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Starbase Innovations builds software for waste collection and recycling. This page brings together what we can show today: operating numbers, one deployment in detail, our backers and how to reach the founders. Pricing and fundraising terms are in the deck.

Swastha in operation

trips a month
5,633
trips a month
vehicles on the platform
302
vehicles on the platform
active collection routes
4,000+
active collection routes
states: Kerala and Maharashtra
2
states: Kerala and Maharashtra

Starbase data, as of Apr 2026

Swastha at work

Reject waste from Kerala to cement kilns in Andhra Pradesh, every load on record

Reject waste is what is left after dry waste is sorted and can’t be recycled. One operator sends it from its material recovery facilities in north Kerala to cement kilns about 640 km away. Here is how those trips run on Swastha, with the figures from the trip records.

A Kerala waste-management company · 20 Aug – 15 Oct 2026

  1. The load is posted as a transport job

    The operator posts each load on Swastha with the pickup facility, the kiln and an agreed rate.

  2. A fleet accepts it

    Starbase’s own fleet accepted all 18 jobs and assigned a 12-wheel truck and driver to each.

  3. The truck is tracked on GPS

    Swastha reads the truck’s position from its GPS provider for the whole run, about three days from pickup to delivery.

  4. Proof at both ends

    The driver photographs the load at pickup and at the kiln. The drop point is verified and the delivered weight is recorded against the trip.

  • From Material recovery facility, Malappuram district, Kerala
  • From Material recovery facility, Kozhikode district, Kerala
  • To Cement kiln A, Andhra Pradesh
  • To Cement kiln B, Andhra Pradesh
State boundaries: DataMeet and Election Commission of India via geoBoundaries (CC BY 2.5 IN)
trips completed, each GPS-tracked with photos at pickup and delivery
18
trips completed, each GPS-tracked with photos at pickup and delivery
As of · Swastha trip records
of reject waste delivered, by recorded delivery weight
416 t
of reject waste delivered, by recorded delivery weight
As of · Swastha trip records
average load per trip
23 t
average load per trip
As of · Swastha trip records
planned distance per trip
~640 km
planned distance per trip
As of · Swastha trip records

Figures cover the trips completed between 20 August and 15 October 2026. Distance is the planned route; weight is the delivered weight recorded at the kiln. We name customers only with their written permission.

Backed by

Investment, grants and partnerships from incubators and research institutions

What each institution’s relationship with Starbase is, and any amounts the founders have confirmed.

  • SIIC, IIT Kanpur

    Investment

    ₹20 lakh

    Investment and technology support from the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur

  • AIC-IIITK

    Investment

    ₹15 lakh

    Seed funding and incubation at the Atal Incubation Centre, IIIT Kottayam

  • CUSAT TBI

    Grant

    ₹2 lakh

    Grant, RUSA funding and incubation at Cochin University of Science and Technology

  • IPTIF, IIT Palakkad

    R&D partner

    Co-development partner on Swastha’s architecture and routing

  • NVIDIA Inception

    Programme member

    Member of NVIDIA’s programme for startups

Where we are

Where Swastha runs

  • 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.

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