Revalo
Nichts verschwendet, alles neu gestaltet. Nothing wasted, everything redesigned.
Since 19 July 2026, large EU firms can no longer destroy unsold clothing, shoes, and accessories. Revalo is a hands-on atelier: designers and interns repair, refurbish, and redesign. For retailers we take on unsold stock and deliver the required proof with it. End customers order online redesigns of their own pieces or buy one-off items.
Das Problem
Every year the EU destroys 264,000 to 594,000 tonnes of textiles before they are ever worn (about 5.6m tonnes of CO2). Burberry burned 37m dollars of stock in one year; Amazon scrapped over 100,000 items a week in one warehouse. At the same time, repair crafts are vanishing and people distant from the labour market lack good work. Revalo tackles both, SDG 8 and 12.
Unsere Lösung
We take unsold and used merchandise into our studio and give it a second life by hand: we repair, refurbish, redesign, and sell it. For retailers, proof of this is automatically generated during the sorting process. End customers can have their item redesigned online or purchase a one-of-a-kind piece. Because redesigning is done by hand, we simultaneously create local jobs and provide training.
Unsere Vision
No usable garment should be destroyed; each should get a second life, and stable craft work should grow from it regionally. Short term a viable atelier with first retailers and online orders in Saxony, medium term an offering across DACH, long term a European network of regional ateliers. Contributing to SDG 8 and 12.
Finanzierungskonzept
Das Modell trägt sich großteils selbst: Servicegebühren, Reparatur- und Umgestaltungsaufträge, Verkauf der Unikate und eine monatliche Pauschale für den Nachweis. Aufbaubedarf rund 350.000 Euro. Mischfinanzierung aus Förderung (Sächsische Aufbaubank, Bund), Eingliederungszuschüssen, Leasing und Impact-Kapital. Netzwerk: SINNkubator, Impact Hub Dresden, HHL, regionale Händler.
Das macht uns zur sozialen Innovation
Europe's resale market grows from 15.9 to 26bn euro by 2030, and repair is subsidised (France: 826,000 repairs in year one). Others solve only one piece. Revalo combines atelier craft with dual sales: unsold stock from retailers (B2B), online redesigns and one-off pieces for end customers (B2C). The compliance proof arises as a by-product; the work trains people.
