A:gain
A:gain
Circular building products at scale
Investment vertical
- Built environmentabout /verticals/built-environmentBuilt environment
Stage
- Seed
Website
www.madeagain.dk/ about http://www.madeagain.dk/The challenge
The conventional construction industry heavily relies on virgin materials, generating vast amounts of waste and carbon emissions. Many useful materials end up incinerated or landfilled, despite being perfectly reusable. The built environment is resource‑intensive, and there is a lack of scalable, climate‑conscious alternatives to traditional building materials.
The solution
A:gain transforms waste streams such as industrial by‑products, demolition waste, and post‑consumer materials into certified, circular building materials and interior products. Their portfolio includes upcycled flooring, facades, acoustic panels, partition walls and more — all designed for professional construction projects.
By sourcing from waste and secondary materials rather than virgin resources, A:gain reduces raw material consumption, waste, and CO₂ emissions, while offering products that meet the technical and aesthetic standards of the industry.
Footprint team
- Isabella Oline Jensen about ?overlay=isabella-oline-jensen
ioj@thefootprintfirm.com about mailto:ioj@thefootprintfirm.comIsabella Oline Jensen
Associate
Emil is seasoned a management consultant with experience in delivering sustainability projects in the built environment.
Emil was most recently employed as Chief Strategy Officer at Lendager Group, a leading player within the circular economy space in the built environment, where he was responsible for defining the overall business plan and had interim responsibilities for the material company that oversaw production of upcycled building materials. Prior to this, Emil worked as a manager at QVARTZ where he focused on defining corporate strategies for various clients, identification and implementation of business potentials in operations, operating models and organisational transformations for large clients and due diligence on technical targets.
Emil holds a Master of Science in Engineering from The Technical University of Denmark in Design & Innovation and has worked with sustainability for more than 10 years: initially within a student organisation that created teaching material for high school curricula in order to inspire students to pursue careers within green technology, and later as a volunteer for the 10:10 Climate Action campaign based out of the UK. Emil continues his voluntary work to this day as the lead for Roskilde Festival’s analysis team.