Eureka Recycling
Debt Financing in 2024
Eureka Recycling is an organization that offers products and services that concentrate on reducing waste through reuse, recycling, and composting. Its goal is to show that waste is avoidable, not inevitable. The group provides answers to the social, environmental, and health issues brought on by garbage through its services, projects, and policy work. It includes a number of programs that include waste reduction, producer responsibility, reuse, recycling, and composting to stop the wasteful loss of economic garbage.
Mycocycle
Seed Round in 2024
Mycocycle is an environmental remediation company that specializes in decarbonizing waste streams through the innovative use of fungi in a process known as mycoremediation. By employing engineered ecosystems, Mycocycle treats waste materials to produce a non-toxic biomass that can be repurposed for the manufacture of new products. The company's services are particularly beneficial to waste management companies, landfill operators, material recycling facilities, and manufacturers seeking to implement closed-loop processes. Mycocycle's technology diverts toxic materials from landfills and enables businesses to reuse feedstock in manufacturing or recycle it for various applications, thereby promoting sustainable waste management practices.
Sage Sustainable Electronics
Acquisition in 2023
Sage Sustainable Electronics is a privately held company based in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in IT asset management and disposition services. With over three decades of combined experience among its founders, Sage is committed to sustainability by extending the life of used electronics. The company offers a comprehensive range of lifecycle services, including hardware appraisals, redeployments, secure logistics, data destruction, data retention, and refurbishment. These services help customers recover residual value from their assets while minimizing their carbon footprint. Sage’s facilities are certified to ISO 9001, 14001, and OHSAS 18001 standards, and it is recognized as a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, reflecting its dedication to quality and environmental responsibility in IT asset disposition.
Solarcycle
Series A in 2023
Solarcycle is a solar technology company focused on creating a circular economy for solar and renewable energy sectors. It specializes in recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, providing an affordable and eco-friendly service to solar asset owners. Utilizing its patented technology, Solarcycle can recover up to 95% of valuable metals such as silver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels. Additionally, the company repurposes or recycles panels that are still in use, contributing to the sustainability of clean energy by making it completely renewable.
Greyparrot
Venture Round in 2023
Greyparrot is an innovator in AI waste analytics, focused on enhancing recycling efficiency and reducing waste sent to landfills and incinerators. The company offers a waste intelligence platform that includes the Greyparrot Analyzer and Greyparrot Sync API, which provide real-time insights into over 89 waste categories across multiple data layers, such as financial value, brand, and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, Greyparrot analyzed over 40 billion waste objects, significantly improving operational efficiency and driving substantial cost savings for recycling facilities. By leveraging its advanced software, which employs intelligent waste recognition and low-cost hardware, Greyparrot enables clients in the waste sector—including recycling professionals, plant builders, and packaging producers—to make informed decisions that enhance recycling rates and comply with regulations. The company has received numerous accolades, including recognition as a Global Cleantech 100, a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, and a top AI company by CB Insights.
Apkudo, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2010, that specializes in solutions for managing the lifecycle of connected devices. The company provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the efficient handling of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronics by automating processes such as certification, trade-in, recovery, resale, and device processing. Apkudo's Circular Industry Platform allows businesses to maximize the value of their devices while minimizing e-waste, offering decision-support and operational tools that ensure seamless transitions throughout a device’s lifecycle. By standardizing and optimizing the exchange of real-time data among stakeholders in the global device ecosystem, Apkudo enhances operational efficiencies and improves margins for original equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators.
Circular Services
Acquisition in 2022
Circular Services operates as a developer of circular economy and recycling infrastructure. Circular Services owns and operates municipal recycling facilities across the U.S. that enable municipalities and businesses.
Solarcycle
Seed Round in 2022
Solarcycle is a solar technology company focused on creating a circular economy for solar and renewable energy sectors. It specializes in recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, providing an affordable and eco-friendly service to solar asset owners. Utilizing its patented technology, Solarcycle can recover up to 95% of valuable metals such as silver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels. Additionally, the company repurposes or recycles panels that are still in use, contributing to the sustainability of clean energy by making it completely renewable.
Greyparrot
Series A in 2022
Greyparrot is an innovator in AI waste analytics, focused on enhancing recycling efficiency and reducing waste sent to landfills and incinerators. The company offers a waste intelligence platform that includes the Greyparrot Analyzer and Greyparrot Sync API, which provide real-time insights into over 89 waste categories across multiple data layers, such as financial value, brand, and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, Greyparrot analyzed over 40 billion waste objects, significantly improving operational efficiency and driving substantial cost savings for recycling facilities. By leveraging its advanced software, which employs intelligent waste recognition and low-cost hardware, Greyparrot enables clients in the waste sector—including recycling professionals, plant builders, and packaging producers—to make informed decisions that enhance recycling rates and comply with regulations. The company has received numerous accolades, including recognition as a Global Cleantech 100, a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, and a top AI company by CB Insights.
Apkudo
Venture Round in 2022
Apkudo, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2010, that specializes in solutions for managing the lifecycle of connected devices. The company provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the efficient handling of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronics by automating processes such as certification, trade-in, recovery, resale, and device processing. Apkudo's Circular Industry Platform allows businesses to maximize the value of their devices while minimizing e-waste, offering decision-support and operational tools that ensure seamless transitions throughout a device’s lifecycle. By standardizing and optimizing the exchange of real-time data among stakeholders in the global device ecosystem, Apkudo enhances operational efficiencies and improves margins for original equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators.
Evergreen
Funding Round in 2021
Evergreen is a plastic recycling and polyester resin production company that operates as a division of Greenbridge. Established in 1998, Evergreen was created to ensure a sustainable and reliable supply of high-quality polyester resin, specifically for the company’s range of PET strapping products. The firm focuses on recycling plastics to contribute to environmental sustainability while meeting the demands of its customers in the polyester resin market.
AMP Robotics Corporation specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic systems for material recovery facilities and recycling operations, focusing on automating the identification, sorting, and processing of complex waste streams. The company's flagship product, AMP Cortex, utilizes advanced robotics and computer vision technology to efficiently pick and sort recyclable materials, significantly lowering sorting costs. Additionally, AMP Neuron, a software solution, captures and analyzes material data to identify features in a manner similar to human perception. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, AMP Robotics enhances recycling processes for various waste types, including municipal solid waste and e-waste. The modular design of its systems allows for easy integration into existing infrastructure, minimizing disruption and capital investment. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, AMP Robotics has formed strategic partnerships to further its mission of improving recycling rates and economic recovery of recyclables.
Recycle Ann Arbor
Grant in 2020
Recycle Ann Arbor provides residential recycling, a business recycling program, curbside cart options, and zero waste services. They are a non profit construction and demolition recycling company.
Reterra
Venture Round in 2020
Reterra Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, specializes in recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste materials such as bottles, films, and thermoforms. The company's core business involves transforming these waste products into valuable intermediary products like RetroSeed, a polyol used for resin production. By offering innovative recycling solutions, Reterra enables businesses to incorporate more recycled content into their supply chains while reducing the cost of PET recycling.
The Renewal Workshop
Series A in 2019
The Renewal Workshop Inc. is a company based in Cascade Locks, Oregon, that specializes in manufacturing renewed apparel and upcycled materials from discarded textiles. Founded in 2014, it partners with well-known brands and retailers to transform unsellable returns and excess inventory into a range of products, including jackets, sweatshirts, pants, and swimwear, as well as accessories like luggage packs and gift cards. By integrating resale and renewal services, the company aims to reduce waste in the fashion industry and promote sustainable practices. Through its initiatives, The Renewal Workshop enables clothing brands to enhance their revenue while minimizing their environmental footprint. Its products are available for purchase both online and in physical stores.
AMP Robotics Corporation specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic systems for material recovery facilities and recycling operations, focusing on automating the identification, sorting, and processing of complex waste streams. The company's flagship product, AMP Cortex, utilizes advanced robotics and computer vision technology to efficiently pick and sort recyclable materials, significantly lowering sorting costs. Additionally, AMP Neuron, a software solution, captures and analyzes material data to identify features in a manner similar to human perception. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, AMP Robotics enhances recycling processes for various waste types, including municipal solid waste and e-waste. The modular design of its systems allows for easy integration into existing infrastructure, minimizing disruption and capital investment. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, AMP Robotics has formed strategic partnerships to further its mission of improving recycling rates and economic recovery of recyclables.
Balcones Resources
Acquisition in 2019
Balcones Recycling is a waste management company focused on providing recycling and shredding services to municipalities, multi-tenant facilities, corporate campuses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers. The company specializes in resource recovery through traditional recycling methods, document destruction, and alternative energy solutions. Balcones Recycling offers a range of services, including the provision of carts, dumpsters, compactors, bales, shredding, and audit services. This enables clients to track their recycling efforts through monthly environmental reports while also helping them reduce costs associated with landfill hauling fees.
Evrnu is a textile innovations company that specializes in producing engineered fibers from discarded clothing. By employing advanced regenerative fiber technologies, the company transforms textile waste into high-quality fiber sources. Its process involves breaking down cotton garment waste to the molecular level and reconstructing it into new, useful products. Evrnu's offerings include regenerative cellulosic and polyester fibers, as well as recoverable stretch materials, which provide significant environmental benefits. Through these innovations, Evrnu aims to create a circular ecosystem in the textile industry, promoting sustainability and reducing waste.
The Home Recycle of 906
Debt Financing in 2019
The Home Recycle of 906 is a waste disposal solution company. They offer services for residents, including the disposal of hazardous waste. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
For Days
Seed Round in 2018
For Days, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in manufacturing and recycling t-shirts for men and women. Established in 2016, it offers tees made from recycled fabric on a subscription and membership basis. Customers can return the products once they become stained or worn out, facilitating a closed-loop recycling system aimed at reducing waste in the fashion industry. Additionally, For Days operates the Trashie platform, which incentivizes and simplifies clothing recycling for consumers and fashion retailers, promoting the benefits of a circular economy. Through its innovative approach, For Days seeks to minimize textile waste while providing accessible and sustainable fashion options.
rPlanet Earth
Venture Round in 2018
RPlanet Earth specializes in providing sustainable packaging solutions by focusing on the recycling and reuse of post-consumer plastics. The company's core process involves decontaminating and recycling post-consumer PET plastics into high-quality rPET content packaging products. This approach ensures a consistent supply of efficient, quality materials for various plastic packaging needs while maintaining a low carbon footprint. By manufacturing these recycled products under one roof, RPlanet Earth offers clients superior packaging solutions at competitive prices, contributing to a closed-loop system for plastic waste management.
PureCycle Technologies
Venture Round in 2018
PureCycle Technologies LLC specializes in the production of recycled polypropylene, employing a unique recycling process that effectively separates color, odor, and contaminants from plastic waste feedstock. This innovative approach enables the conversion of waste plastic into a virgin-like product, thereby offering recycled polypropylene with properties comparable to that of virgin polymer. Founded in 2015, PureCycle is committed to enhancing the accessibility of sustainable, recycled resin for companies aiming to incorporate environmentally friendly materials into their operations. The company is headquartered in Ironton, Ohio, and plays a pivotal role in closing the loop on the reuse of recycled plastics.
First Star Recycling
Debt Financing in 2018
First Star Recycling provides recycling practices for homeowners and businesses to manage their waste. They help their communities and surrounding areas reduce their waste going to landfills and make the most from their wasted resources. They provide residential recycling and resource management services.
GreenMantra Technologies
Series D in 2017
GreenMantra Technologies Ltd. is a Canadian company based in Brantford that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of synthetic waxes, polymer additives, and other chemicals derived from recycled plastics. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system that employs catalytic depolymerization technology to convert waste plastics, including challenging materials like grocery bags and films, into high-value waxes and specialty chemicals. These products find diverse applications across various industries, including coatings, plastic processing, adhesives, roofing, and paving. By focusing on the up-cycling of hard-to-recycle plastics, GreenMantra aims to contribute to sustainable manufacturing practices and promote the use of recyclable materials in industrial processes.
IntegriCo Composites
Venture Round in 2017
IntegriCo Composites, Inc. is a manufacturer based in Sarepta, Louisiana, specializing in composite products made entirely from recycled plastics. Founded in 2004, the company utilizes patented manufacturing technology to produce a range of products, including composite railroad ties, grade crossings, and other infrastructure solutions. By converting over 80 million pounds of landfill-bound plastics into valuable industrial products, IntegriCo Composites addresses environmental concerns while delivering high-quality materials for various applications in the transportation, construction, government, and energy sectors. The company’s products are designed to meet rigorous industry standards for consistency and structural integrity, serving clients such as Union Pacific Railway, the U.S. military, and international customers in Germany and Russia. IntegriCo Composites continues to play a significant role in promoting sustainable practices within the composite materials market.
AeroAggregates
Seed Round in 2017
AeroAggregates, LLC is a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight aggregates made from postconsumer recycled glass. The company specializes in foamed glass aggregates, offering both open and closed cell varieties. These products are utilized in a wide range of applications, including lightweight embankments, bridge abutments, retaining walls, and insulating backfill for buildings and utilities. AeroAggregates' aggregates also serve in green roofs, artificial sports fields, and various stormwater and wastewater management systems. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, the company emphasizes sustainable construction solutions that meet the growing demand for lightweight materials in the construction and geotechnical engineering sectors.
Eureka Recycling
Funding Round in 2016
Eureka Recycling is an organization that offers products and services that concentrate on reducing waste through reuse, recycling, and composting. Its goal is to show that waste is avoidable, not inevitable. The group provides answers to the social, environmental, and health issues brought on by garbage through its services, projects, and policy work. It includes a number of programs that include waste reduction, producer responsibility, reuse, recycling, and composting to stop the wasteful loss of economic garbage.
Evergreen
Venture Round in 2016
Evergreen is a plastic recycling and polyester resin production company that operates as a division of Greenbridge. Established in 1998, Evergreen was created to ensure a sustainable and reliable supply of high-quality polyester resin, specifically for the company’s range of PET strapping products. The firm focuses on recycling plastics to contribute to environmental sustainability while meeting the demands of its customers in the polyester resin market.
Lakeshore Recycling Systems
Venture Round in 2016
Lakeshore Recycling Systems is a company that focuses on providing recycling, waste removal, and dumpster rental services in the renewables & environment sector. Their primary goal is to help businesses and communities efficiently manage their waste by offering sustainable solutions. With a strong emphasis on recycling and environmentally-friendly practices, Lakeshore Recycling Systems aims to contribute to a cleaner and greener future by reducing the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Their services cater to a wide range of clients, including commercial enterprises, residential neighborhoods, and industrial facilities, making them a versatile and reliable partner in waste management.
Atlas Organics
Seed Round in 2015
Atlas Organics Inc. is a company that specializes in organics recycling services, focusing on the collection and recycling of food and yard waste. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the company operates in various regions, including San Antonio, Texas, and has established partnerships with municipalities to promote sustainability. Atlas Organics serves a diverse clientele, including businesses, schools, hospitals, and restaurants, by converting collected organic waste into high-quality compost products for agricultural, landscaping, and home gardening applications. The company aims to advance the "table to farm" movement, helping its customers achieve their sustainability goals while diverting compostable waste from landfills. Through its composting facilities, Atlas Organics contributes essential nutrients to soil health and supports the growth of beneficial microorganisms.