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Circuion

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AI-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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