Humara, a Galicia-based software company focused on waste and recycling infrastructure, has closed a €1.2 million Seed round to scale its physics-based platform and deploy Duplantis, its AI copilot for real-time plant operations.
The round was led by Impact Shakers, with Inclimo Climate Tech Fund joining as a new investor, alongside existing investors Zubi Capital, Ship2B Ventures and the company’s business angel syndicate.
Founded in 2021 by Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, Martín Nogueira Salgueiro and Víctor González Souto, Humara has developed an AI-powered SaaS platform to optimise the design and operation of waste and recycling plants.
Its technology simulates 82 waste streams through real separation equipment, reducing design cycles from four months to a matter of days.
The company offers two solutions: Humara Design, focused on physics-based plant design, and Humara Operate, which enables real-time operations through digital twins connected to SCADA data.
Early deployments show a 4% reduction in landfill reject rates, a 4% increase in material recovery, up to €800,000 annual profit uplift and a 5–7% reduction in operating costs.
More than 250 plants across Europe and Latin America have been designed using Humara’s technology, with clients including Veolia, FCC, PreZero, EGF, Ecoembes and Bianna.
Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, CEO of Humara, said: “Every plant we help design today will operate for the next 25 years — and most of them are still being engineered in Excel. That gap is what gets us out of bed. This round lets us close it faster: more waste streams, more markets, and a live operations layer that finally lets the people on the plant floor make decisions in seconds instead of hours.”
Yonca Braeckman, CEO of Impact Shakers, said: “Humara combines three decades of plant-floor expertise with serious engineering depth, and that is an extraordinary competitive advantage for any operator working with them.”
And added: “Waste infrastructure is the unglamorous backbone of the circular economy, and the tools running it have been frozen for decades. Humara is going to change the sector – a true example of what happens when you combine deep technical expertise with a commercial mindset and a passion for customers. We believe this team will set the operating standard for waste plants across Europe and beyond.”
With this funding, the company will expand Humara Design, roll out Humara Operate with Duplantis, and accelerate international expansion.
Laura Rodríguez Álvarez concluded: “The future of waste management lies in plants that operate with full flexibility — resilient infrastructure that embraces change instead of being disrupted by it.”
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