Impact Shakers leads bet on recycling software startup Humara: 'Ripe for disruption'
6 maj 2026
11:22
Impact Shakers has invested in Humara, a Spanish startup which looks to drag waste plant engineering out of the spreadsheet era.
"This is really an industry ripe for disruption," Impact Shakers' founding partner Alina Klarner tells Impact Loop.
"This is really an industry ripe for disruption," Impact Shakers' founding partner Alina Klarner tells Impact Loop.
Recycling plants are expensive but increasingly urgent, as Europe’s waste pile grows. These processing facilities are also, for the most part, still being designed in Excel.
Due to an overreliance on CAD files and spreadsheets, a typical facility takes four months to engineer before a single piece of equipment is specified, according to Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, a mechanical engineer and CEO and co-founder of Spanish startup Humara.