Be part of the change

Convert your biowaste

And achieve energy autonomy

Our company's mission

Arkeale specialises in the design and manufacture of local solutions for recovering bio-waste. The young innovative company was founded in France in 2020 by two engineers.

  • We are a team of multi-disciplinary engineers committed to a low-tech approach

  • With a strong desire for social and ecological impact

  • On a mission to contribute to a more sustainable world.

Our team

Clément Carrato

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mechanical engineer

An epicurean by nature, with a passion for sports and nature, I decided to combine my energy and experience as an industrial engineer to work for a company with a social and ecological mission.

Hélène Mastin

Associate
PhD Biochemist

As a young entrepreneur and artist with an atypical background, I'm bringing my expertise as a biochemist to a project that addresses local ecological and social issues.

Houssam Houmine

Hydraulic engineer

What a strange creature an engineer is! People run away from problems, but I need them for my job. An engineer doing R&D adds paradox to strangeness.

Clément Christmann

Head of development

I like contributing to more sustainable solutions, whether it's with a ratchet or a pedal!

Louis Busch

Automation engineer

Raised by MacGyver, I try to use my hands to participate in projects that seem right to me, and also to use a little bit of my head to make sure I don't pick the wrong thread.

Claire Verdonk

Business Manager

As an agricultural engineer from Strasbourg I'm taking up the challenges of the ecological transition at Arkeale by creating the world of tomorrow, with my bike and ukulele.

Eliott Speyser

IT Engineer

I'm passionate about IT development and I'd like to put my knowledge in this field to good use at Arkeale, by making a modest contribution to the design of a project I enjoy.

Cyril Kleinpoort

Mechanical Design Engineer

Trained as a mechanical engineer and handyman/devoted cyclist on Sundays, I come to roll up my sleeves with Arkeale and be part of the change !

Emilie Trouillet

Head of sales

With a multidisciplinary toolbox shaped by many professional and outdoor challenges, I am happy to apply my sales and marketing experience to help Arkeale climb any and all summits.

Serban Buia

Mechanical engineer

A mechanical engineer by training, I like to spend time in the workshop and to get my hands dirty. Curious, adventurous, and handy, challenges don't scare me.

Join the team

Our first partner

Bio-waste

Bio-waste, a poorly exploited resource

Bio-waste is 80% water, so incinerating it takes a lot of energy and burying it both produces greenhouse gases and deprives us from a source of renewable energy and agronomic fuel.
  • 28.4 million tonnes of bio-waste are produced each year in France (ADEME)
  • Over 80% are destroyed by incineration and landfill
  • Once recycled they are a source of low-carbon energy and produce organic fertilisers.

The legal obligation to sort bio-waste

Since January 2024 local authorities and professionals are bound by the law to be equipped with bio-waste recovery management tools.
  • Professionals tend to prefer centralised recovery units which do not allow redistribution of energy
  • Centralised units increase economic and environmental cost as they require the transport of bio-waste over long distances,
  • Centralised units are difficult to integrate into their environment, leading to social mistrust on the part of local residents.

Our solution: the BioCapsule®

At Arkeale, we believe that this bio-waste should be recovered on site and that the energy and fertiliser produced should be redistributed directly to the producers.
  • That's why we've created the BioCapsule®: a compact, innovative recycling unit
  • which blends in perfectly with its urban environment
  • And which allows the energy and fertilisers produced to be consumed directly on site.

Our journey

January 2020

Starting the project

Clément Carrato begins the Arkeale adventure with the launch of the Research and Development division, marked by a year of technical and economic feasibility studies.

November 2020

Creation of the company

The company is founded in Strasbourg and Hélène Mastin joins as a partner.

June 2021

First prototype

Construction and testing of the first BioCaspule® prototype on a 1/10 scale at a local farm in Strasbourg, France.

January 2022

Design of the pilot BioCapsule

Start of the design of the operational BioCapsule® on a 1:1 scale.

March 2023

Financing round

1M€ investment round from local investors to fund the pilot project

January 2024

Validation of the pilot design

Finalisation of the design of the pilot BioCaspule® and strengthening of the R&D team.
Pre-industrialisation strategy launched.

March 2024

1st commercial contract

Signing of a partnership to test the pilot BioCaspule® and launch a feasibility study.

October 2024

Pilot BioCapsule® assembly

Acquisition of an assembly workshop to pre-fabricate and test the subsystems of the pilot BioCaspule® in Strasbourg.

January 2025

Pilot validation

Validation of the BioCapsule® design and its results.

June 2025

Marketing

Large-scale marketing of the BioCapsule®.

2026

Construction of the Arkeale plant

Acquisition of our own premises for a large-scale assembly plant.

Nous contacter

They trust us

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BioNGV

The BioCapsule produces bioNGV, a sustainable fuel produced by methanation of biowaste.

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Our biocapsule® technology

The hyper-local recovery of your bio-waste is finally within reach

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