Companies have found a variety of ways of dealing with waste.
But a relative newcomer wants to make it easier for firms, particularly those in the delivery and hospital business, to dispose of their junk. San Francisco-based Trash Warrior provides a website that lets users find local cardboard and junk removal services, offering transparent pricing and on-demand service.
Legally known as Hakuna Services Inc., the startup enables its customers to easily rent dumpsters and remove cardboard and junk from their facilities.
The company recently raised $8 million in seed funding from San Francisco-based Altair Capital, which has also invested in plant-based egg producer Eat Just Inc. Trash Warrior had previously raised a $1.2 million pre-seed round in May of 2020, roughly a year after its founding, according to WasteDive. Trash Warrior was founded by Lily Danqi Shen, who was previously a product manager at Niantic Inc., the maker of the mobile game Pokemon Go.
Here's more seed funding news from this past week.
Eclipse, San Francisco, $15 million: This provider of software that helps Web3 developers scale their applications announced a $9 million seed round led by Tribe Capital and Tabiya and a $6 million pre-seed led by Polychain. Infinity Ventures Crypto, Soma Capital, Struck Crypto, CoinList, Galileo, Polygon Ventures, and Accel also participated.
Exponential DeFi Inc., San Francisco, $14 million: Paradigm led the round for this provider of website that allows users to easily invest in blockchain assets.
Re, San Francisco, $14 million: Tribe Capital invested in the round for this provider of blockchain-based reinsurance service. Framework Ventures, Morgan Creek Digital and SiriusPoint also invested.
Meliora Therapeutics Inc., San Francisco, $11 million: HOF Capital and ZhenFund led the round for this developer of oncology drugs. Obvious Ventures, Village Global, BrightEdge, Pebblebed, Axial and Olive Capital also invested.
Veda Education Inc. (dba CoRise), San Francisco, $8.5 million: Greylock Partners and GSV Ventures led the round for this provider of an online training service for technical skills. Cowboy Ventures also invested.
HeadsUp Inc., San Francisco, $8.5 million: 645 Ventures led the round for this provider of sales software that helps identify potential customers. Wing Venture Capital, Firstminute Capital and Character also invested.
Hakuna Services Inc. (dba Trash Warrior), San Francisco, $8 million: Altair Capital led the round for this provider of a website that lets companies easily book waste removal services.
Arcade Software Inc., Hillsborough, $7.5 million: Foundation Capital and Upfront Ventures invested in this provider of software that helps companies create product demonstrations of their websites or apps.
Anthro Energy Inc., Palo Alto, $7.23 million: Union Square Ventures and Energy Revolution Ventures led the round for this battery developer. Ultratech Capital Partners, Voyager Ventures, Nor’Easter Ventures, and Stanford University also invested.
Monnai Inc., San Francisco, $3.15 million: Better Tomorrow Ventures led the round for this provider of know-your-customer and credit-risk evaluation services for financial service providers. Commerce Ventures, Kearny Jackson and 9Yards Capital also invested.
