traceless
Digital Goods · Plastics & Polymers
4open roles
Venture roundlatest round · May 2025 · 18 mo ago
2backers · High-Tech Gründerfonds, Planet A
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Traceless materials offer a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics: 100% biobased on plant residues, compostable under natural conditions, and free of toxic chemicals. For a future free of pollution and waste!
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 4 open roles at traceless. traceless is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 2020.
- Open roles
- 4Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, GermanyAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Founded
- 2020Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Official records
Funding and backers
Latest round
Venture round
May 2025 · 18 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
4
open roles
Backers
2
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Planet A
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 7, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 23, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Apr 23, 2021
Raised a round Venture round
2020
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2025 | — | — | handelsregister.de |
| Venture round | Jun 2023 | — | — | handelsregister.de |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | — | — | handelsregister.de |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | materials GmbH | its site |
| Registered | 16 Sep 2020 |
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
30/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
15 days
faster than 67% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
11/12/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
75% ▲
Industrial Engineering
25% ▲
Activity Timeline
+4 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
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News
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
HQ
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Großmoorbogen 7a 21079 Hamburg
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