Company · Energy & Climate

Candam Technologies

candam.eu ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

Candam Technologies (Candam Tech) develops RecySmart, an AI- and acoustic-sensor-based platform that identifies packaging materials (PET bottles, cans, glass, cartons) in real time to power smart bins, reward-based recycling ('Reward as you Throw'), and deposit-refund schemes for cities and businesses. Founded in 2017 in Barcelona, Spain, it is a Seed-stage cleantech/waste-management startup backed by EIT InnoEnergy, ENION Partners and Sogrape Ventures, with pilots including an 11,000-sensor smart-waste rollout in Madrid.

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2017

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SectorsWaste Management Technology, Recycling, CleanTech, IoT, Smart Cities Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Water & waste treatment

Profile updated 31 Jul 2026

Founders

Jordi Berguinzo Martínez

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer (former CEO, now Board member)

Sergi Goday Barillas

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Global models 5

Rubicon Technologies

United States · www.rubicon.com ↗

Software/AI platform connecting waste generators, haulers and recyclers to optimize recycling and diversion, matching Candam's tech-enabled smart-recycling model at enterprise/city scale.

$285MComparable

AMP Robotics

United States · www.amprobotics.com ↗

Uses AI (and robotics) to identify and sort recyclable packaging materials in real time, the same core AI-material-recognition-for-recycling technology as Candam's RecySmart.

$178MComparable

RecycleBank

United States · www.recyclebank.com ↗

Pioneered the same 'reward citizens for recycling' loyalty/points model that Candam's RecySmart Ring and reward schemes replicate.

$120MComparable

Greyparrot

United Kingdom · www.greyparrot.ai ↗

AI/computer-vision platform that identifies waste and packaging materials in real time for recyclers, directly comparable to Candam's acoustic-AI material identification tech.

$60MComparable

ecoATM

United States · www.ecoatm.com ↗

Smart kiosk that automatically recognizes items and rewards consumers, echoing Candam's 'smart device identifies recyclable material and pays back the user' model.

$31.4MComparable