Jaipur Robotics Raises €4.3 Million Seed Round to Scale AI-Powered Waste Plant Automation

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Jaipur Robotics, the Swiss AI company transforming waste plant operations with computer vision and automation, today announced a EUR 4.3 million Seed round led by EquityPitcher Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). With a growing network of customers across Europe, Jaipur will use this funding to pursue market leadership, expand into new regions, and further verticalise and broaden the product depth. 

“We envision a future where data from waste fully drives safety and automation,” said Ermes Zamboni, Co-Founder and CEO of Jaipur Robotics. “This round enables us to revolutionise entire plant operations.” 

There are over 3,100 waste-to-energy plants worldwide in a market worth approximately EUR 40 billion, the majority of which still rely on manual monitoring and analogue processes. 

By turning waste data into actionable insights, Jaipur Robotics has proven its impact with measurable results*: 

• > 80% fewer unplanned shutdowns: real-time hazard detection improves safety and reduces downtime 
• > €1M in added value from improved waste mixing: calorific-value mapping optimises combustion and compliance 
• Smarter crane operations: predictive guidance automates crane control and maximises productivity 

*All figures per plant, per year. 

With the largest European WtE dataset of over 50 million labelled images, the system analyses more than 5 million tonnes of waste a year and detects hazardous materials with 99% accuracy. 

Anna Stetter, Investment Manager at HTGF: “What convinced us to co-lead this round is the combination of a dataset, a founding team with rare depth  across mechanical engineering, deep learning, and industrial deployment, and outstanding, measurable results at customer sites.” 

Silvan Gehmann, Investment Manager at EquityPitcher, added: “Ermes, Nikhil, and the team have built the right foundation to define this category globally. The spirit of being extremely close to the customer will continue to shape the big product vision of more and more autonomous plants.” 

Stefano Rizzi, Director of the Division of Economic Affairs of the Canton of Ticino, congratulated Jaipur Robotics on this important achievement, “which rewards the quality of the project and the work carried out by the team. In just a few years, Jaipur Robotics has successfully developed an innovative AI-based solution and brought it also to international markets. Its journey to this current stage of growth confirms the potential of our innovation ecosystem, thanks also to players such as Fondazione Agire and TiVentures, and its ability to support young companies throughout the different stages of their development.”