EcoBean is a Warsaw-based circular bioeconomy company that turns spent coffee grounds, one of the food industry’s most wasted resources, into high-value, low-carbon ingredients. Founded in 2018 by Marcin Koziorowski and Kacper Kossowski, it developed its technology together with the Warsaw University of Technology, which is also a shareholder. Its patented process breaks coffee grounds down into five fractions (coffee oil, antioxidants, PLA, lignin and protein additives) for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries. Instead of collecting grounds from cafés, EcoBean now works directly with coffee processing plants, where its plug-and-play technology can be built into existing production lines. The company refines its methods at a research biorefinery in Warsaw and, in 2025, signed a strategic partnership with a major technical partner in coffee production. EcoBean is a certified B Corp and won the LDC Climate Resilience Prize in 2024. Its backers include EIT InnoEnergy, CIECH Ventures and COBIN Angels investors, and it received a €7 million grant from the Polish FENG programme to build its technology.

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