Spain’s Humara Raises €1.2M To Expand AI Platform For Waste And Recycling Plants

The round was led by Impact Shakers, with participation from Inclimo and existing backers including Zubi Capital, Ship2B Ventures, and its angel syndicate.

Founded in 2021 by Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, Martín Nogueira Salgueiro, and Víctor González, Humara offers an AI-powered SaaS platform designed to modernise waste infrastructure.

Its technology replaces traditional spreadsheets and fragmented CAD tools with a physics-based system capable of simulating 82 different waste materials through real separation processes, reducing plant design timelines from months to days.

The platform consists of two core products Humara Design and Humara Operate. While Humara Design supports engineering teams with plant modelling, equipment sizing, and scenario analysis, Humara Operate extends these capabilities into real-time plant management through digital twins.

By integrating live SCADA data, optical sorting inputs, and operational KPIs, it delivers predictive insights and decision support.

Early deployments have shown measurable gains, including reduced landfill waste, improved material recovery, increased profitability and lower operating costs.

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The company says more than 250 plants across Europe and Latin America have already been designed using its platform, with customers including Veolia, FCC, PreZero, EGF, Ecoembes, and Bianna.

With the new funding, Humara plans to expand its design platform into additional European and Latin American markets and waste streams, while rolling out Humara Operate and its AI copilot Duplantis.

The company will also grow its commercial footprint and strengthen its team to support continued product development and deployment.

Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, co-founder and 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, founder and 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.

“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.”

About Humara

Humara develops software to accelerate the design and operation of recycling and waste management plants. Its platform enables faster data driven decision making to maximise resource recovery and efficiency. The company aims to set a global standard in sustainable waste infrastructure through advanced simulation and AI-powered tools.