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title: "Investors: Starbase Innovations"
description: "Operating numbers, a deployment in detail, backers and how to reach the founders of Starbase Innovations, the company behind Swastha."
url: "https://starbaseinnovations.in/investors"
updated: "2026-10-30T02:14:24.007Z"
---

# Investing in Starbase

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

- **5,633** trips a month — as of Apr 2026 (Starbase data)
- **302** vehicles on the platform — as of Apr 2026 (Starbase data)
- **4,000+** active collection routes — as of Apr 2026 (Starbase data)
- **2** states: Kerala and Maharashtra — as of Apr 2026 (Starbase data)

## 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.

Route: 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.

- **18** trips completed, each GPS-tracked with photos at pickup and delivery — as of Oct 2026 (Swastha trip records)
- **416 t** of reject waste delivered, by recorded delivery weight — as of Oct 2026 (Swastha trip records)
- **23 t** average load per trip — as of Oct 2026 (Swastha trip records)
- **~640 km** planned distance per trip — as of Oct 2026 (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._

## 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** — ₹20 lakh — Investment and technology support from the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur
- **AIC-IIITK** — ₹15 lakh — Seed funding and incubation at the Atal Incubation Centre, IIIT Kottayam
- **CUSAT TBI** — ₹2 lakh — Grant, RUSA funding and incubation at Cochin University of Science and Technology
- **IPTIF, IIT Palakkad** — Co-development partner on Swastha’s architecture and routing
- **NVIDIA Inception** — Member of NVIDIA’s programme for startups

## 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.

## Office, email and phone

- **Office:** Kedram, Panayi, Kokkallur, Balussery, Kozhikode, Kerala 673612
- **Hours:** Monday to Saturday, 09:00–18:00 IST
- **Email:** info@starbaseinnovations.in
- **Phone:** +91 98465 18178