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Circuion
closedAI-powered e-waste sorting and precious metals recovery
Deal Size
$47M
Stage
Series B
Sector
E-Waste Recycling & Recovery
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Announced: March 10, 2026
Deal Overview
Circuion has developed proprietary AI vision systems that identify and sort electronic waste streams with 99.2% accuracy, enabling recovery of gold, palladium, and rare earth elements from circuit boards at industrial scale. Their Series B will fund expansion into three new processing facilities across the EU and Southeast Asia, targeting 50,000 metric tons of annual e-waste processing capacity by 2027.
Key Highlights
- ✓99.2% sorting accuracy using proprietary computer vision
- ✓Currently processing 12,000 MT/year of e-waste
- ✓Recovered $8.2M in precious metals in 2025
- ✓Expanding to 3 new facilities in EU and Southeast Asia
Founders
- Maren Kessler
- Jian Wei Chen
Investors
- WasteVC
- Circularity Capital
- EQT Ventures
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