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About Starbase Innovations

A Calicut company, founded in 2021, building software for waste collection and recycling.

Our story

Starbase Innovations started in Calicut in 2021 and was incubated at AIC-IIITK and CUSAT TBI. We began with an everyday question in Kerala’s waste logistics: which vehicle went where, and what did it carry?

The answer became Swastha, which waste-management companies and fleets in Kerala and in Pune use to plan trips, track vehicles and keep proof of each stop.

Next, we want to connect households and scrap dealers to the same record, so the people who do the work are visible and paid fairly. That work is on our roadmap.

What we believe

We don’t replace the people who move waste. We give them a record.

  1. Work with the people already doing the job

    Haritha Karma Sena units, kabadiwalas and existing aggregators keep their customers and their margins. We bring tools, not competition.

  2. Record every movement we handle

    Today Swastha logs each trip with the vehicle, the stops, photos and the weight delivered. Next, we want the same record for hand-offs between households, dealers, aggregators and recyclers.

  3. Manage by exception

    We design for rules to make routine choices, such as which vehicle takes a job, and for people to step in only when the rules can’t. That way the network can grow faster than our team.

Where we are

Running since 2021

  • Designated agency, Government of Kerala

    Appointed under a Suchitwa Mission order to coordinate GPS-fitted waste vehicles across the state.

  • All 14 districts of Kerala

    Collection agencies across the state run their trips on Swastha.

  • Pune, Maharashtra

    Swastha is in use in Pune.

trips a month on Swastha
5,633
trips a month on Swastha
As of · Starbase data
vehicles on the platform
302
vehicles on the platform
As of · Starbase data
active collection routes
4,000+
active collection routes
As of · Starbase data
GPS providers integrated
7
GPS providers integrated
As of · Starbase data

Backed and incubated by

  • SIIC, IIT KanpurInvestment and technology support from the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur
  • AIC-IIITKSeed funding and incubation at the Atal Incubation Centre, IIIT Kottayam
  • CUSAT TBIGrant, RUSA funding and incubation at Cochin University of Science and Technology
  • IPTIF, IIT PalakkadCo-development partner on Swastha’s architecture and routing
  • NVIDIA InceptionMember of NVIDIA’s programme for startups