The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

WeSort.AI develops a patented AI- and X-ray-based platform designed to identify and recover valuable raw materials from mixed waste, including e-waste and batteries. The company highlights that more than 50% of e-waste and batteries are mis-sorted, causing fires at recycling facilities and loss of critical materials like lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. Founded in 2022 by Nathanael Laier and Johannes Laier, WeSort.AI intends to expand its technology capabilities and accelerate system deployments using the newly raised capital. With €10 million in funding from impact-focused investors and organizations, the company aims to scale operations and tap into the “urban mine” of recoverable resources. The articles do not report revenue, user, or other operating metrics.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2024

Olivaw offers a cloud-based platform that connects professional robots from different manufacturers, enabling monitoring, control, and the deployment of configurable 'skills'. The platform includes a developer-facing skill store where applications for various robot tasks can be designed, distributed, and applied — a process Olivaw calls "upskilling." By providing a single integration point to building systems (e.g., property management, elevators, payment providers, logistics), the platform reduces repeated integration effort and yields scaling advantages. Fleet managers can manage larger, heterogeneous robot fleets more efficiently, lowering complexity and costs. The product is aimed at robot manufacturers, distributors, and operators in building management, cleaning, security, hotels, hospitals, and airports; several robot manufacturers and fleet managers have signed up in recent months. The company has positioned itself to accelerate service automation amid labor shortages and an aging society and recently secured early-stage funding to support that growth.