Glacier provides recycling facilities with robotics and AI-driven data solutions to address growing industry challenges including rising labor costs, labor shortages with up to 500% annual turnover, high contamination of recycling waste streams, and commodity price fluctuations.
The US produces 292 million tons of municipal solid waste annually, of which approximately 69 million tons are recycled by Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
Glacier offers MRFs an AI-enabled sorting robot, custom-designed to pick materials out of commodity sorting lines with best-in-class speed and accuracy, as well as a data platform that uses Glacier’s camera scanners and AI model to deliver valuable insights on waste mix and material recovery.
By replacing or supplementing human labor with an easy-to-install robot and data dashboard, Glacier helps recycling facilities reduce operating costs and increase revenue by capturing more of the recyclable materials in their waste streams.
The US produces 292 million tons of municipal solid waste annually, of which approximately 69 million tons are recycled by Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
Glacier offers MRFs an AI-enabled sorting robot, custom-designed to pick materials out of commodity sorting lines with best-in-class speed and accuracy, as well as a data platform that uses Glacier’s camera scanners and AI model to deliver valuable insights on waste mix and material recovery.
By replacing or supplementing human labor with an easy-to-install robot and data dashboard, Glacier helps recycling facilities reduce operating costs and increase revenue by capturing more of the recyclable materials in their waste streams.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Total raised: $20.5M
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| 03.06.2025 | Ecosystem ... | eif.vc |
| - | Overture | overture.e... |
| - | Overture | overture.v... |
| 04.07.2023 | VSC Ventur... | vscventure... |
| - | Elemental ... | elementali... |
| - | Jetstream | jetstream.... |
| 25.04.2022 | Asymmetric... | acp.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 30.04.2025 | Series A | $16M | - |
| 19.04.2022 | Seed | $4.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.04.2025 | Glacier Raises $16M in Series A Funding | Glacier, a San Francisco, CA-based maker of recycling robots, raised $16m in Series A funding. The round was led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund with participation from by AlleyCorp, Alumni Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Cox Exponential,... |
| 06.03.2024 | Amazon teams with recycling robot firm to track package waste | Amazon generates a lot of trash. Precisely how much is a matter of some debate. In 2021, the company says it used 214 million or so pounds of single-use plastic in its packaging. Nonprofit ocean conservation firm Oceana, on the other hand, ... |
| 06.03.2024 | Glacier Raises Additional $7.7M in Funding | Glacier, a San Francisco, CA-based recycling robotics company, raised $7.7m in funding. The round was led by NEA and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, with participation from AlleyCorp, Overture Climate VC, and VSC Ventures. The company intends... |
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| 20.04.2022 | Glacier Raises $4.5M in Seed Funding | Glacier, a San Francisco, CA-based leader in AI-powered robotic waste technology, raised $4.5M in seed funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt, climate investor and former c... |
| 19.04.2022 | Recycling robotics firm Glacier emerges from stealth with $4.5M | I’ve got to admit, the respective pedigrees of Glacier’s founders are a bit unexpected for a recycling robotics company. Areeb Malik used to be a software engineer at Facebook, and Rebecca Hu worked at Bain and Company. “While working at Ba... |
| 19.04.2022 | Glacier Raises $4.5 Million to Combat Climate Change with AI-Powered Recycling Robots | Glacier, an innovation leader in AI-powered robotic waste technology, announced that it has launched out of stealth and raised $4.5 Million in seed funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation by promine... |
| 08.02.2021 | Uttarakhand glacier blast: State CM announces Rs 4 lakh for kin of deceased | Addressing the media this evening, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that some 150 people were feared missing so far, but added that the count could be even more. His interaction with the media was telecast on a leading ... |
| 30.03.2010 | Glacier Bay Closes $15M Series C Financing | Glacier Bay, Inc., an Union City-based provider of an intelligent power management technology, has raised $15m in Series C financing. The round was led by City Light Capital with participation from The Westly Group and New Enterprise Associ... |
| 03.09.2009 | USA, Glacier Bay Secures $10M in Funding | Glacier Bay announced a $10m investment led by the Westly Group, with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Quercus Trust. The Union City, CA.-based company provides system-integrated power and thermal management technologi... |
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