
Greyparrot [greyparrot.ai], the leader in AI waste analytics, is applying AI to globally scale recycling and save millions of tonnes of waste from landfills and incinerators. By providing deeper, more intelligent insights about waste stream composition and financial value, Greyparrot is helping the waste sector recover more value from waste processing lines and reduce the environmental impact of waste. The company’s waste intelligence platform, including Greyparrot Analyzer and Greyparrot Sync (API), reveals real-time insights on over 70 waste categories across seven layers of data, including financial value, brand, and GHG emissions, captured at multiple locations across a recycling facility. In 2023, Greyparrot analysed over 25 billion waste objects helping drive efficiency to save hundreds of thousands, to millions, of dollars per facility – while diverting millions of tonnes of waste away from landfills, oceans, and incinerators. Using Greyparrot insights, recycling professionals, plant builders, packaging producers, and FMCG brands can make decisions to help them increase recycling efficiency, comply with recycling regulations, and improve recyclable packaging design. Greyparrot is recognised as: - Global Cleantech 100 2024 - World Economic Forum “Tech Pioneer” 2021 - PWC “NetZero Future 50” 2022 - WIRED “Europe's 100 Hottest Startups” 2021 - CB Insights “Top 100 most promising AI company globally” 2021

Greyparrot [greyparrot.ai], the leader in AI waste analytics, is applying AI to globally scale recycling and save millions of tonnes of waste from landfills and incinerators. By providing deeper, more intelligent insights about waste stream composition and financial value, Greyparrot is helping the waste sector recover more value from waste processing lines and reduce the environmental impact of waste. The company’s waste intelligence platform, including Greyparrot Analyzer and Greyparrot Sync (API), reveals real-time insights on over 70 waste categories across seven layers of data, including financial value, brand, and GHG emissions, captured at multiple locations across a recycling facility. In 2023, Greyparrot analysed over 25 billion waste objects helping drive efficiency to save hundreds of thousands, to millions, of dollars per facility – while diverting millions of tonnes of waste away from landfills, oceans, and incinerators. Using Greyparrot insights, recycling professionals, plant builders, packaging producers, and FMCG brands can make decisions to help them increase recycling efficiency, comply with recycling regulations, and improve recyclable packaging design. Greyparrot is recognised as: - Global Cleantech 100 2024 - World Economic Forum “Tech Pioneer” 2021 - PWC “NetZero Future 50” 2022 - WIRED “Europe's 100 Hottest Startups” 2021 - CB Insights “Top 100 most promising AI company globally” 2021
Sector: AI waste analytics / recycling software
Headquarters (reported): London, UK
Founded: 2019
Flagship products: Greyparrot Analyzer; Greyparrot Sync
Notable funding: $12.8M strategic investment from Bollegraaf (Feb 2024); prior seed (~$2.2M) and Series A (~$11M)
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Improving resource recovery and recycling efficiency through automated waste identification and analytics.
2019
Software Development
£1.825M (~$2.2M)
Seed round reported May 2020 to scale AI for waste management.
$11M (reported)
Series A reported in 2022.
$12.8M (total value: 50% cash, 50% value assigned to transferred AI business unit)
Bollegraaf transferred its AI vision business to Greyparrot and took a non-controlling stake.
“Has both traditional VC backers (e.g., Speedinvest, climate/circular-economy funds) and strategic corporate investor (Bollegraaf)”