyclers to unlock higher volumes of premium-quality material, processing up to 4M garments/year with low emissions and no material damage so that fabrics can be used over and over again. Welcome to sustainability's next level: circularity. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agentschap-innoveren-ondernemen) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fashion For Good](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fashion-for-good) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [H&M Foundation - Global Change Award](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-m-foundation-global-change-award) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pmv-eu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vlaio) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does European Union invest in?

European Union invests primarily in Fashion, Textiles and CleanTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belgium. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did European Union last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for European Union closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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