Byrd

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    Development stage

    Active / generating revenue

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    Investment stage

    Seed

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    Commercialisation pathway

    UNSW Founders startup

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    Technology readiness level

    TRL 4

Byrd is rethinking construction waste to make on-site separation simpler, smarter and more efficient.

Investment categories

Climate & clean tech

  • Byrd has redesigned the construction waste skip, based on real waste data, to enable multiple material streams to be segregated on site within a single bin. It makes source-separation easy for site teams, passing on significant cost savings and detailed analytics to help builders reduce material waste. 

  • Construction is a wasteful industry. AU$64B in virgin materials will be sent to landfill over the next five years because waste companies don't enable source-separation. This drives costs higher and leaves builders blind to their waste patterns, which hurts the bottom line. This industry is due for disruption.

    • Commercial and residential construction companies, from tier-one down
    • Property developers focusing on Greenfields/master planned development sites.
    • Ongoing pilots with 10+ builders (including three tier-ones)
    • > AU$40K revenue while in stealth mode
    • Skip bin and software prototypes produced, and the entire solution is Patent-Pending
Why invest
Scope 3 emissions reporting is now law, and by 2028 the construction sector will need solutions for reliable waste analytics.

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